Question 8340 — foreign policy

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The Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation is deploying the “Welcome to France” attractiveness strategy defined by the Prime Minister on November 19, 2018 as part of the Francophonie university meetings. This strategy aims in particular to implement the President of the Republic's commitment to double mobility to and from emerging countries. With 30 million Indian students, India today has the 3rd largest student population in the world behind China and the United States. With a population that will become the largest in the world by 2022 (projection by the National Institute of Demographic Studies) and the objective of reaching 44 million students by 2020, the Indian government will face the challenge of offering quality higher education, high-level research and ensuring job opportunities. professionals for its many graduates. India is currently the second country of origin in international mobility and is only the 35th country of origin for France. It therefore appears essential to develop an ambitious attractiveness strategy for this country. The visit of the President of the Republic last March made it possible to sign two key agreements in the development of student mobility between France and India: - an intergovernmental agreement relating to the facilitation of the mutual recognition of diplomas; - a partnership agreement for migration and mobility (currently being ratified). This visit was also punctuated by the first stage of the Knowledge Summit which was held in New Delhi on March 10. An increase in Indian students in France was recorded for the 2017-2018 academic year. Indeed 5,962 Indian students came to France, an increase of 25% compared to the 4,777 Indian students welcomed for the year 2016-2017. These promising results will be further reinforced with the implementation of the attractiveness strategy for foreign students which aims to give an initial impetus to the establishment of a reception program that meets international standards. The Government has already taken steps commitments: - 10 million euros including 5 million euros dedicated to financing reception offices dedicated to international students in each university from the start of the 2019 academic year and 5 million euros allocated to a call for projects around 3 axes: (1) development of French as a Foreign Language (FLE) courses and support for programs for refugee students; (2) peer sponsorship; (3) strengthening the supply in English, whether courses or activities; - an unprecedented increase in the number of scholarships and exemptions through the creation of a new contingent of 14,000 exemptions to be distributed by the MEAE and the capacity of establishments to exempt their students according to their own strategy; - the creation of the “Bienvenue en France” label to identify and promote the efforts of establishments in welcoming students international. More than 70 establishments are already candidates for this label. An international campaign to promote the label will be launched from September 2019; - the development of Franco-foreign campuses which allow French higher education to shine beyond borders. The success of the “Bienvenue en France” plan cannot, however, rely solely on state funding. It also provides for the implementation place of differentiated registration fees for non-EU students (€2,770 for a bachelor's degree and €3,770 for a master's degree, or a third of the total cost of the training). These rights will help finance reception systems, but they will also make it possible to establish a redistributive model. The revenue generated by these fees will make it possible to finance scholarships and exemptions for students that universities would like to support. Doctoral students will be outside the scope of this measure, in accordance with the recommendation of the consultation mission, as will students already studying in France and refugee students or beneficiaries of subsidiary protection. This attractiveness plan will be promoted to the Indian side during the two major events planned for 2019: - 2nd stage of the Knowledge Summit in Lyon, at the end of July; - Living room “Choose France Tour” recruitment, in 5 cities in India, autumn stage, end of September.

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