

Grandes écoles primarily admit students based on their national ranking in competitive written and oral exams called concours, which are organised annually by the French central government. The schools only admit students through an extremely competitive examination process a significant proportion of their graduates occupy senior positions in French business, academia, civil service and civil society. The grandes écoles offer teaching, research and professional training in single academic fields such as engineering, architecture, business administration, academic research, or public policy and administration.


Gate of the Conservatoire national des Arts et Métiers, Paris.Ī grande école ( French: ) is a specialised university that is separate from, but parallel and often connected to, the main framework of the French public university system.
