NARIC guide on Higher Education Systems in the European Union

in universities, and other schools, under the authority of the ministère du travail et des affaires sociales, for paramedical
programmes: speech therapy, vision correction, hearing correction, midwife preparation, social work, etc. The
programmes accept a very limited number of students holding the baccalauréat, at the conclusion of an entrance
examination, a regular examination, a test or an interview. The length of studies can last up to four years;
in lycées where classes préparatoires aux grandes écoles (CPGE: advanced preparatory classes) prepare students for
competitive examinations for entrance to major schools of science and business, Écoles normales and schools of
veterinary medicine. Admission to the different sections is granted to a very limited number of students and is based on
the examination of an application which is submitted after the baccalauréat.