Campus France is the national governmental agency in charge of the promotion of French higher education, international student services and international mobility.

Within the French diplomatic network, it has 275 overseas offices in 134 countries. The Agency brings together 370 French HEIs, research institutions and stakeholders in the Campus France Forum. It also manages the France Alumni network and is in charge of the “Bienvenue en France” seal, which has been awarded to 157 French HEIs for high quality hosting services. The Agency develops and manages academic and research mobility programmes for the French and foreign governments and public and private organisations.

The French Hosting Programme for Scientists and Artists in Exile (PAUSE) was launched in 2017 by the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research.


The Collège de France, a prestigious public HI founded in 1530, manages the implementation of PAUSE. The programme provides co-funding to French public higher education and research institutions, as well as cultural institutions, to host exiled researchers and artists who are exposed to major risks in their home countries, providing them with access to employment and enabling them to continue their work. Since its launch, PAUSE has supported 646 at-risk scientists and artists and provided co-funding to some 130 partner institutions throughout France.

UNIMED is a network of higher education and research institutions that supports academic cooperation in the Euro-Mediterranean region, Sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East and the Western Balkans.


UNIMED brings together more than 160 associated universities from 25 countries and institutional partners with whom it carries out projects and initiatives, including in the area of the integration of refugees and migrants in HE and society. UNIMED’s mission is to facilitate international academic and research cooperation in order to enhance the scientific, cultural, social, and economic development of the region. Among its core activities, it organises national and international conferences, workshops and roundtables across the EU and South Mediterranean.