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Campus France Senegal closes applications on 15 December 2026. Strict eligibility, four offices, 7 choices, no French test for most Senegalese, 85,000 CFA franc fee, interview, visa at VFS Global: the whole journey, with sources.
Abidjan, Bouaké, San Pedro: where Campus France is in Côte d'Ivoire, who must go through it, the 80,000 FCFA fee, TCF exemption, interview, 2027 dates still to be confirmed, then the visa at VFS Global. The whole journey, with sources.
Campus France Cameroon closes first-year bachelor's applications on 15 December 2026 and everything else on 1 February 2027, with payment at TLScontact before submission. Offices, French test for anglophones, 101,000 FCFA in fees, interview, answers, visa: the whole journey.
Campus France Benin: 70,000 FCFA to pay before 15 November 2026, first submission by 20 November, interview until 15 March 2027, recommendation criteria, visa at Capago. The full 2027 journey, with sources.
Campus France Togo: file before 15 December 2026 for first-year bachelor's, 31 December for the rest, 75,000 FCFA at Orabank, 12/20 criteria, interview until 15 March 2027, visa at Capago. The full 2027 journey, with sources.
Campus France Guinea supports thousands of applicants each year from the Institut français in Conakry. DAP and non-DAP, 1,500,000 GNF fee, interview, visa at Capago: the whole journey, with what remains to be confirmed for 2027.
Campus France Mali opened the 2027 campaign on 1 October 2026: licence 1 by 30 November, master's by 31 January, 70,000 FCFA fee. The consulate's visa service has remained suspended since 2023: here is the email procedure that replaces it for students.
Since the break in diplomatic relations announced by Ouagadougou on 26 June 2026, the French embassy and consulate in Burkina Faso have been closed. Where Campus France Burkina stands, what happens to the student visa, and which routes remain open: the situation on 6 October 2026.
Apply by 15 December 2026, pay the 85,000 CFA francs by the 19th, choose by 31 May 2027, visas from 15 May to 27 August: the full Campus France Senegal 2027 calendar, compared with last year, with a month-by-month plan.
Campus France Côte d'Ivoire has not yet published its dates for the 2027 intake. What is certain, what is still to be confirmed, last year's official dates as a benchmark, and a month-by-month plan from October 2026 to arrival in France.
In Cameroon, the 2027 campaign hinges on three dates: payment at TLScontact from 5 October 2026, first-year bachelor's before 15 December, non-DAP before 1 February 2027. Official dates, changes from last year and a month-by-month plan.
In Benin, the Études en France campaign for the 2027 intake sets two close deadlines: 70,000 FCFA to pay before 15 November 2026, first submission before 20 November. Official dates, comparison with last year and a month-by-month plan from October.
In Senegal, VFS Global itself assigns the appointment to Campus France students. Steps, documents, €877.50 a month (about 575,600 CFA francs), fees, the 15 May to 27 August 2027 campaign, refusals and what the 2006 Franco-Senegalese agreement says.
From the Campus France receipt to the visa in your passport: France-Visas form, appointment at VFS Global in Abidjan, 24-euro service fee, student-rate visa, 877.50 euros a month in funds, timelines, refusals, then validating the VLS-TS in France.
In Cameroon, Campus France assigns the visa appointment at TLScontact, one per student. Centres in Yaoundé, Douala and Garoua, consular districts, documents, 877.50 € a month in resources, fees, timeframes, refusals, then VLS-TS validation in France.
From the prior enrolment agreement stamped by Campus France Benin to the visa in your passport: France-Visas form, appointment at Capago in Cotonou, documents, 877.50 euros a month in funds, fees, timelines, refusals, then validating the VLS-TS in France.
16,955 Senegalese students in France in 2023-2024, the fifth country of origin and the first from sub-Saharan Africa. University, the embassy's SGEE service, reserved housing, associations and 4 April.
12,672 Ivorian students in France in 2024-2025, up 31% in five years. Business schools booming, Canada as a rival, buddy schemes on arrival, associations and the 7 August celebration.
12,291 Cameroonian students in France in 2024-2025, up 55% in five years. Business and engineering schools, Germany and Belgium as rivals, bilingualism, associations and the 20 May celebration.
8,361 Beninese students in France in 2024-2025, more than double five years ago, seven in ten of them at university. Official figures, verified associations, the 1 August celebration and mutual aid: how not to stay alone when you arrive.
1,149 Beninese nationals lived in Belgium on 1 January 2026, more than double the 2010 figure, and over half of them in Wallonia. Statbel figures, students, useful contacts, and the 1 August celebrations in Brussels, Louvain-la-Neuve and Oupeye.