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Welcome to Cambridge French

French studies in Cambridge is one of the largest groupings of its kind in the country, and the French course one of the most varied. Many members of the group are leading researchers in their specialist fields.

We try to get to know as many students as possible and we make every effort to help students get the best from our courses. Enquiries should be directed in the first instance to the Section Coordinator, Esther Palmer french@mmll.cam.ac.uk, but we hope that you will find all staff working in French very approachable.

We are extremely proud of the reputation of Cambridge French which has consistently been judged outstanding in both teaching and research. As you join us, we wish you every success.

On these pages you can find out about:

Undergraduate courses

Postgraduate courses

Teaching staff and their research interests

Research students

French news

Latest News

Professor Charles Forsdick writes for British Academy

26 September 2023

Professor Forsdick's analysis, 'The revival of language learning is key to a culturally and linguistically rich future,' is featured on The British Academy news.

Dr Edmund Birch Featured on BBC Radio 4

12 September 2023

We are pleased to share that Dr Edmund Birch was recently featured on the BBC Radio 4 programme, 'Opening Lines'.

Jèrriais Celebration Day

10 June 2023

Join Professor Mari Jones in Jersey for Jèrriais Celebration Day as part of the 150th anniversary of the Société Jersiaise.

Living disability, collecting and researching it academically

6 June 2023

We are proud to share that third year French student, Meggie Boyle, wrote a guest post for the Cambridge University Library 'European languages across borders' blog , entitled 'Living disability, collecting and researching it academically.'

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