Agency for French Education Abroad

The Agency for French Education Abroad, or Agency for French Teaching Abroad, (Agence pour l'enseignement français à l'étranger; AEFE), is a national public agency under the administration of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of France that assures the quality of schools teaching the French national curriculum outside France. The AEFE has 495 schools in its worldwide network, with French as the primary language of instruction in most schools.

The AEFE head office is in the 14th arrondissement of Paris.

Curriculum
Schools are either directly managed (gestion directe), contracted (conventionné) or accredited (homologué). The schools provide an education based on the French national curriculum for pupils of various cultures from preschool through secondary school, and some receive substantial financial support from the French government. The schools provide an education leading to a baccalauréat, and students have access to all other French schools at their own educational level.

In addition, the schools have a curriculum linked to the individual countries in which they are established. The Lycée Français de San Francisco (formerly Lycée Français La Pérouse) and the International School of the Peninsula in San Francisco, for example, include American History and English Literature in its program, and the Lycée Français de Caracas in Venezuela includes History of Venezuela (ICV) from 6th to 9th grade.

Schools are located throughout Europe, the Americas, Asia and Africa. Most of their pupils are children of French expatriates but they also include many regular pupils attracted by the quality of schooling provided. In any given academic year, around 160,000 students study in these schools.

School names
While there are no public guidelines for naming schools in the AEFE network, they tend to have some similarities. A school that follows the French curriculum through secondary school (high school in the United States and sixth form college in Great Britain) is often named a Lycée Français and prepares students for the French baccalauréat. Schools that combine the local and French curricula are often called French-American or Franco-Mexicain schools. Schools that offer the International Baccalaureate are often called International School or Lycée International.

Schools operated by or receiving funding from AEFE

 * Abu Dhabi, Lycée Louis-Massignon
 * Abu Dhabi, Lycée Français Théodore-Monod
 * Accra, Lycée Français Jacques Prevert d’Accra
 * Alicante, Lycée Français d'Alicante Pierre Deschamps
 * Alexandria, Lycée Français d'Alexandrie
 * Amman, École Française d'Amman
 * Amsterdam, École Française Amsterdam
 * Andorra la Vella, Lycée Comte de Foix
 * Ankara, Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle, Ankara
 * Antananarivo, Écoles et Lycée Français de Tananarive
 * Antananarivo, Lycée La Clairefontaine
 * Asunción, Lycée Français International Marcel Pagnol
 * Athens, Lycée Franco-Hellénique Eugène Delacroix
 * Austin, Austin International School
 * Bali, Lycée Français de Bali
 * Bangkok, Lycée Français International de Bangkok
 * Barcelona, Lycée Français de Barcelone
 * Beijing, Lycée Français International de Pekin
 * Beirut, Grand Lycée Franco-Libanais
 * Beirut, Lycée Franco-Libanais Verdun
 * Beirut, Lycée Abdel Kader
 * Berlin, Collège français-Lycée français
 * Berlin, Collège Voltaire
 * Berkeley, California École Bilingue de Berkeley
 * Bilbao, Lycee Francais de Bilbao
 * Bobo Dioulasso, École Française André Malraux
 * Bogotá, Lycée Français Louis Pasteur
 * Bonn, École Charles de Gaulle - Adenauer
 * Boston, International School of Boston
 * Brussels, Lycée Français Jean Monnet
 * Bucharest, Lycée Français Anna de Noailles Bucarest
 * Budapest, Gustave Eiffel French School of Budapest
 * Buenos Aires, Lycée Franco-Argentin Jean Mermoz
 * Cairo, Lycée Français du Caire
 * Calgary, Lycée Louis Pasteur
 * Cali, Colombia Lycée Français Paul Valéry de Cali
 * California, International School of the Peninsula
 * Cape Town, École François Le Vaillant
 * Caracas, Lycée Français de Caracas
 * Casablanca, Lycée Lyautey
 * Chicago, Lycée Français de Chicago
 * Concepción, Lycée français Charles de Gaulle
 * Conakry, Lycée français Albert Camus
 * Copenhagen, Lycée Français Prins Henrik
 * Curicó, Lycée français Jean Mermoz
 * Dakar, Lycée français Jean Mermoz de Dakar
 * Dallas, Dallas International School
 * Damascus, Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle
 * Dhaka, École Française Internationale de Dacca
 * Delhi, Lycée Français de Delhi
 * Doha, Lycée Français de Doha
 * Doha, Lycée Franco-Qatarien Voltaire
 * Douala, Lycée Français Dominique Savio
 * Dubai, Lycée Français Georges-Pompidou
 * Dubai, Lycée Français International
 * Dublin, Lycée Français d'Irlande
 * Düsseldorf, Lycée français de Düsseldorf
 * Greenville, The International School of Greenville SC
 * Guadalajara, Lycée Français de Guadalajara - Colegio Franco Mexicano
 * Guatemala, Lycée Jules Verne
 * Habbouch (Lebanon), Lycée Franco-Libanais Habbouche-Nabatieh
 * Frankfurt, Lycée Français Victor Hugo
 * Hamburg, Lycée Français Antoine de Saint-Exupéry de Hambourg
 * Hanoi, Lycée français Alexandre Yersin
 * Heidelberg, Ecole Pierre et Marie Curie Heidelberg
 * Hong Kong, Lycée Français International Victor Segalen
 * Houston, Awty International School
 * Houston, Lycée International de Houston
 * Islamabad, École Française Alfred Foucher
 * Istanbul, Lycée français Pierre Loti
 * Jakarta, Lycée Français de Jakarta
 * Jerusalem, Lycée Français de Jérusalem
 * Johannesburg, Lycée français Jules Verne
 * Kyiv, Lycée français Anne-de-Kiev
 * Košice, Lycée bilingue M.R. Štefánik
 * Kuwait City, Lycée Français de Koweït
 * Kuala Lumpur, Lycée Français LFKL
 * La Paz, Lycée Franco-Bolivien Alcides D'Orbigny
 * Lagos, Lycée Français Louis Pasteur de Lagos
 * Lima, Lycée Franco-Péruvien
 * Lisbon, Lycée Français Charles-Lepierre
 * London, Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle
 * London, Lycée International de Londres Winston Churchill
 * Los Angeles, Lycée International de Los Angeles (LILA)
 * Los Angeles, Lycée Français de Los Angeles
 * Luxembourg, Lycée français Vauban
 * Madrid, Lycée Français de Madrid
 * Málaga, Lycée Français de Málaga
 * Bamako, Lycée Français Liberté de Bamako
 * Bamako, Groupe Scolaire Les Angelots
 * Managua, Lycée Franco-Nicaraguayen Victor Hugo
 * Manama, École Française de Bahreïn
 * Mauritius, Lycée Labourdonnais
 * Mauritius, Lycée des Mascareignes
 * Meknes, Lycée Paul-Valéry
 * Mexico City, Lycée Franco-Mexicain
 * Milan, Lycée Stendhal de Milan
 * Montevideo, Lycée Français de Montevideo
 * Montreal, Collège International Marie de France
 * Montreal, Collège Stanislas Montréal
 * Mumbai, Lycée Français International de Mumbai
 * Munich, Lycée Jean Renoir de Munich
 * Murcia, Lycée français André-Malraux de Murcie
 * Muscat, École Française de Mascate
 * Nairobi, Lycée Denis Diderot
 * New Orleans, Lycée Français de la Nouvelle-Orléans
 * New Jersey, The French American Academy
 * New York, French-American School of New York (located in suburban Westchester County).
 * New York, Ecole Internationale de New York
 * Nicosia École Franco-Chypriote de Nicosie
 * Oslo, Lycée français René Cassin
 * Osorno, Lycée français Claude Gay
 * Ottawa, Lycée Paul Claudel
 * Ouagadougou, Lycée français Saint-Exupéry
 * Philadelphia, French International School of Philadelphia
 * Phnom Penh, Lycée français René Descartes de Phnom Penh
 * Pondicherry, Lycée français de Pondichéry
 * Porto, École Française Marius Latour
 * Pretoria, École Miriam Makeba Annexe du lycée français de Johannesburg
 * Port-au-Prince, Lycée Alexandre Dumas
 * Port Vila, Lycée Français Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio
 * Princeton, New Jersey, French American School of Princeton
 * Providence, Rhode Island, French-American School of Rhode Island
 * Quebec City, Collège Stanislas Annexe de Québec
 * Rabat, Lycée Descartes
 * Rio de Janeiro, Lycée Molière
 * Rome, Lycée Chateaubriand
 * San Francisco, French American International School
 * San Francisco, Lycée Français La Pérouse
 * San José, Costa Rica, Lycée Franco Costarricien
 * Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Ecole Française de Santa Cruz
 * Santiago (Vitacura commune), Lycée français Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
 * Santo Domingo, Lycée Français de Saint domingue,
 * Seoul, Lycée Français de Séoul
 * Shanghai, Lycée Français de Shanghai
 * Sharjah, Lycée francais international Georges Pompidou
 * Singapore, French School of Singapore,
 * Sofia, Lycée Victor Hugo de Sofia,
 * Stockholm, Lycée Français de Stockholm
 * Sydney, Lycée Condorcet The French School of Sydney
 * Taipei, Taipei European School
 * Tangier, Lycée Regnault
 * Tegucigalpa, Lycée Franco-hondurien
 * The Hague, Lycée Français Vincent van Gogh,
 * Thessaloniki, École Française de Thessalonique
 * Toamasina, Lycée Français de Tamatave
 * Tokyo, Lycée Franco-Japonais de Tokyo
 * Toronto, Lycée Français de Toronto
 * Toronto, Toronto French School
 * Tunis, Lycée Pierre Mendès France
 * Tunis (La Marsa), Lycée Gustave Flaubert
 * Valencia, Lycée Français de Valence
 * Vancouver, Cousteau École Française Internationale de Vancouver
 * Vienna, Lycée Français de Vienne
 * Vilnius, Lycée International Français de Vilnius
 * Viña del Mar, Lycée français Jean d'Alembert
 * Yaoundé, Lycée Français Fustel de Coulanges
 * Warsaw, Lycée français de Varsovie René Goscinny
 * Washington, D.C., Lycée Rochambeau
 * Zürich, Lycée Francais Marie Curie de Zurich