The Eurocampus (established in 2005) is a joint venture between the Lycée Français d’Irlande and St Kilian’s German School.  It is an integrated educational programme offering pupils from 1st to 3rd Year the opportunity to study in both English and French culminating with pupils sitting both the Junior Certificate and the Diplôme National de Brevet at the end of 3rd Year.  This programme allows pupils of the LFI to meet other pupils of many nationalities and cultures (we currently have more than twenty nationalities enrolled and St Kilian’s have more than 30) and thus benefit from the richness a multilingual multicultural education can give.

Preparation for the integrated programme beings at primary level - in 5th Class.  Pupils currently have 1½ hours of teaching of the History and Science syllabus each week in English in addition to their normal English classes. A continuity of preparation is offered in 6th Class (which, in the French system, is part of the secondary school).  Students study Art, Music and Sport in English as well as a portion of the History syllabus.

In 1st Year, a common stream has been created where students from both schools come together for half their classes to study a common syllabus which is taught through English.  This syllabus has been created by combining both the French and Irish National syllabi. 

For the remaining half of their time students from the LFI study the French curriculum through French, while the students from St Kilian’s pursue the Irish curriculum.  This results in a challenging program for the students of the LFI with approximately 33 hours of course time in 1st Year.  Subjects studied in English include History, Geography, English, Irish, Sport, Music, Art and Economics.  Those subjects taught in French include Biology, Physics, History, Geography, Civics, Maths, Latin, French, Music, German and Spanish.  As can be seen from this subject list, our students finish their junior cycle at secondary level studying three and often four languages (including those students who study Irish).

With a combined total of approximately 75 students per year, the students are separated into three classes each with 25 students - two thirds of whom come from St Kilian’s and one third from the LFI.  At the end of 3rd Year the students from LFI sit both the Brevet and the Junior Certificate while those of St Kilian’s sit the Junior Certificate only.

The LFI is the first, and currently the only, secondary school in the network of French schools abroad to offer this integrated multilingual education.