✈️ Academic route
FROM🇯🇵 Japan→TO🇫🇷 France
Japan school-leaving stage to France: education route
Compare school-leaving stage in Japan with the corresponding school stage in France, then open the official curriculum and placement authorities for both systems.
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Route alignment
Japan describes this point as Upper secondary · Grades 10–12. France describes the receiving stage as Lycée · seconde, première, terminale / baccalauréat. Use the linked destination framework with the learner’s current subjects and records when confirming the receiving year and placement process.
DEPARTING STAGEUpper secondary · Grades 10–12✈ARRIVING STAGELycée · seconde, première, terminale / baccalauréat
📚 Side-by-side
What crosses with the learner
Route point🇯🇵 Japan🇫🇷 France
Current stageUpper secondary · Grades 10–12Lycée · seconde, première, terminale / baccalauréat
Education authorityMEXT publishes national Courses of Study; local boards and schools administer enrolment and progression.National programmes are organised by cycles; enrolment and placement are completed through the commune, education authority, and receiving school.
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 Courses of StudyMinistry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology ↗Common Test for University AdmissionsNational Center for University Entrance Examinations ↗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 ↗
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Independent study tools sit beside the route while the official requirements remain above.
🔎 Also described as
moving from Japan to France for school-leaving stageJapan school-leaving stage in FranceJapan to France school transfer requirements