# Importing a Python Module from another directory

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**Category:** New to Julia\
**Tags:** pycall\
**Created:** [September 3, 2019, 1:21am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/importing-a-python-module-from-another-directory/28310 "2019-09-03T01:21:28Z")\
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> [@marinarrd](#):
>
> I would like to use python module from another directory.

You could push the directory to Python’s `sys.path` and then import the module:

```julia
using PyCall
push!(pyimport("sys")."path", "/path/of/directory")
mymodule = pyimport("mymodule")

```

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