It is primarily a university city of 50,000 students, more than 2,000 coming from all over the world. Montpellier enjoys good weather and has easy access by rail and air with the rest of France and Europe. Montpellier was recently awarded a prize for its quality of life. The program is open to students either or both semesters. Following a two-week orientation, sutdents are then placed in courses appropriate to their level of proficiency.
All work is done in French.
Included in the program is a supervised 6-day trip to Paris. The families are carefully screened and are chosen on the basis of the accomodation they can offer as well as their willingness to incorporate students into French homelife. Studenst take breakfast an dinner with their host families and lunch at the University. Students pay Lebanon Valley College for tuition, room, and board, keeping all financial aid, and receive course work, room and board. Lebanon Valley College credits the cost of lunch to the bill for the following semester.