Since universities are public, so republican, schools, it makes sense to make them apply and respect the constitution.
The idea is that any French citizen is able to have access, read and understand any published university thesis (PhD), since they paid for them (via taxes). In the same vein, students of the École Polytechnique are required to work 5 years for the State after their studies, since the State paid such a good formation to them.
French can always go to private school (or emigrate) if they don't agree with that.
« La langue de la République est le français. » ("The language of the Republic is French"), first sentence of the second article of the French Republic Constitution (see http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=LEGITE...).
Since universities are public, so republican, schools, it makes sense to make them apply and respect the constitution.
The idea is that any French citizen is able to have access, read and understand any published university thesis (PhD), since they paid for them (via taxes). In the same vein, students of the École Polytechnique are required to work 5 years for the State after their studies, since the State paid such a good formation to them.
French can always go to private school (or emigrate) if they don't agree with that.