Translating Your Documents for Campus France From Cameroon: Steps and Price

Who this is for, and when

This guide is for Cameroonian applicants going through the Campus France procedure to study in France. It matters most to those whose studies were in English: GCE, University of Buea, University of Bamenda or any other English-language path.

For a French-language curriculum, the pages we read say nothing about translation. For an English-language one, they say that academic documents must be translated, and where.

Detailed lists of papers per level of study exist as PDFs on the Campus France Cameroon site. Those PDFs are scanned images we could not read: check them directly on the site.

What Campus France says about translation

The page “The procedure in 7 steps” of Campus France Cameroon writes, for every application level, that students who followed an English-language curriculum “must have their academic documents translated” at the Ministry of Higher Education in Yaoundé or at the Bonanjo language centre in Douala. (The page is in French; this is our English rendering.)

• The page speaks of “academic documents”. It does not name the GCE, transcripts or any university.
• It says nothing about a sworn or certified translator, or about a free translation.
• It says nothing about legalisation or the apostille.
• It does not speak of translating documents written in languages other than English.

So we cannot state that a translation by a private sworn translator will be accepted in place of those two places. Ask Campus France Cameroon in writing before you order, from us or from anyone else.

Campus France in Cameroon: offices, contact and timetable

The Campus France Cameroon site lists two locations: Yaoundé and Douala. Its “Où nous trouver ?” (where to find us) page gives phone numbers and an email address for each. It gives no street address and no opening hours.

The site’s “Contact” page also has an online form. For a problem with your account, the page on the Études en France account points you to the Yaoundé or the Douala office.

• Yaoundé: 697 00 17 17 / 699 09 10 80, campusfrance.yde@ifcameroun.com.
• Douala: 670 16 66 69 / 699 82 40 78, campusfrance.dla@ifcameroun.com.

The file is created and filled in only on the Études en France platform. The site says a new interface has been in place since 1 October 2026: if you already have a file on the old platform, you must not create a new one.

The 2027-2028 timetable published by Campus France Cameroon for the Études en France procedure: file creation from 1 October 2026, TLS fees paid between 5 October 2026 and 16 February 2027, academic interview between 12 October 2026 and 1 March 2027. The online file must be submitted before 15 December 2026 under DAP (first year of a licence, schools of architecture) and before 1 February 2027 outside DAP (L2, L3, BUT, professional licence, master’s, engineering degree, mastère spécialisé). Institutions reply until 30 April 2027; final choice before 31 May 2027.

The site states that these dates cannot be changed. BTS, preparatory classes and DCG go through Parcoursup, and art courses through CampusArt, each with its own timetable. If you studied in English, plan the translation of your academic documents well before the submission deadline.

The documents involved

Academic documents are diplomas and transcripts. The other papers of the file are in Campus France’s PDFs.

• Diploma and transcriptsDiploma and transcripts: what the page calls academic documents, judging by its context. To be translated where Campus France designates for an English-language curriculum.

The steps in order

A sequence taken from the Campus France Cameroon pages. The page does not say at which exact step the translation must be done: follow the instructions in your account.

1. 1

   Fill in and have the online file checked

   The file is filled in on the Études en France platform, papers uploaded. Campus France checks it in three rounds; corrections go through the account’s messaging.

2. 2

   Translate the documents of an English-language curriculum

   The page names the Ministry of Higher Education in Yaoundé or the Bonanjo language centre in Douala for this translation.

3. 3

   Pay the fees

   Fees are paid within 72 hours of the payment authorisation date: 85,000 FCFA for the Campus France procedure and 16,000 FCFA for TLS Contact, according to the page.

4. 4

   Hand over the originals

   After payment, the originals are kept by TLS Contact, which passes them to Campus France for checking. Keep a colour copy of all your originals.

5. 5

   Attend the Campus France interview

   The interview assesses your study project and motivation. Originals are brought to the interview and returned against a signed receipt.

6. 6

   Apply for the visa once validated

   The page states that you can only apply for the visa after Campus France has validated your file. Processing takes 15 working days at most after the interview, according to the page.

Mistakes that cost time

• Having an English-language curriculum translated privately before asking Campus France whether that is accepted. You may pay for a translation you are asked to redo.
• Missing a paper, or sending an incomplete photo: back, stamp, note. You lose one of the three checking rounds.
• Letting the 72-hour payment deadline after authorisation slip.
• Names spelt differently between diploma, transcript and passport. Flag the gap from the start.
• Trusting a blog rather than the Campus France Cameroon pages, which can change.

What CamerTrad does, and what it does not

Our translations are done by a sworn translator of the Centre Court of Appeal, with their seal, and handed over as a PDF. We translate both ways between French and English.

We do not build your file, we do not sit your interview and we do not advise on your chances of admission. For an English-language curriculum, Campus France’s page names two translation places and does not mention private translators: we do not say our translation will be enough. Campus France decides what it requires.

We can, however, translate your documents for other uses, for example a WES file or an application to an English-speaking country.

CamerTrad price: a priced example file

10,000 FCFA per page, fixed, if you decide to have the translation done with us. A back counts if it carries text, a stamp or a note.

Campus France’s fee (85,000 FCFA) and TLS Contact’s (16,000 FCFA), written on the Campus France Cameroon site, are separate and do not go through us. Our translation total is quoted on WhatsApp before you pay.

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