2023-2024 RECRUITMENT: Lecteur/Lectrice/Maître de Langue

February 20, 2023

Bonjour !

Here are the lecteur/MDL job posts for 2023-24. For more information about what it’s like to work one of these jobs, you can check out my 2018 blog post here (disclaimer: this is my own experience and of course others vary), or find several of the countless other posts available online. You’re also welcome to join our Facebook community on the “Lecteurs & Lectrices de Langues en France” page.

If you’re interested in official legal jargon, feel free to read through the specifications of these jobs here: “Décret n°87-754 du 14 septembre 1987 relatif au recrutement de lecteurs de langue étrangère et de maîtres de langue étrangère dans les établissements publics d’enseignement supérieur relevant du ministre chargé de l’enseignement supérieur.” It’s unnecessary, though, as universities will share their recruitment requirements.

A Note on Requirements: France has some odd hang ups when it comes to formation, so you might run into some sticky territory when it comes to a school’s education prerequisite. According to the décret, to be a MDL you need an M2 (Bac+5), or a completed master’s degree. To be a lecteur/lectrice, you need “une année d’études accomplie avec succès après l’obtention d’un titre ou d’un diplôme français ou étranger d’un niveau équivalent à celui du diplôme national de licence.” This is where things get confusing. Another way to say this is Bac + 4, which for the French (who have 3-year undergraduate programs), includes one year of a master’s degree (M1). Some schools equate a U.S. bachelor’s with a Bac + 3 even if was four years, but some accept a U.S. degree as a Bac + 4. When in doubt, email them and ask. The best is when it’s clearly stated on the job posting, but that’s not common. Regarding the language requirement, you do not always have to be a native speaker of the language, but you must speak the language as well as your mother tongue.

Pay: Around 1200-1300 euros/month net as a lecteur/lectrice, and around 1550 euros/month net as a MDL. The salary is for 12 months and includes school vacations.

OK, now for the part you’ve been waiting for… THE JOB ANNOUNCEMENTS! The posts from each school are hyperlinked in the “Job/Language(s)” section for each establishment below.

All dates are written as DD/MM/YYYY, and posted in order of deadline, not in order of when the job announcement was found.

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(UPCOMING – Keeping my eyes peeled!)
Establishment: Université Côte d’Azur
Language – Job: TBD
Deadline: TBD

Establishment: Université de Montpellier – Paul Valery
Language – Job: Spanish – Lecteur/Lectrice
Deadline: 15/05/23

Establishment: Polytech Nancy
Language – Job: English – Maitre de Langue
Deadline: Flexible, but apply before May

Establishment: Université de Lorraine (Nancy)
Language – Job: English – Lecteur/Lectrice (2)
Deadline: 38/04/23

Establishment: Université d’Orléans
Language – Job: English, Japonese – Maitre de Langue, Spanish – Lecteur/Lectrice
Deadline: 28/04/23

Establishment: Université Sorbonne Paris Nord
Language – Job: English – “Plusieurs emplois de” lecteur/lectrice et/ou Maitre de Langue
Deadline: 28/04/23

Establishment: ENS Lyon
Language – Job: English – Lecteur (2), Maitre de Langue (3), Italian – Maitre de Langue
Deadline: 21/04/23

Establishment: Université de Haute-Alsace
Language – Job: English – Lecteur/Lectrice (2), German – Lecteur/Lectrice
Deadline: 14/04/23

Establishment: Université Gustave Eiffel
Language – Job: English – Maitre de Langue
Deadline: 08/04/23

Establishment: Université de Tours
Language – Job: German, English, Chinese, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese – Lecteur/Lectrice
Deadline: 04/04/23, 23h59 Paris time

Establishment: Université Paris-Panthéon-Assas
Language – Job: English – Maitre de Langue
Deadline: 31/03/23, 23h59 Paris Time (MAILED PAPER COPY!)

Establishment: Lyon 3
Language – Job: English, Arabic, Chinese, Korean, Italian, Japanese, Russian – Lecteur/Lectrice
Deadline: 31/03/23, 16h00 Paris time

Establishment: Université de Montpellier – Paul Valery
Language – Job: English – Lecteur/Lectrice
Deadline: 30/03/23

Deadline Passed

Establishment: Université Rennes 2
Language – Job: Arabic – Maitre de Langue
Deadline: 26/03/23, 16h00 Paris time

Establishment: Université Polytechnique Des-Hauts-De-France
Language – Job: English – Lecteur/Lectrice (5)
Deadline: Unclear, for some reason I have 25/03/23 in my mind, but apply ASAP

Establishment: Université de Pau
Language – Job: English – Lecteur/Lectrice (2)
Deadline: 22/03/23 16h00

Establishment: INSA Université Polytechnique des Hauts-de-France
Language – Job: English – Lecteur/Lectrice (2). Join us on Facebook to see a photograph of the job posting in English.
Deadline: 20/03/23

Establishment: Nantes Université
Language – Job: English – Lecteur/Lectrice (Unclear number of vacancies, but recruiting for 2 campuses: Nantes and La Roche-sur-Yon)
Deadline: 17/03/23

Establishment: Sorbonne Nouvelle
Language – Job: English – “a number of” lecteurs/lectrices, 1 Maitre de Langue
Deadline: 15/03/23

Establishment: Université d’Angers
Language – Job: English – Lecteur/Lectrice (3)
Deadline: (avant le) 15/03/23

Establishment: Université Paris 8
Language – Job: Assorted Maitre de Langue and Lecteur/Lectrice jobs in various languages and disciplines. See all here.
Deadline: 13/03/23, 16h00

Establishment: Sciences Po Lille
Language – Job: Arabic – Maitre de Langue
Deadline: 13/03/23, 16h00

Establishment: Université de Strasbourg Fac de Droit (my old job!)
Language – Job: English – Maitre de Langue
Deadline: 10/03/23

Establishment: Université Bretagne Sud
Language – Job: Spanish – Maitre de Langue (Scroll down)
Deadline: 09/03/23

Establishment: Université de Toulouse Jean Jaurès
Language – Job: English – Lecteur/Lectrice (~4, but this includes renewals so there are likely fewer)
Deadline: 06/03/23

Establishment: Université de Strasbourg – Fac de Langues
Language – Job: English- Maitre de Langue
Deadline: 03/03/23

Past, not added to blog this year (but putting on record in case people look in the future at who was hiring in 2023-24): Poitiers, UBM, Nanterre)

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Good luck to all with your applications!