Lycée Notre-Dame de Sion
A calm, green school campus in the heart of Paris’s sixth arrondissement, with modern academic, creative and sporting facilities.
A four-week residential program for grades 9-12 combining Major and Minor courses in English or French with cultural learning across Paris.
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Oxbridge in Paris is based at Lycée Notre-Dame de Sion in the 6th arrondissement, close to the Luxembourg Gardens, the Latin Quarter and major museums. Students in grades 9-12 choose a Major and a Minor from academic and creative subjects taught in English or French. Students with sufficient prior French can select immersion courses taught through the language.
Classes use Paris as a teaching resource through museum visits, neighbourhood study, workshops and practical projects. Tuition includes accommodation, classroom instruction, workshops, field trips, two daily meals and program-organized activities.
A calm, green school campus in the heart of Paris’s sixth arrondissement, with modern academic, creative and sporting facilities.
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| Session | Dates | Duration | Price | |
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Oxbridge in Paris | 2027 | 4 Jul 2027 - 31 Jul 2027Enrolling Now | 27 days | US$10,495 |
Residential summer study programs for students aged 13-18 in Oxford, Cambridge, Paris and Barcelona, combining specialist teaching with cultural exploration.
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With the Louvre, Orsay, Rodin, and Pompidou collections all within reach, this course gives students a hands-on introduction to Classical, Medieval, Renaissance, Romantic, Realist, Impressionist, and Modernist art. Working in museums, students learn how to read masterpieces by Michelangelo, da Vinci, David, Delacroix, Manet, Rodin, and Monet, as well as important works by prominent Surrealist, Cubist, and Pop artists.
Use Paris as creative inspiration while developing fiction, poetry and polished new work.
An advanced French-language immersion course exploring culture through cuisine, markets, regional specialities and practical cooking workshops in Paris.
Students use Paris’s fashion industry to explore haute couture, design, production, journalism and criticism while developing their own creative portfolio.
Students explore French culinary history and contemporary gastronomy through Parisian markets, food shops, tastings and practical cooking workshops.
Taking full advantage of the wonders of Paris, this course relies on interactive instruction to review tenses and sentence structure and build students' vocabulary. Language learning is approached through a variety of activities, such as storytelling and role playing, and short thematic units that integrate visits to museums and cultural sites, and regular contact with local native French speakers. Students work on pronunciation, intonation, and public speaking. They are evaluated on the first day and placed in a group with others of a similar level.
A French-language immersion course using Paris's major collections to develop visual analysis and explore the principal movements in art history.
Study diplomacy and contemporary international relations in Paris.
Explore anatomy, disease and modern medical practice through practical study in Paris.
Paris a inspiré les plus célèbres artistes, cinéastes, écrivains, et créateurs. Parfois la ville lumière joue un rôle principal dans leur œuvre, parfois elle n’est que son inspiration. A travers ce cours pluridisciplinaire -- qui allie promenades en ville, visites de musées, films, lectures, et exercices d’écriture -- les étudiants découvrent comment Paris a été imaginé et représenté par différents artistes, tout en travaillant leurs propres créations multimédia.
Ce cours avancé d’expression orale et écrite s’adresse aux étudiants qui veulent enrichir leur vocabulaire et approfondir leur connaissance de la grammaire française et de ses complexités, tels que l’emploi du subjonctif et du conditionnel, la concordance des temps et le choix des pronoms personnels et relatifs. Les étudiants lisent la presse nationale et regardent des extraits de films contemporains, ils discutent de questions de société et de sujets d’actualité, et s’initient à l’art du débat. Ils s’essaient à différents types d’écriture et créent un portefeuille qu’ils présentent à la fin du programme.
Use Paris as a photographic studio while building technical skills and a final portfolio.
Explore psychology in Paris through European intellectual history, case studies and experiments.
A French-language immersion course examining how international politics responds to climate change, war, migration and instability in the Middle East.
Students use Paris as an open-air studio, refining their technique in several media and exhibiting their strongest work at the end of the programme.
Students explore how luxury brands are created, marketed and sustained, using Parisian fashion, hospitality, design and culture as real-world inspiration.
Our programs take place in university residences or, in the case of our Paris program, at a centrally located boarding school. Each program has single and double rooms available and we are happy to take requests for single rooms or roommates via email. In the UK, students can purchase a private bathroom for an additional fee. In Barcelona, each room is equipped with an en-suite bathroom. In Paris and New York, there are shared facilities on each floor.
Students spend 21 hours in class on the one-week programs, 45 - 50 hours in a class on a two-week program (depending on the age group), and 90 -100 hours on a four-week program (depending on the age group).
Our programs are conducted primarily in English, and our programs in Oxford and Cambridge are taught exclusively in English. We want to ensure that our students can integrate fully and feel comfortable with the program community.
In France or Spain, immersion courses are taught exclusively in French or Spanish, but program information, materials, and literature are all available in English. We are happy to have a short conversation with prospective students to make sure they will be able to follow the courses in English, so please feel free to contact our Admissions office if you’d like to speak with us, or if you have any questions.
We hire a team to work at the programs and look after the students. This team consists of a program director, 3-4 deans, 3 program assistants, and 3-4 activities directors. The program director and deans are professional educators who come from reputable schools across the US, UK, Canada, and Australia. They are experts in working with students in these age groups. The onsite team sets up a program office in the week leading up to the program.
Parents will be able to call and email the program office if they have any questions or concerns while their child is at the program. Each evening, students must check in with one of our Deans in the program office between 9 and 10 pm on the Experience programs and between 10 and 11 pm on each of the other programs. This is a great time for students to let the program staff know if they have any questions, or if they need something.
Students typically spend their mornings in class and on each program except for the one week seminars, students will have afternoon classes three days a week. We plan a wide range of optional chaperoned activities for students to take part in when they are not in classes.
The activities directors and program assistants are typically university students who know the city well. The program assistants help out with administrative duties in the program office and the activities directors plan the afternoon and evening activities - they, along with the program director and deans, reside at the residence where the program is taking place, so there is always an adult nearby if a student needs something.
We offer both a Tuition and Travel Protection Plan and a Full Refund Program. You can find more information regarding the Tuition and Travel Protection Plan here: https://oxbridgeprograms.com/ttpp/. There will be more information about each of these options within the application and families will also have the option to purchase them after submitting the application.
Yes! Each student receives a comprehensive grade report at the end of the program with a write up from their lecturer detailing their performance during the course as well as a letter grade.