Should I go to France to make my studies? Isn't too scary to leave my friends and family to go abroad to make my studies?
That's probably what you wonder!

In this article we will prove you that you're not to fool to study abroad. We will also tell you why France is a good choice for your studies and we will show you the most famous cities to study in France!

1. Why you should study abroad?
2. Why you should study in France?
3. The best cities to study in France!

• Why you should study abroad?

The reasons of why you should study abroad is as well as personal than professional.

                Developing new skills

Making your studies abroad will help you to develop new skills and new abilities that will help you both in your professional and personal life. We will go deeper in the skills that you will develop on the text below.

                Learning a new language

One of the first skill that you will develop is the ability to learn a new language. This skill will train your brain to learn and use foreign languages in general.
Whether you attend your classes in French or in English, you will meet French people when you go shopping, when you go to university library, when you meet friends at the bar and so on!
For sure you will catch this so tough proper French accent without struggling to speak ;)

Five month is already a good delay to learn a new language and see your progress.
To be honest with you, I've learned to speak English and Spanish in 5 month. 
Ok I'm not as fluent as natives but I can have conversations in those languages and I'm sure you will be able to do the same after spending 5 month in France.

Learning French will help you in your career especially if you deal with customer services, international relations and tourism.
Learning French will also help you for your leisure when you travel and go abroad for holidays. French is one of the most spoken language in the world.

                Be more mature

Making your studies abroad will help you to discover the real adult life in an easy way.
As a student you are probably wondering if you can handle the fact to live on your own without the protective sphere where your parents are on your side to help you to manage the bill, the accommodation contracts, the equipment of the accommodation and so on!
I'm sure you can do pretty well to handle your adult life by your own. You just need a good opportunity to prove this fact to you. Going abroad for a semester or a year is the opportunity to prove yourself that you can perfectly manage your adult life!
You will not totally quit the life that you have right now. You will keep the place you live, your friends and parents support, and at the same time you will be able to see the steps of how you can move from your home town and live the life you want without really taking the risk to leave your home town!
That's why studies abroad are amazing :).
You will be able to see how you handle your adult life by your own without having the financial need or risk to handle your own life (e.g: being stuck in a shitty job and in a place you didn't really choose).

By travelling and living in another place that your home town are, you will discover what you really appreciate and want for your life. Going abroad to study will help you to choose the place where you want to live without making mistake by quitting everything you have for the unknown. You will not have the worries to change or find a job and you will not need to move all your furniture's from one place to another.

You will become more mature by living on your own or with your roommates and by preparing meals for yourself. Your life will be secured by the fact that you are still keeping everything you have from the life you live now!

                Meeting new cultures:

Ok I really emphasize the fact that by studying abroad you will not only discover the culture of the country you are going to but you will discover the world!
Why? Because by studying abroad you will meet plenty of other students from around the world.
More than one culture you will learn and discover about the full world citizenship!
You will discover new ways of cooking, new products and new way of thinking that you will be able to re-use for your future life.
You will particularly enjoy some typical dish in France like the French breakfast with croissants, coffee and baguette.
Your friends will cook for you their own traditional dish and you will also share your own traditions with the people you meet in France.

Those sharing experiences that you will experience bring us to the next point. Going abroad to studies is an amazing thing to:

                Discover more about yourself, your own culture and your personal habits

This is what surprised me the most. By meeting people from other culture, you will probably learn more about yourself, your own habits and your own culture than about other's culture.
That's fine because it's a wonderful journey about yourself that you are about to discover!

                Discover another way of study

The field of studies and the university organization might differ from the one of your country. You will discover different lectures and different ways to learn new things in your life.

                Extend your social network and make new friends

One of the priceless thing you will profit from studying abroad is the fact that you will amazingly expand your social network. You are about to build wonderful strong friendship that might become business relations for your career.
The amazing friendship you can make is probably the number 1 reason of why you should study abroad. Developing a strong and a deep social network is the most important thing you can learn personally and professionally.

                Meet the love of your life

By discovering more about you and by discovering lots of different people and culture you might found the love of your life.
And if you don't you will certainly get a clearer picture of the desired qualities that must have the love of your life. You might meet this person when you will get back home… who knows what's life will plan for you.

I'm really wishing you the best :)

• Why you should study in France?

You just discovered the good reasons of studying abroad for your future but why should you study in France?

                The practical French Education

You already saw the importance of discovering a new way of studies above.
When you ask study abroad students the question "What do you like the most with your studies in France?", most of them will talk about the practical period of work during their studies.
In France the studies are not only oriented on the theory. The practical skill by discovering the real job have its own place in the French studies.
You will see the theory in classes and then students need to apply what the saw in classes in a real job.
University school year is made in most cases to let you the time for you to make an internship during your studies.
By the way there is also possibilities for you if you want to study in your own country and just make the internship in France.

                France and the French education are recognized worldwide

Everyone in this world have heard about France at least once in its life.
Everyone is also influence by the Age of Enlightenment thought that highly promoted the teaching for adults at university.
Going to study in France is the certitude that your knowledge can be recognize worldwide.
France takes part in the European Union education which makes even easier the validation of your degree if you are resident of another European Union country.

                Strong Heritage / Culture / Historical Monuments

France is a country with a strong heritage. You will find monuments with cultural heritage everywhere you go.
It will particularly surprise you if you come from a modern made country like Brazil, Singapore or one of the emergent African cities.
In France you will find masterpiece monuments wherever you go. Let's mention some of them you have already probably hear about: the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre Palace and Museum in Paris, Le Pont d'Avignon in Avigon, the Mont Saint Michel Abbey  in the Mont Saint Michel, the Loire's Castles in Chambord, Chenonceaux, Saumur, Amboise and so on!

                The Food

The cultural heritage in France is not only in its monuments. You will also find the cultural heritage of France in the food which has a big place is the country.
We can talk here about the Bordeaux wine and the Macarons. But you will find a wide range of different local and typical product everywhere you go!
To know more about local foods in France I suggest you to read the guideline of France.

I'm sure that you will love to spend your time in France for the pleasure to have this typical French breakfast with croissants, coffee and baguette in the morning.
I won't mention the great afterwork you will have with your friends with some cutting board with fine meats, cheeses and delicious wines.

Foods in France is a real lifestyle that you are about to enjoy!

                The Location: large varieties in landscapes

Going in France to study is having the choice between large varieties in landscapes accessible in short term distances.
France have all the kinds of landscapes you might look for with the Mountains, the Ocean, the Sea, the Countryside and the City area.
In France you will be able to swim, to sunbath, to surf, to go skiing or to do window shopping!

Because we have short terms distances travelling between all those landscapes, it will be easy for you to change of atmosphere during a wee-end trip!

As quick example 15 hours is enough to cross the country on a bus trip. We also have good connections between cities with high speed train, plane and French motorway are well developed!

                The Location: Good climate

France is an easy country with a good climate to live. The climate in France is temperate by the ocean influence. The weather is not too warm and not too cold, not too dry and not too humid. It will be easy for you to get use to the French climate.
Of course, the climate impression you will have might differ, depending of the country you are from and depending of the area of France you will go.

                The Location: it's easy to travel around Europe

If you want to use your spare time to discover the other European countries, living in France is a good choice.
As for neighbor's country France have: U.K, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Italy and Spain. The closest huge cities to discover are: London, Amsterdam, Brussels, Roma and Barcelona.
One of the good point is that France is located at the center of the western European countries. This fact is important because France is well deserved with public travel transportation like buses, planes, high speed trains and motorway connections.

By studying in France, the whole Europe is just one step!

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