Interested in living and teaching in France?

UVA students are very successful in applications for the French Government Teaching Exchange Program (TAPIF). You apply between October and January of your 4th year, and the fall after you graduate, you go to France for 9 months to teach English in a middle or high school. And get paid! Many UVA French faculty have done this program, so we have lots of advice if you have questions. Application link

Want to do other kinds of work in France?

The French American Chamber of Commerce has a has a program called the American Trainees in France program that sponsors training visas for Americans (aged 18-35) who are interested in working in France. More details are available at FACC.

Interested in Africa? Want to continue your study of French in Senegal?

Consider applying for a Boren Award. French is an African Flagship Language. More info.

Interested in an internship or field study program in Paris, Strasbourg, or Brussels?

Consider applying for an internship in your field, tailored to your interests and career goals, for a semester or a year, in French in one of these cities through IFE.

Interested in volunteering with the Peace Corps?

The Peace Corps especially needs volunteers with French language skills and a desire to serve the global community. Volunteers spend 2 years living and working in developing communities around the world – serving local needs, building cross-cultural friendships, and changing lives (including their own). The advanced language, professional and cultural skills they bring back make them highly desirable job and grad school candidates, and their newfound confidence and global perspective remains with them forever. Jonathan Moore, Peace Corps campus recruiter at the University of Virginia, writes: "Now more than ever, French speakers are in hot demand across all Peace Corps assignment sectors (Environment, Agriculture, Health, Business, Education, and Community/Youth Development), and largely in Africa and the Caribbean. And while French skills alone won't qualify an applicant for Peace Corps service, if you have French skills plus work or volunteering experience in any of the above sectors, you quickly become a highly competitive candidate. We generally have little trouble filling our Spanish-speaking assignment spots these days, but French language enrollment isn't as prevalent as it once was, and so it's considered a "scarce" skill." Email peacecorps@virginia.edu with questions, and check out www.peacecorps.gov.

Wondering where to get help at UVA with internships & jobs?

• General information on internships
• University Career Services
• UVA Office of Global Internships
• ...and don't forget to talk to a French faculty member. We are here to help!