
French School Jakarta (FSJ), long known as the Lycée Français de Jakarta and for a few years as LIFE School, is the French curriculum school for Greater Jakarta. It traces its roots to 1967, has had an agreement with the Agency for French Education Abroad (AEFE) since 1990, and is accredited by the French Ministry of National Education. The school is run by Yayasan Ecole Internationale Francaise from its campus on Jalan Cipete Dalam in South Jakarta, close to Kemang, Cipete and Pondok Indah.
FSJ follows the French national curriculum from toute petite section (age 2) through kindergarten, elementary, middle school and high school, taught as a bilingual French-English programme. Students sit the French national exams, and the school says families from around 45 nationalities are enrolled. Non-French speakers can join through an intensive French as a Foreign Language (FLE) programme, and Spanish, German, Mandarin and Indonesian are also taught. Outside class there are more than 35 sports, cultural and artistic activities, and the campus has a canteen with indoor and outdoor dining.
For 2026/2027 the school publishes its fees in rupiah, with separate rates for French and Indonesian families, other nationalities and company-sponsored students. For other nationalities, annual tuition runs from IDR 189,256,000 in kindergarten to IDR 297,578,000 in the final year of high school, plus a one-off registration fee of IDR 49,610,000. Admissions and open house dates are listed on the school's website.
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