Discerning dubious from legit foreign schools

[rachel83az]

The discussion of foreign schools comes up often here, especially in regards to graduate degrees. But because most of the students that visit are from the US, we don't always know how to tell when a school is legit or not. If you have information about specific countries, please share here.

France:

I wanted to correct this part of my post cause i think people are mixing or not aware how it works in France.
This link @Messdiener is applying for licensing from the;
a) Ministère de l'Éducation nationale, de l'Enfance et de la Jeunesse https://www.education.gouv.fr  (Ministry of National Education and Youth)

...what you should be looking at is

b) Ministère de l'enseignement supérieur https://www.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr/fr  (Ministry of Higher Education)

This link explains it: https://www.european-agency.org/country-...epartments
If it's not listed in:
1. https://www.hceres.fr/en/recherche
2. https://www.cefdg.fr/fr/ecoles-et-formations-visees
3. https://data.enseignementsup-recherche.g...eur/table/

Or checking the bag pages for:
1. https://www.enseignementsup-recherche.go...e-de-46529
2. https://www.enseignementsup-recherche.go...orat-46523

Then i would avoid it. Especially if you can not find it on ANABIN or has a score H-. An easy guide for checking this is going to the https://www.enic-naric.net/page-France and browse for Recognised Higher Education Institutions. Safest and 100% most accurate.