Students walking on campus in front of Le Chateau.

Since 1916, the French School has brought motivated students and highly skilled teachers together on our idyllic Vermont campus for summers filled with the exploration of language and culture.

Curriculum

The key to this experience is the engagement d’honneur, or Language Pledge®, which requires students to speak only the language they are studying.

The willingness to sign the Pledge is also a guarantee that all who apply are truly serious about their course of study and their personal motivation. This allows us to build a community of dedicated learners, creating the special atmosphere that is the hallmark of language study at Middlebury.

Requirements

All students pursuing the four-summers track spend an initial summer of candidacy on the campus in Middlebury followed by three additional summers. Of these, one summer may be spent studying at our academic center in Paris, Centre Madeleine. Typically, students attending one summer in Paris do so during their third or fourth summer.