Lycée Français International Charles de Gaulle de Pékin
The Lycée Français International Charles de Gaulle de Pékin is a French international school in Chaoyang District, Beijing. It has primary, junior high school and sixth-form/senior high school levels. It is directly operated by the Agency for French Education Abroad, an agency of the French government.
It was previously the Lycée Français International de Pékin in French, and years earlier it was the Lycée Français de Pékin.
The school first opened in September 1965.
Student body
In 2014 the school had 950 students. At one time the school had 1,050 students. In 2019 it had 826 students.its students originate from over 50 countries: 75% originate from Europe, 17% originate from Africa, 4.5% originate from the Americas, and 3.5% originate from Asia and Oceania.
Campus locations
Since 10 May 2016, there is only one campus: in JingShunDongJie, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100600, China.The campus opening ceremony was on 16 May 2016.
It was designed by a French architect, Jacques Ferrier; the total budget was 23.9 million euros, with 16.5 million for building costs as well as other funds for a 40-year lease. The building has measures to prevent effects from Beijing's air pollution.
The groundbreaking ceremony for the new campus occurred on 19 October 2014. It has room for 1,500 students; this is an increase by 30% from the total capacity of the previous facilities. The current campus has an area of, with occupied by buildings.
Prior to May 2016 there were three campuses: one for nursery/preschool classes, one for primary and junior high school, and the senior high school facilities at Chaoyang Community College. The principal school campus was the primary and junior high campus.