"Our focus is on all 5 continents, oceans and seas where there are 'pieces' of the Francophone world and we try to put this puzzle together so that we have a common picture of the role of the French language in different societies and cultures - says Assoc. Prof. Zhechev. We have multilingualism because outside France, French is always in contact with other languages and people who speak it, even as a mother tongue, are bilingual or even trilingual. The idea is that if you have a good knowledge of the Francophonie, its specificities in different parts of the world, you can be useful to institutions - ministries, municipalities, regional governments - that are trying to develop economic or cultural and educational cooperation with these countries in this part of the world".

In fact, says Mr Zhechev, students find jobs easily after graduation. The third semester, which includes a mandatory internship, helps them do so. "It can be in an institution, a ministry, an educational institution or abroad in a French-speaking country. For example, we had an internship in Geneva at the United Nations," says Assoc. Prof. Zhechev.