How to enter the Master Grande Ecole

To enter the Master Grande Ecole de NEOMA Business School, you must take an entrance exam…

There is no application form to fill out; no admission is made on the basis of other diplomas. To enter the Master Grande Ecole you must pass the entrance exam.
It includes written exams and orals.

If you are a student in a preparatory class:
> the Ecricome Prépa entrance exam
If you are a graduate of Bac +2 level (L2, BTS, IUT, etc.):
> the Ecricome Tremplin 1 entrance exam
If you are a graduate of Bac +3 level (L3 and higher)
> the Ecricome Tremplin 2 entrance exam
The Ecricome, Tremplin 1 and Tremplin 2 entrance exams are common to all six schools in the ECRICOME exam answer databank:

• ICN Graduate Business School (Nancy)
• Bordeaux Management School
• Reims Management School
• NEOMA Business School
• Euromed Management
• ESCEM (Tours-Poitiers)

If you have a foreign degree of Bac +3 level or higher (L3, M1, M2, Bachelor, etc.).

> The recruitment process is specific to the school. For further information, please visit: [email protected]

Preparatory classes are the most common way of entering French Business and Management schools. They last two years, and are intended for students who have obtained their Baccalauréat.

After the preparatory classes, you must take the Ecricome entrance exam in order to enter the Master Grande Ecole of NEOMA Business School.

To enroll for the exam, please visit www.ecricome.org.
Candidates from the following academic disciplines can apply:

• Economics
• Science
• Technology
• Humanities

Since 2011, humanities candidates for the BEL entrance exam (Ulm, AL and ENS Lyon) do not have to take the written exam. Ecricome will use their results for the ENS entrance exam. They must however take the Ecricome orals.
Distribution of recruits by academic discipline – 2011 Entrance exam

The Ecricome Prépa entrance exam

For 2012, the Master Grande Ecole at NEOMA Business School offers 375 places for the ECRICOME entrance exam.

• 340 places for economics, science and technology candidates
• 35 places for humanities candidates (BEL)

Ulm – AL and ENS Lyon humanities candidates are no longer required to take Ecricome written exams. Ecricome applies its coefficients to the marks obtained in the ENS entrance exam.
The registration fee is € 350 for one school, plus 20 euros per additional school for economy, science, technology and BL candidates, and € 175 plus € 10 per additional school for BEL candidates.

For further information

Written exams

Science students
EXAMS	DURATION	COEFFICIENTS
Math	4h	7
General culture	4h	4
Summarization	2h	3
History, geography and geopolitics of the contemporary world	4h	4
LL1	3h	4
LV2	3h	3
Total		25
Economics students
EXAMS	DURATION	COEFFICIENTS
Math	4h	5
General culture	4h	4
Summarization	2h	3
Economic and historical analysis of contemporary societies	4h	6
LL1	3h	4
LV2	3h	3
Total		25
Technology students
EXAMS	DURATION	COEFFICIENTS
Math	4h	6
General culture	4h	3
Summarization	2h	2
Economics and law	4h	4
LL1	3h	2
LV2	3h	2
Management and administration	5h	6
Total		25
BL Humanities students
EXAMS	DURATION	COEFFICIENTS
Literary essay	4h	4
Philosophical essay	4h	5
History	3h	4
Summarization	2h	4
LL1	3h	4
A/L Section: Geography or Latin or LV2	3h	4
B/L Section: Math or Economic and Social Sciences	3h	4
LSH Section: Geography or Latin or LV2	3h	4
Total		25
BEL Candidates (ULM – AL and ENS LYON)
EXAMS	DURATION	COEFFICIENTS
French essay		5
Philosophy essay		5
History essay		3
Exam on a choice of ancient languages and cultures and Geography essay		4
Commentary on a text in a foreign language		4
Option test		4
Total		25

Orals
The orals are held in the schools for which the candidate is eligible.

EXAMS	DURATION	COEFFICIENTS
English	20 minutes of preparation and 20 minutes of interview	4
Other language (1) or Latin (2)		4
Interview	30 to 45 min	12

1: Languages accepted: Arabic, Chinese, Danish, Dutch, German, Modern Greek, Modern Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish.
2: For humanities students

Frédéric Bouton
Communication Manager
Laetitia Ratel
Communication Officer
[email protected]

Parallel admissions

You can enter the Master Grande Ecole at NEOMA Business School without doing a preparatory class. The Tremplin 1 entrance exam allows students of BAC +2 level to enter the first year, while the Tremplin 2 entrance exam allows students of BAC +3 level to enter the second year.
The Master Grande Ecole at NEOMA Business School offers:

• 90 PLACES in 2012 for the Tremplin 1 entrance exam 
• 150 PLACES in 2012 for the Tremplin 2 entrance exam 

> For further information
The Master Grande Ecole at NEOMA Business School is a perfect complement for students from a wide variety of academic backgrounds. Although most of the students have taken Commerce, Economics and Management curricula, the profiles can be extremely diverse.
Integration is therefore possible for all, and the school strongly encourages students with a degree in Law, Languages, Humanities, Sciences, etc. to complement their initial training with the Master Grande Ecole.
Distribution of Tremplin 1 recruits by academic discipline – 2011 Entrance exam

 
Distribution of Tremplin 2 recruits by academic discipline – 2011 Entrance exam
 

The Ecricome Tremplin 1 entrance exam

Available to high school graduates of Bac +2 level, this entrance exam allows students to join the Master Grande Ecole at NEOMA Business School.
Students enter the first year.
80 PLACES ARE OPEN FOR THE 2012 ENTRANCE EXAM
The registration fee is € 300 for one school, plus 20 euros per additional school.
Written exams

Coefficient per option	Coefficients
TAGE 2 Corporate management aptitude test	2
English test	1
Synopsis	2
Total for written exams	5

Orals
The orals are held in the schools for which the candidate is eligible.

Coefficient per option	Coefficients
English (1st or 2nd language)	1
Other language1	1
Personal interview	3
Total for orals	5

1: Languages accepted: Arabic, Chinese, Danish, Dutch, German, Modern Greek, Modern Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish.