The French Academy
The French Academy: Developing French as a Language of Business
1. What are your company's main priorities or upcoming developments in Malaysia?
Our core focus right now is positioning The French Academy as Malaysia's one-stop destination for candidates who want to immigrate to French-speaking countries such as Canada or France to work or study.
The centrepiece of this is our Canadian Pathway Programme, delivered through our partnership with an Ontario partner.
Alongside this, we're deepening our corporate language training arm — working with organisations like TotalEnergies, Petronas, Louis Vuitton, and Decathlon on operational French for their teams.
2. What development or milestone has your company experienced since its establishment in Malaysia?
Since opening in Petaling Jaya in 2013, we've grown from a language center into a professional training center and international exam center (accredited by the Chamber of Commerce of Paris and France Education) — one of the few in Malaysia with a full offer of languages training.
A more recent milestone has been bringing Riviera University Paris under the same roof, giving us a higher-education pathway (with campuses in Paris, Kuala Lumpur, and Cairo). That completes our language offer with post-graduate academic solutions in management.
3. How do you plan to strengthen your presence and contribution to your industry in Malaysia?
With one of the largest and most advanced language centers (more than 6000 square feet of facilities), we aim to accompany any professionals who are going to work in a French-speaking environment.
For that purpose, we plan to open branches in the south and in the north of Malaysia, also to be close to our corporate partners. We plan to double our number of employees.