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Patent, Bachelor's, CAP: exam dates in 2025

Publié le 16 septembre 2024 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)

National Diploma of the Patent (DNB), Bachelor's Degree, Certificate of Professional Competency (CAP): in this period of school return, you can already note in your diary the dates of the exams for the 2025 session!

National Patent Diploma (DNB)

Joint written tests

The DNB written tests common to all candidates will take place:

  • Thursday 26 and Friday 27 June for the regular session.
  • Monday 8 and Tuesday 9 September for the replacement session.

Specific written test

The foreign living language test specific to individual candidates will be held:

  • Friday, June 27 for the regular session.
  • Tuesday 9 September for the replacement session.

Consult the 2025 calendar and the DNB's written test schedules.

Reminder

The written tests of the patent cover 4 subjects: French (3 hours), mathematics (2 hours), history-geography (2 hours) and science (1 hour: 2 disciplines between physics-chemistry, science and earth life, technology).

The oral test is used to assess the quality of expression, on a project conducted in the history of the arts or in the context of interdisciplinary practical education (IPE). It takes the form of a 15-minute one-on-one interview (5 minutes of presentation and 10 minutes of interview) or a 25-minute group interview (10 minutes of presentation and 15 minutes of interview).

FYI  

These five tests, which take place at the end of June, are as important as the assessment of students' achievements in the context of the common knowledge, skills and culture ; this is what your child needs to know at the end of their compulsory education (at 16 years old).

Baccalaureate

Since the June 2024 session, the baccalaureate specialty tests have been reinstated in June.

For the General and Technological Baccalaureate, continuous monitoring accounts for 40% of the final score, the remaining 60% being divided between the early French test, the philosophy test, the specialty tests and the Grand oral.

General and technological bachelor's degrees

  • Philosophy tests: Monday 16 June morning.
  • Specialty written tests (metropolis): Tuesday 17, Wednesday 18 and Thursday 19 June.
  • Grand oral: from Monday 23 June to Wednesday 2 July at the latest.
  • Replacement written tests: Monday 8 to Thursday 11 September.

Early French tests (first class)

  • Written test: Friday 13 June morning.
  • Oral test (initiated by the academies): from Monday 23 June to Friday 4 July at the latest.

Bachelor's degree

  • General written tests: Monday 12 May (French, history-geography, moral and civic education), Tuesday 13 May (applied arts, artistic cultures, economics-law, economics-management), Wednesday 14 May (living language B), Wednesday 21 May (living language A), Thursday 26 June (prevention, health and environment).
  • Practical and oral tests: timetable according to the specialties.
  • Oral project test: from Thursday 26 June.
  • Replacement written tests (depending on specialties): Monday 8 to Friday 12 September and Monday 15 to Wednesday 17 September.

Consult the 2025 calendar and the timetables of the written tests of the general baccalaureate, of bachelor's degree in technology and the vocational baccalaureate.

Please note

Results for the General and Technological Baccalaureate and for the Professional Baccalaureate will be communicated from the friday, 4 july. The so-called catch-up events will take place until Wednesday, July 9 inclusive.

FYI  

The 2-week professional observation period set up in 2024, and organized at the end of the second year, is renewed in 2025 as indicated the 2024 re-entry circular.

Certificate of Professional Competence (CAP)

The written tests of general education of the CAP will take place for the normal session: Wednesday 4 and Thursday 5 June.

For the replacement session: Tuesday 16 and Wednesday 17 September.

Consult the 2025 calendar for CAP.

Please note

For overseas departments and regions and for French Polynesia, you can check the dates of the different exams on the Ministry of National Education website.

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