IN HIGH SCHOOL

Classe de Seconde (Sophomore)

Classe de Première S (Junior, in Math and Physics)

Classe de Terminale S (Senior, in Math or Physics)

LES GRANDES ECOLES AND
ECOLES d’INGENIEURS (Engineering schools)

Classes préparatoires (Mathématiques supérieures and Mathématiques spéciales)

2 or 3 years

Ecoles Normales Supérieures
Ecole Polytechnique
Ecole de Physique et Chimie
Ecole Centrale, etc.

3 or 4 years

UNIVERSITY

Licence and Master 1
in Physics or Sciences of the Universe

3 + 1 years (BSc + MS)

UNIVERSITY

Master 2 (former Diplôme d'Etudes approfondies - DEA)
Specialisation in Astrophysics or Physics

1 year

PhD thesis in a research institute
funded by the Ministère de l'Education Nationale ("National Education Department") or other funding

3 years

POST DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP

Abroad

2 or 3 years

APPLICATION FOR A LECTURER OR RESEARCHER POSITION

to the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

to the Commissariat à l'énergie Atomique (CEA)

to the french Observatoires ("Observatories")

to a University

(selection based on application and oral presentation in front of a selection committee)