{"id":3685,"date":"2021-10-01T14:33:29","date_gmt":"2021-10-01T12:33:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cefam.fr\/?page_id=3685"},"modified":"2025-10-27T14:31:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T13:31:11","slug":"opt-pgwp","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cefam.fr\/en\/career-services\/opt-pgwp\/","title":{"rendered":"OPT &#038; PGWP"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>At CEFAM, many of our students don\u2019t just want to study internationally, they want to <strong>build their futures abroad<\/strong>. Thanks to our partnerships with top American and Canadian universities, this ambition can become a reality. 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