Campus France Côte d'Ivoire calendar 2027: the dates that matter and a month-by-month plan

Information checked on 6 October 2026.

The Campus France Côte d'Ivoire calendar 2027 does not officially exist yet. The Études en France platform (the online platform of Campus France, the French public agency for international students) reopened on 1 October 2026 for the September 2027 intake, but as of 6 October the Campus France Côte d'Ivoire website still shows the calendar of the previous campaign. Should you wait? No. The national dates are known, last year's give a reliable order of magnitude, and the work of the first weeks depends on no date at all. This article separates what is certain from what is still to be confirmed, then offers a month-by-month plan. For the full procedure, from account to visa, see our Campus France Côte d'Ivoire guide.

A word on naming first: Campus France Côte d'Ivoire names its campaigns after calendar years. The one that started on 1 October 2025 was called « 2025-2026 » and prepared the September 2026 intake. The one that has just opened therefore prepares September 2027.

Campus France Côte d'Ivoire calendar 2027: what is confirmed

Read 15 December as a ceiling, not a target. Each office can set an earlier date, and the Ivorian office did so last year. The overview for all countries is in our Campus France calendar 2027-2028.

Last year's calendar, to keep as a benchmark

Here is the official calendar published by Campus France Côte d'Ivoire for the 2026 intake. Nothing guarantees the 2027 dates will be identical, but the gap from one year to the next is usually counted in days.

Two lessons. Licence 1 closed on 6 December 2025, nine days before the national date. And non-DAP stayed open until 22 January 2026, a month and a half longer. If the 2027 dates follow the same pattern, a master's candidate has more time than a school-leaver, but a school-leaver aiming for « mid-December » would be too late. The difference between the two routes is explained in DAP or non-DAP.

The national dates that frame everything

Three dates do not depend on the Ivorian office, because they appear in the national notice of the demande d'admission préalable (DAP, the prior admission request):

Good news for Ivorian candidates: the notice exempts from the TCF (Test de connaissance du français) nationals of countries where French is the sole official language, Côte d'Ivoire included. No test session therefore slots into your calendar, unless you hold another nationality without exemption. The rules are in our article on the French test for Campus France.

Month-by-month plan from October 2026

Reading this in October? Here is the realistic order, assuming dates close to last year's.

Four calendar mistakes to avoid

After 31 May: the visa calendar

Three official benchmarks frame the summer:

• VFS Global states an indicative processing time of 15 days for Ivorian nationals once the file is submitted;
• the French embassy points out that you can apply up to six months before departure, and that timelines lengthen depending on the time of year;
• Campus France Côte d'Ivoire advises arriving at least fifteen days before the start of term for enrolment, insurance, banking and social security.

A candidate who confirms in early May, files the visa in mid-June and receives it in early July keeps a comfortable margin. One who waits until late July to book an appointment is cutting it fine.

Following the calendar with those living it

Official dates tell you when; students from the previous campaign tell you how long it took to get an interview in Abidjan or a slot at VFS Global. On Compatri, the Ivorian community of the city where you aim to study brings these students together: find it from the page Ivorian diaspora in France and join before you leave. The « Étudiants africains » (African students) group also links, from city to city, those preparing the same intake.

Compatri is not a service of Campus France or of the state, and does not replace its calendar: only the dates published by Campus France Côte d'Ivoire are binding.

Official sources

• Campus France Côte d'Ivoire: calendar and procedure 2025-2026 (PDF)
• Campus France Côte d'Ivoire: the application campaign
• Campus France Côte d'Ivoire: I have an admission at a French institution
• Campus France: the Études en France procedure
• French Embassy in Côte d'Ivoire: applying for a visa