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Degree via Validation of Acquired Experience (VAE) - wheatenbread - 03-09-2026
Hello!
Has anyone here successfully navigated the French VAE (Validation des Acquis de l’Expérience) process—specifically through public universities or RNCP-certified institutions?
To be clear, I am not talking about the "private VAE" or "life experience" degrees offered by unaccredited private schools/diploma mills.
I'm talking about the pathway codified under French law, the one that awards the exact same state diploma as if you have attended the classes there by validating your work experience. The ones that are registered in the RNCP (you can look at francecompetence.fr and vae.gouv.fr)
So, two questions:
1. Has anyone did the whole process in English?
2. Did you manage to have the process entirely remotely?
Thank you in advance!
RE: Degree via Validation of Acquired Experience (VAE) - PearsonOTHMQualifi7654 - 03-24-2026
(03-09-2026, 06:27 AM)wheatenbread Wrote: Hello!
Has anyone here successfully navigated the French VAE (Validation des Acquis de l’Expérience) process—specifically through public universities or RNCP-certified institutions?
To be clear, I am not talking about the "private VAE" or "life experience" degrees offered by unaccredited private schools/diploma mills.
I'm talking about the pathway codified under French law, the one that awards the exact same state diploma as if you have attended the classes there by validating your work experience. The ones that are registered in the RNCP (you can look at francecompetence.fr and vae.gouv.fr)
So, two questions:
1. Has anyone did the whole process in English?
2. Did you manage to have the process entirely remotely?
Thank you in advance!
Just to clarify, RNCP certification in itself is not a state diploma, even though programs listed on the RCNP do get recognized within the French framework and recognition across Europe and beyond.
VAE itself is a legitimate, state-regulated pathway, but the award can be toward an RNCP-certified program or towards an official university diploma program. They are not inherently equal.
Kedge Executive Education supports VAE for RCNP-listed programs:
https://executive.kedge.edu/validation-of-prior-learning/vae
While I did not complete a "French State codified" VAE pathway, I did make full use of UK RPL, which is quite similar, and was done entirely in English and remotely, but the biggest difference between VAE (France) and RPL (UK) is that one does not earn a UK degree entirely based on experience.
RE: Degree via Validation of Acquired Experience (VAE) - PearsonOTHMQualifi7654 - 04-20-2026
(03-09-2026, 06:27 AM)wheatenbread Wrote: Hello!
Has anyone here successfully navigated the French VAE (Validation des Acquis de l’Expérience) process—specifically through public universities or RNCP-certified institutions?
To be clear, I am not talking about the "private VAE" or "life experience" degrees offered by unaccredited private schools/diploma mills.
I'm talking about the pathway codified under French law, the one that awards the exact same state diploma as if you have attended the classes there by validating your work experience. The ones that are registered in the RNCP (you can look at francecompetence.fr and vae.gouv.fr)
So, two questions:
1. Has anyone did the whole process in English?
2. Did you manage to have the process entirely remotely?
Thank you in advance!
Hi, were you able to make any progress on this?