BAC +2/3

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 INP | PC Bio | X-ESPCI | Competitive exam Centrale Supelec | Competitive exam Mines-Ponts | |
| Centrale Marseille | X | X | |||
| Chimie ParisTech | X | ||||
| CPE Lyon | X | ||||
| ECPM Strasbourg | X | ||||
| ENSCL Lille | X | X | |||
| ENSCM Montpellier | X | X | |||
| ENSMAC Bordeaux | X | ||||
| ENSCMu Mulhouse | X | ||||
| ENSCR Rennes | X | ||||
| ENSGTI Pau | X | ||||
| ENSI Poitiers | X | ||||
| ENSIC Nancy | X | X | |||
| ENSICAEN | X | ||||
| ENSIL – ENSCI Limoges (banque de note) | X | ||||
| ESCOM Chimie Compiègne | X | ||||
| ESPCI Paris | X | X | |||
| ITECH Lyon | X | ||||
| SIGMA Clermont | X | ||||
| Toulouse INP-ENSIACET | X |
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