About us

A unique organization of its kind, the Alliance Française de Paris was founded in
1883 in Paris under Paul Cambon and Pierre Foncin, with help from a few notable figures including Jules Verne, Louis Pasteur, Ferdinand de Lesseps, Armand Colin, and Ernest Renan.
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Under the law of 1901, the Alliance Française de Paris is recognized as being a non-profit, non-religious, apolitical organization created for the benefit of the public. 

The association has built its action and its reputation on the quality of its teaching and training in a multicultural environment that encourages exchange, respect, and conviviality.

Like all the Alliances Françaises of which it is the parent company, the Alliance Française de Paris contributes to a plural and diverse world.

Located in the heart of Paris and only a stone's throw from the Jardin du Luxembourg, the insitution welcomes over 10,000 students of more than 120 different nationalities each year. 

Our teams, customers and partners love the Alliance Française de Paris because it is human, respectful of differences, attentive, efficient, inspiring and ecologically responsible. 

The Alliance Française de Paris experience is accessible to all, with an online training offer, rooms accessible to people with reduced mobility (PRM) and the adaptation of our teaching-learning methods, we guarantee universal accessibility to our services.

An organization at the heart of the network

The Alliance Française de Paris is at the heart of a worldwide network of more than 800 establishments (133 countries), led by the Fondation des Alliances Françaises, its main partner.

The three essential missions of the Alliance Française de Paris, like the Alliances Françaises around the world, are the following:

  • To offer French courses, in France and in the world, to all publics
  • To make French and Francophone cultures better known
  • To promote cultural diversity

The Alliances Françaises also share the following values that create the strength and life of the network while guiding each of their actions:

  • Diversity
  • Solidarity
  • Tolerance
  • Multiculturality

The Alliance Française de Paris is QUALIOPI certified and has been awarded the QUALITÉ FLE label.


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