Background
In the 1960s, the Khmer Royal University hosted a Faculty of Arts, which offered French language courses. Between 1985 and 1990, two-year short courses in French language were offered at the Institute of Foreign Languages. In 1989, after the IFL merged with the Teacher Training College to create the Phnom Penh University, the government of Cambodia requested that a Department of French Studies, offering a full degree program, be developed. An initial five-year degree in French Language was reduced to a four-year program in 1995, thus becoming consistent with all other degree programs offered at the Royal University of Phnom Penh.
The Professional Bachelor's Degree in Foreign Languages Applied to Tourism was created in 2008 within the Department of French Studies of the Institute of Foreign Languages of the RUPP in order to meet the demand and needs of the local hospitality and tourism professionals, but also to provide the students holders of a Bachelor of Arts in French with additional professional skills.
This professional course has been initially set up in partnership with the University of Corsica Pasquale Paoli (France) and the Ho Chi Minh City University of Pedagogy (Vietnam) and in close cooperation with the technical assistance team of the Embassy of France in Phnom Penh that continuously supports the project. A large number of local hospitality and tourism professionals have also contributed to define the curriculum contents and the University of Angers has recently joined the partnership in 2011.
Contact Info
Head of Department:
- Mr. MAO Bunneang
- Tel: (+855) 12 844 336
- Email: bunneang.mao@gmail.com
Deputy Head of Department:
- Mr. KIM Vuthy
- Tel: (+855) 12 294 769
- Email: vuthykimdef@yahoo.fr
- Facebook Page: Département d’Études Francophones
Deputy Head of Department:
- Dr. SOK Limsrorn
- Tel: (+855) 12 316 846
- Email: soklimsrorn@gmail.com
Scholarship
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