Calendar of our French lessons

Daytime group lessons: 5 lessons per week (mornings from 9am to 1pm). A session includes 4 weeks of classes. If you would like to take two weeks of classes, you will enter a current session. Beginners must enrol at the beginning of each session.

Evening group lessons: 2 lessons per week (Tuesday and Thursday from 6pm to 8pm). A session includes 4 weeks of lessons.

2026 calendar - Day courses

To guarantee continuous and coherent progress, our courses are aligned with the CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, and integrate a cultural and intercultural dimension.

Which programme should I choose? Learning Program.

2026 calendar - Day courses

Sessions Start date End date
1 January 5, 2026 January 30, 2026
2 February 2, 2026 February 27, 2026
3 March 2, 2026 March 78 ,2026
4 March 30, 2026 April 24, 2026
5 April 27, 2026 May 29, 2026
6 June 1st, 2026 June 26, 2026
7 July 6, 2026 July 31st ,2026
8 August 3, 2026 August 28, 2026
9 August 31, 2026 September 25, 2026
10 September 28, 2026 October 23, 2026
11 October 26, 2026 November 20, 2026
12 November 23, 2026 December 18, 2026

 

2026 calendar - Evening courses

If you’re only available at the end of the day, we offer an EVENING COURSE PROGRAM.

Sessions Start date End date
1 January 5, 2026 January 30, 2026
2 February 2, 2026 February 27, 2026
3 March 2, 2026 March 78 ,2026
4 March 30, 2026 April 24, 2026
5 April 27, 2026 May 29, 2026
6 June 1st, 2026 June 26, 2026
9 August 31, 2026 September 25, 2026
10 September 28, 2026 October 23, 2026
11 October 26, 2026 November 20, 2026
12 November 23, 2026 December 18, 2026

* The Intensive French course (32h) starts on Mondays and the Extensive French course (20h) on Tuesdays.

Closing days

The Alliance Française Lyon is closed on public holidays.

Please note there is no discount or a postponement on courses when the school is closed because of public holidays.

Public holidays Dates
New Year’s Day Thursday, January 1st 2026
Easter Monday Monday, April 6, 2026
Labour Day Friday, May 1st, 2026
Victory Day 1945
Friday, May 8, 2026
Ascension Day
Thursday, May 14, 2026
Whit Monday
Monday, May 25, 2026
National Day Tuesday, July 14, 2026
Assumption Day
Saturday, August 15, 2026
 All Saints’ Day
Sunday, November 1st, 2026
Armistice Day 1918
Wednesday, November 11, 2026
Christmas Day
Friday, December 25, 2026

The Alliance Française de Lyon is exceptionally closed on the following bank holidays:

Friday May 15th

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