✈️ Academic route
FROM🇫🇷 France→TO🇯🇵 Japan
France school-leaving stage to Japan: education route
Compare school-leaving stage in France with the corresponding school stage in Japan, then open the official curriculum and placement authorities for both systems.
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Route alignment
France describes this point as Lycée · seconde, première, terminale / baccalauréat. Japan describes the receiving stage as Upper secondary · Grades 10–12. Use the linked destination framework with the learner’s current subjects and records when confirming the receiving year and placement process.
DEPARTING STAGELycée · seconde, première, terminale / baccalauréat✈ARRIVING STAGEUpper secondary · Grades 10–12
📚 Side-by-side
What crosses with the learner
Route point🇫🇷 France🇯🇵 Japan
Current stageLycée · seconde, première, terminale / baccalauréatUpper secondary · Grades 10–12
Education authorityNational programmes are organised by cycles; enrolment and placement are completed through the commune, education authority, and receiving school.MEXT publishes national Courses of Study; local boards and schools administer enrolment and progression.
Application fileCurrent school records and subject historyReceiving authority and school placement requirements
🧳 Preparation file
Bring these into the route
- Recent report cards or transcripts and the current subject list
- School-attendance and progression records requested by the receiving school
- Identity, residence, guardianship, and address documents required locally
- Certified translations and language-learning history where requested
🔗 Official links
Open the issuing sources
National school programmesFrench Ministry of National Education ↗DNB and baccalauréat informationÉduscol · French Ministry of National Education ↗Baccalauréat général assessment, subjects, and candidate resourcesFrench Ministry of National Education ↗National Courses of StudyMinistry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology ↗Common Test for University AdmissionsNational Center for University Entrance Examinations ↗
🎓 Practice the route
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Independent study tools sit beside the route while the official requirements remain above.
🔎 Also described as
moving from France to Japan for school-leaving stageFrance school-leaving stage in JapanFrance to Japan school transfer requirements