Exchange program MistralBoréal

EDUCATIONAL COOPERATION BETWEEN THE ACADÉMIE OF PACA AND FINLAND
General information on the Mistral Boreal 2025 exchange

Mistral Boréal is a school mobility exchange between the Académie of Provence-Alpes-Côte D’Azur (France) and Finland.

Dates:

  • For 3 weeks, from 27/09/2025 to 18/10/2025: the Finnish student stays in the Académie de Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur.
  • For 3 weeks, from 25/10/2025 to 15/11/2025: the French student stays in Finland.
General conditions

The exchange of 3 weeks is based on reciprocity and allows French and Finnish high school students to experience a linguistic, cultural, and academic immersion. Each Finnish high school student goes to the high school of his/her French pen pal, attends classes with him/her, and lives with his/her family.

PLEASE NOTE: the Finnish family and the Finnish school must agree to host the French student for 3 weeks.

Conditions
  • Be in high school at the time of the exchange (between 15 and 18 years old).
  • Have a minimum language level of A2 in English.
  • Have a minimum language level of A1 in French.
  • Be open-minded, independent, and responsible.
  • Must live with their family during the exchange period.
  • Have parental consent.
  • Submit all required documents on time.
How to apply?

Attention: This call for applications is exclusively for Finnish students. If you are in France, please contact ce.mistralboreal@region-academique-paca.fr

  1. Starting from 16/09/2024: If one of my students is interested in participating in this program, I click on this link to download the necessary application documents.

This link will direct you to two files to download:

  • The certificate of acceptance, which needs to be signed by the school principal at my school.
  • The parental consent that needs to be signed by the family.

2. I fill in the certificate of acceptance, then the school principal at my school has to sign it.

3. I send the parental consent and this link to the students’ family:

Apply to Mistral Boréal 2025

4. I collect the parental consent and the certificate of acceptance and send them back to mobilite@france.fi BEFORE February, 24th

Calendar:
  • Septembrer 16th, 2024: call for applications in France and Finland
  • February 24th 2025: application deadline
  • February 26th 2025: matching of French and Finnish students
  • From March 6th, 2025: sending of contacts: the referent teacher will receive the contact of the French teacher. They are responsible for contacting the French teacher to send them their student’s file.
  • From 27/09/2025 to 18/10/2025: reception of Finnish students
  • From 25/10/2025 to 15/11/2025: reception of French students