BAC +2/3

First year of the engineering cycle – year 3

Preparatory Classes for the grandes écoles (CPGE)

After completing the 2 or 3 years of the CPGE (Preparatory Classes for the Grandes Ecoles (GE) = high level schools of science and engineering), you can enter a majority of french graduate schools of chemistry and process engineering by competitive entry.

Competitive common exam INPPC BioX-ESPCICompetitive exam Centrale SupelecCompetitive exam Mines-Ponts
Centrale MarseilleXX
Chimie ParisTechX
CPE LyonX
ECPM StrasbourgX
ENSCL LilleXX
ENSCM MontpellierXX
ENSMAC BordeauxX
ENSCMu MulhouseX
ENSCR RennesX
ENSGTI PauX
ENSI PoitiersX
ENSIC NancyXX
ENSICAENX
ENSIL – ENSCI Limoges (banque de note)X
ESCOM Chimie CompiègneX
ESPCI ParisXX
ITECH LyonX
SIGMA ClermontX
Toulouse INP-ENSIACETX
Competitive exams for CPGE to enter graduate schools of chemistry and process engineering

University studies L2-L3

If you have completed your undergraduate level (L2 or L3) in « Sciences and Technologies » at university, you can enter the graduate chemistry schools submitting an application : application review, motivation interview and an assessment of language skills.

Some schools in the Federation* offer the possibility of entry by competitive examination. The Concours PASS’Ingénieur is a national gateway of integration to the engineering schools. Admission is by dossier and a motivation interview.

* Schools in the Federation offering the concours “PASS’Ingénieur” : ECPM (Strasbourg), SIGMA Clermont, ENSIL-ENSCI (Limoges), ENSCL (Lille), ESCOM Chimie (Compiègne) ESPCI Paris, ENSMAC (Bordeaux), ENSCR (Rennes), ENSGTI (Pau), Toulouse INP-ENSIACET (Toulouse), ENSICAEN, CPE Lyon