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- Master's degree, Legal, Economic and Technical TranslationUniversité Charles de Gaulle-Sciences2004
- Master's degree, English and American StudiesUniversité de Bretagne Occidentale2002
- Bachelor of Arts, English and American StudiesThe University of Glasgow1999Erasmus year.
- DEUG (Diplôme d'études universitaires générales - General Academic Studies Degree),Université de Bretagne Occidentale1998
- Hypokhâgne, Literature and HumanitiesLycée de Kerichen1997