International Student Exchange Program (ISEP)
International Student Exchange Program (ISEP) is an international network that encourages student exchanges around the world. To date, more than 37,000 students have benefited from this program. You can download the brochure application guide 2025-2026
How to apply?
ISEP exchange conditions
It is necessary to register at the University of Reunion the year preceding the mobility because the application is made in year n-1.
Apply
Le Application form must be completed online, printed and submitted to the International Relations Department (DRI) after validation of the international relay of the connecting component, before the November 29. It must be accompanied by the following documents:
- Student cover letter written in English
- Letter in French from the department director, the educational manager or the exchange manager within the department giving the green light for the student's mobility. You can use this model.
- Copy of student card
- Copy of university transcripts (or institutions attended)
- Copy of the baccalaureate transcript
Selection will depend on both language skills and academic results and/or teachers' opinions: behavior, seriousness, attendance. The candidate's motivation (personal project, ability to adapt/integrate into a new environment) will also be taken into account.
Attention ! Students who in 2023-24 were not registered at the University of La Réunion must provide their transcripts from the institutions attended, as well as the baccalaureate transcript. This is the case for students in preparatory classes, BTS)
Finally, the hearings of the candidates by the ISEP Selection Commission will be held at the beginning of December 2024. They will take place at the University’s International Relations Department (administrative building)
Candidates are invited by email. The results are sent by email to the candidates.
Students can study 1 or 2 semesters: in the fall semester (mid-August to December) and in the winter semester (January to May).
Financial aspects
You will have to pay
1 – Costs of participation in the ISEP program
ISEP program participation fee (€3 per semester or €635 for one year, amount covering accommodation and food costs) to be paid before departure.
2 – TOEFL registration fees
Around 180US$ (around 150€) – The University of La Réunion is a TOEFL iBT testing centre. Registration takes place on the TOEFL website. Registration fees are payable online.
For more information, please consult the website of the House of Languages.
For students who wish to apply for Semester 1 or the year, 2025-2026, you must take the TOEFL no later than November 16, 2024.
La Maison des Langues prepares you for the TOEFL by offering training sessions and tutored help, you can contact maisondeslangues@univ-reunion.fr .
3 – ISEP insurance costs
or approximately 540US$ (490€ per semester) in the United States are to be expected.
4 – Visa fees
The visa fee of €145 – SEVIS: €200 must also be included.
You can benefit
Mobility aids
1- The Reunion Region stock exchange : Varies by destination
2- The international mobility assistance grant from the Ministry of Higher Education (AMI):
Please note that this scholarship is not awarded automatically.
This scholarship is subject to the AMI commission. Scholarship students on social criteria can benefit from additional aid of €400/month within the limit of the number of months granted by the commission.
Once there
The student must complete administrative registration and educational registration. Registration fees are paid to the University of La Réunion, they are not due. It is possible to request a photocopying and public transport package, but these amounts remain low.
For various reasons, the study contract – page 1 of Learning Agreements – may give rise to timetable incompatibilities, course cancellations or courses limited by a pre-established number of places.
In this case, you must contact the professor at the University of Reunion who helped you establish your study contract before leaving so that he can validate the modification(s) that you propose.
WARNINGS: any modification must obtain prior agreement and signature in order to validate the stay and the diploma upon return to Reunion. Download the study contract modification form.
Page 2 of the Learning Agreement must be sent to the DRI who will transmit it to the educational manager.
The student must send to the DRI a Arrival certificate. It is necessary to make the first payments of aid linked to your mobility.
At the end of the stay
At the end of your stay, return to the DRI: lend of stay certificate. It is necessary to pay you the balances of aid linked to your mobility, the report on your mobility and the original transcripts.
Please note, make sure you provide the documents within the required deadlines. Otherwise, the examination board in Reunion will not be able to validate the obtaining of your results and/or your diploma.