Apart from supplying food and accommodation for the students, there was only a simple language class so that newly arrived scholars could get a grounding in French, after which students would be scattered among Lyon University and the various specialist academies to undertake their studies.
提供留學生食宿外，僅有簡單的語言班教授初來者基礎法語，學生隨後即依主修科目，分散在里昂大學及各專業學院就讀。