Upon leaving Ipag, a graduate must be able to immediately work in the language of English and must also master a second foreign language.

Language lessons in Ipag are based on a simple idea: nothing beats immersion. By intense amalgamation, one can become a master in a foreign language. Ipag benefits from a whole variety of different international students who are mixed into all of the classes during the third year. This is why the teaching of languages in Ipag is inseparable from their other practices and teaching methods.

Officially accredited by the American study abroad consortium, Ipag welcomes over 200 international students from all continents and teaches them in all business functions within the English language by professionals and academics of whom are native English speakers. These lessons also benefit our French students. American and British students who are present on our campus can serve as tutors in order to help out their fellow French classmates.

Leaving Ipag mastering the language of business

The teaching of English at Ipag is based on two principles: the preparation and execution of formal testing and, support (through e-learning) to understand the actual course content of the classes taught in English.

The official tests that must be passed at least once in the courses are:
Bulats / first and second year

TOEFL second year

TOEIC/ fifth year

Monitoring of these lessons in English is facilitated by the use of technology. Educational software makes it possible for students to have the key terms in English and French before each course begins.

The Second Languages at Ipag (LV2)

Students can continue or can start a second language with Ipag (and under certain conditions a third language) including Spanish, German, Russian, Chinese, Italian and Portuguese. Third year students who have not reached a satisfactory level in a second language must focus on English. Those, however, who have progressed sufficiently, are encouraged to develop this second or even third language by emigrating in a country from where they can develop this language further.

In the third year, students returning/leaving for a partner university or internship where they will practice their second language, must take at least one course in this language prior to departing.