
The ILCF recieves the renewal of its FLE Quality label!
International Culture News of the school
updated on 10 July 2025
ILCF - Institut de Langue et de Culture Françaises
The entire ILCF Lyon team is delighted to announce the renewal - for a further 4 years - of its Qualité FLE label!
The FLE quality label is awarded by the French Ministries of Europe and Foreign Affairs, Higher Education, Research and Innovation, and Culture. It applies to French as a Foreign Language centers located in France whose training programs and services meet a number of quality criteria.
Following the audit in June 2025, the interministerial commission responsible for awarding the label renewed it with 3 stars in the 5 areas of the standard (Reception, Teachers, Training, Premises and Management), the highest mark.

- Courses, education
The center meets the students’ linguistic needs based on the Common European Framework of References for languages (CECRL).
- Professors
The professors are qualified and competent to ensure an excellent education.
- Reception, guidance
The center offers a warm welcome, various activities and an accommodation service in order to provide students with an environment that matches their needs.
- Premises, security, equipment
All premises and equipment guarantee ideal conditions of teaching in accordance with the current safety standards.
- Management
The institution strategic targets are clearly stated in the school Charter. They guarantee an engagement to promote and maintain the quality and the professional ethics.
This label is the crowning achievement of a genuine quality approach that has been implemented at the Institut for many years, across all its services.
The institute is therefore part of this privileged network of FLE centers awarded the Qualité FLE label until 2029.
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