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DESI 1 registrations open for 2025-2026!

The IESH at Château Chinon offers a coursefor French-speaking students wishing to acquire in-depth knowledge of Islamic sciences in French, entitled Diplôme d’Études Supérieures Islamiques (DESI).

The comprehensive and diversified scientific program on offer will satisfy your interests and intellectual curiosity in the Islamic sciences, and provide a rich and solid foundation for your knowledge of religious disciplines.

Goals

• Acquire a solid grounding in Muslim theological disciplines to embody and transmit an enlightened Islam.
• Develop the ability to adapt Muslim fiqh law by combining theoretical knowledge of the texts with the specificities of the Western context.
• Discover the diversity of opinions in theology, develop an open-mindedness and an ethic of disagreement worthy of Islam.

Conditions

Training intended for French-speaking people wishing to acquire in-depth knowledge in Islamic sciences in French.
Formation is available for the holders of a baccalaureate or an equivalent diploma.

Advantages

• Over 30 years’ teaching experience
• Follow-up provided throughout the preparation
• Contents developed by the IESH teachers
• Teachers on duty to answer your questions
• An exclusive scientific level in French
• Interactive live courses
• Replays available all year round

teaching resources for online courses

All subjects are taught live online on Zoom in an interactive virtual classroom. There are between 6 and 8 hours of lessons per week, from Monday to Friday, from 6pm to 9pm. The courses are based on the books and booklets in the program. The booklets are sent to students by e-mail in dematerialized format, but the books are the responsibility of the student. We recommend that you order them from our online partner bookshops. The list of books on the program can be found on p. 11-13 of the Student Guide 2024-2025, which can be downloaded at the bottom of this page and from the link below.

The brackets are intended for :

• Complete courses
• Provide methodological training
• Supporting students’ individual work
• If you are unable to attend live classes, you can view the replay available all year round.

LIST OF BOOKS ON THE PROGRAM

Click here to access the list of books on the program

DESI Formation program

rates

*initial payment of 250€ compulsory to validate registration, then possible in 4 instalments.

To register for DESI 2025-2026:

registrations open for DESI 1 :

(Documents to be uploaded when registering: ID, Photo, Baccalaureate, Last diploma)