Admission to engineering school

Cycle préparatoire - PeiP 1st year - After a general baccalaureate

General baccalaureate holders can be admitted to PeiP (Polytech engineering schools), through the Concours Geipi Polytech Filière générale (group of 35 public engineering schools).

  • Terminale générale students enrolled in a French lycée or one approved by the AEFE (Agence Enseignement Français à l'Étranger).
  • Students with a general baccalaureate obtained in 2024 in a French lycée or a lycée approved by the AEFE

After studying the candidate's file, if he or she is selected, the competition includes a written or oral test. The choice of test center is independent of the candidate's career choice.

To give yourself the best chance of succeeding in your engineering studies at a Polytech school, you should have taken :

In Première class :

  • The mathematics speciality
  • The physics and chemistry speciality
  • A3rd specialty of your choice

In Terminale :
The mathematics specialization supplemented by one of the following specializations

  • Physics and chemistry
  • Life and earth sciences
  • Digital and computer sciences
  • Engineering Sciences
  • Biology-ecology (in agricultural high schools)

Or the complementary mathematics option plus two of the five specialties listed above.

  • Competition registration: from January 15 to March 13, 2025 on Parcoursup
  • Confirmation of wishes: until April 2, 2025 on Parcoursup
  • Written test: Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at one of 200 centers
  • Results: from the end of May 2025 on Parcoursup

The preparatory cycle at Polytech Annecy Chambéry takes place on 3 sites:

  •  Annecy site - Annecy-le-Vieux campus
  • Chambéry site - Bourget-du-Lac campus
  • The French Polynesia website - Papeete Campus in Tahiti

The choice of academics site is made via the wishes on Parcoursup.

Cycle préparatoire - PeiP 2nd year - After a BAC+1 in science

Students with :

  • a general scientific BAC obtained in 2024 in a French lycée or a lycée approved by AEFE - l'Agence pour l'Enseignement Français à l'Étranger (Agency for French Education Abroad)
  • a current BAC+1 (validation of BAC+1 will be required for admission) with enrolment in France:
    - 1st year of a scientific or technical bachelor's degree, including scientific or technical LAS
    - 1st year of a double license
    - 1st year of CUPGE - Cycles Universitaires Préparatoires aux Grandes Écoles
    - 1st year of scientific CPGE - Classe Préparatoire au Grandes Écoles
    - 1st year of Cycle Préparatoire Intégré (integrated preparatory cycle) outside Geipi Polytech schools
  • File review + interview if application is accepted
  • Admission subject to validation of BAC+1

Registration for the Polytech network competition

  • Competition registration: from January 16 to Thursday, April 3, 2025 on the Polytech network website
  • Interviews: Wednesday, June 11 to Saturday, June 21, 2025 if application is accepted
  • Results: from June 26, 2025

Student engineering cycle - After a BAC+2 or +3 or +4 degree

After completing the preparatory cycle of Polytech engineering schools, a "Classe Préparatoire aux Grandes Écoles", a " BUT, a bachelor's degree (bac+2 +3) or a Master 1, you can enter the engineering cycle at Polytech.

PeiP students in the Polytech network have automatic access to the network's student-registered specialties, if their course is validated. To enter an apprenticeship specialization, PeiP students must apply directly to that specialization.

The Polytech competitive entrance exam recruits students on the preparatory track.

Polytech Annecy-Chambéry recruits CPGE students who have completed :

  • Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Earth Sciences - BCPST
  • Mathematics and Physics - MP
  • Mathematics Physics Informatics - MPI
  • Physics Chemistry - PC
  • Physics and Engineering Sciences - PSI
  • Physics and Technology - PT
  • Technology and Industrial Sciences - TSI

How to register

As the BUT diploma is a professional qualification, your BUT specialization determines which of the school's specializations are open to you.
Recruitment will mainly take place at the end of the BUT. Candidates with an excellent position in their graduating class may be recruited at the end of BUT2.

Registration for the Polytech network competition

Take a competitive entrance examination and enter the 1st year of the student engineering program in the Polytech network. To do this, you need to submit a single application. Your post-baccalaureate curriculum will determine the validity of your application and the specializations to which you can apply.

Registration for the Polytech network competition

Enter the2nd year of the engineering cycle by sitting a competitive entrance examination. You must submit an application for each specialty you wish to study (3 specialties maximum).

If you are eligible, a one-off interview will be held at the school in the highest-ranked specialization on your wish list.

Registration for the Polytech network competition

Are you a French-speaking student living abroad who would like to enroll in an engineering program at a Polytech school?

Registration for the Polytech competitive entrance examination

Cycle ingénieur statut apprentice - After a BAC+2 or BAC+3 degree

The engineering academics program, in partnership with ITII, is based on a school/company work-study program, and is governed by an apprenticeship contract. This is a work-study contract, generally lasting 3 years. The contract is signed by the company and the apprentice engineer, who is an employee of the company. The apprentice engineer can be paid up to 80% of the minimum wage. They have all the rights and duties of a company employee, whether at work or at school (compulsory attendance, vacations, etc.).

Master

  • What are the administrative procedures and entry requirements? Visit theUniversité Savoie Mont Blanc website
  • How to apply? Log on to the Mon master website from February 25, 2025
  • Application deadline for main phase: March 24, 2025
  • Main phase admission proposal: June 2 to 16, 2025
  • Application deadline for complementary phase: June 17 to 23, 2025
  • Complementary phase admission proposal: July 8 to 17, 2025
  • If you hold a foreign diploma and live in a country covered by the Campus France procedure, register on the Études en France website.
  • There is no parallel procedure
  • Admission commission date: April 14, 2025

Competition and registration fees

Polytech Annecy-Chambéry is a public engineering school.

Competition fees

A single competitive entrance exam for one of the 16 engineering schools in the Polytech network:

  • 1st year PeiP preparatory cycle: non-scholarship holders: €60 / scholarship holders: €0
  • 2nd year PeiP preparatory cycle: non-scholarship holders: €95 / scholarship holders: €0
  • 3rd year engineering cycle: non-scholarship holders: €95 / scholarship holders: €0
  • 4th year engineering cycle: non-scholarship holders: €95 / scholarship holders: €0

Polytech Annecy-Chambéry tuition fees

  • Preparatory cycle and engineering cycle: non-scholarship holders: €618 / year - scholarship holders: €0 / year - These rates do not apply to continuing and sandwich academics .
  • Master's cycle: non-scholarship holders: €250 / year - scholarship holders: €0 / year
  • International students: The Board of Directors ofUniversité Savoie Mont Blanc has approved a partial exemption from differentiated registration fees for international students, reducing the amount of their registration fees to the same amount as that paid by French students for the duration of their degree course, subject to compliance with the conditions of regular attendance at courses and examinations, and completion of the compulsory internships stipulated in the curriculum.

Student and Campus Life Contribution - CVEC

Before registering, you must pay the CVEC by logging on to the CVEC website.

For international students, log on to the selectra website, which will guide you through the formalities for international students arriving in France.