Paris, France | Student federation · since 2023
International relations
FDNU is a student federation of more than a hundred volunteers, learning diplomacy by practising it, in Paris and across France, since 2023.
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About FDNU
Founded in 2023 by students, FDNU runs FMUN, the only Model UN in France that changes city every year, CEDIRE, its research centre, and Le Diplo, its media outlet. Eleven directions and regional committees make them happen.
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FMUN
The only Model UN in France that moves city. Bordeaux, October 2026.
CEDIRE
The research centre. Students publish their first analysis here.
Le Diplo
The federation's media outlet. Analysis, interviews and reporting written by students.
Why FDNU?
Learn by doing rather than by listening. Meet the people who do it for a living, like Bertrand Badie and Anne-Cécile Robert, our guests at the start of the year. And decide, because here it is students who run it.
Schedule
Conferences, simulations, talks and visits run by FDNU. Open any event for its details and to apply.
No upcoming events have been announced yet.
Our events
The year's highlights in pictures. Opening conferences, parliamentary simulations, meetings with practitioners.
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Le Diplomatiquement Vôtre publishes analysis, interviews and reporting on international affairs, written by students.
Testimonials
Delegates, writers and department heads on what a year at FDNU left them with.
“I joined the federation for two days of simulation and stayed for the team. You learn to defend a position, negotiate a text and hold a room. No course really replaces that.”
“Publishing a first piece of analysis while still a student changes how you approach research. CEDIRE gives you a framework, demanding editing and a real readership.”
Partners
Institutions, universities and associations that back our projects.