Experience it all at Lycée St Benoît in Angers

Boarding school program

A total immersion in French school life

The boarding school program is ideal for students who want a little more autonomy and to focus on developing great relationships with their peers. An unmissable opportunity to make friends with local French students, as well as young people from all over the world!

As a boarder at Lycée St Benoît in Angers, you will board for five days a week and spend the weekend and school holidays with a local host family, to give you a taste of French family life.

Lycée St Benoît in Angers

An international environment in a friendly setting

Saint-Benoît boarding school is located in the heart of vibrant Angers, in north-western France, between the cities of Nantes and Tours. The school is home to approximately 1,700 students and has a distinctive international outlook, welcoming about 30 international students from all corners of the globe. International students are split across a variety of classes, to ensure an optimal immersion into the French language for each of them.

The school offers a warm, supportive environment including the presence of a local coordinator who is at school every day. Other highlights include an innovative educational approach, personalised student support, excursions to nearby attractions (Mont St Michel, Châteaux de la Loire…) and strong programs in the scientific, digital and linguistics fields.

At a glance:

Angers, Loire Valley

Approximately 1,700 students

Central city location

5h per week of French as a Foreign Language classes

Full course delivered by the Centre International D’Etudes du Français to prepare students for the DELF language certificate

Subjects

French, history-geography, maths, physics, chemistry, economic and social sciences, earth and life science, English, German, Spanish, Arabic, Japanese, Latin, music, plastic arts, cinema...

Extra-curricular activities

Clubs: fine and visual arts, theatre, sport...

Facilities

Boarding house, science labs, computer and multimedia rooms, reading spaces, exhibition rooms, study rooms, conference rooms, self-service restaurants, cafeteria, relax and recreational spaces...

Eligibility requirements

Your accommodation

Good to know

From Monday to Friday, you will stay at the school's boarding house. You will share a twin room with another international student on fully equipped premises, including a canteen, a recreational room with a TV, a piano, and more.

On weekends and on school holidays, you will stay with a local host family. Your French hosts will treat you as a family member and offer you a unique insight into the French way of life.