Frequently asked questions (Admission)

He will be at a serious disadvantage in the case study and in the written mathematics test.

Polytech Marseille is committed to welcoming and supporting students with disabilities.

This is reflected at various levels, including :

• Easy access to the school's various buildings,
• Adaptation of school curricula, timetables and examination procedures,
• Personalized follow-up within the school by an identified referent.

These arrangements are possible for the preparatory cycle (PeiP) as well as for engineering courses.

Yes, the competitive entrance exam is open to students preparing a European scientific baccalaureate. For example: AbiBac (Franco-German Bac), Bachibac (Franco-Spanish Bac), Esabac (Franco-Italian Bac) and students registered with the CNED.

Many countries offer examination centers. If there is no center in your country, your high school needs to contact ENI de Tarbes (the school that manages the writing centers), as there are certain conditions for opening a center.

Around 3,800 places available in total.

The Polytech school of your choice is a public school, so tuition fees are the university fees, which are €601 per year and are waived for scholarship students, plus the €95 CVEC (compulsory) for all higher education studies.

Geipi Polytech also organizes a competition for students in the STI2D and STL series of the Terminale Technologique.

You will then be able to enter the POLYTECH engineering school pathway (PeiP D) at schools in the network of : Angers, Grenoble, Lille, Lyon, Marseille, Nantes and Orléans.

All the information you need to enter the GEIPI Polytech competitive entrance exam with a technological baccalaureate can be found in the following document:

No, the PeiP program does not prepare students for the entrance exam to the grandes écoles. It's a 2-year post-bac preparatory program, organized nationally by the Polytech network. It prepares students to enter the engineering program in one of the specialties of the schools in the Polytech network.

No, there is no competitive entrance examination at the end of the PeiP program. Validation of the PeiP program is sufficient to enter a specialization in the engineering cycle. Students must draw up a list of specialization wishes at network level, and will be assigned according to these wishes and the national ranking of all PeiPs.

Yes, special teaching arrangements can be made for top-level athletes or artists, provided that this status is granted at the start of the academic year by the university sports department, and on application to the school management in the case of artists; it must also be renewed each year.

Academic registration for the PeiP course is carried out at Polytech Marseille. Classes, tutorials and practical work are taught by Polytech Marseille teaching staff and take place on the Etoile campus in Saint-Jérôme (Aix-Marseille University). In addition to the teaching units (UE) taken at the Faculty of Science, the PeiP course includes specific UE preparing students for the engineering cycle (English, discovery practical work, Polytech Projects, Human and Social Sciences).

There are about 25 hours of lessons a week. You have to work regularly, at least 1h30 or 2h a day, to review the lessons. But you also need to set aside time to relax: to play sports, to take part in cultural activities. In general, there are no classes on Thursday afternoons, so you can practice a sport or an activity.

Yes, a work experience placement is planned between the first and second years of the PeiP program (4 weeks compulsory).

Yes, the teaching of English is essential at Polytech, whether in the PeiP or Engineering cycle. Polytech takes full responsibility for English language teaching, and students benefit from a two-year program of 30 hours of English per semester.

No, it is not possible to repeat a year except in exceptional circumstances (social or medical difficulties), and re-registration for the competition is therefore not permitted.

Subject to successful completion of the PeiP course, students are guaranteed entry into the engineering cycle in one of the specialties offered by the Polytech network. Students who successfully complete the two-year program express their wish to continue in one of the specialties offered by the Polytech network. The choice of specialization is made on the basis of the candidate's wishes and the results obtained in the PeiP program.

Yes, validation of the PeiP program in Marseille enables you to apply for one of the engineering specialties at the 15 Polytech schools (nearly 120 specialties). Please note that validation of a PeiP A or PeiP D course does not give access to the same specialties.

No, placement in the specialties only takes into account students' results, ranked nationally at the end of the PeiP course, and their wishes. Placement in a specialization therefore depends on the rankings, the number of places available in the specializations and the number of requests made for each specialization. Student origin is not taken into account.

Any UE validated is definitively acquired and can be reused at a later date in another course. A student who has not validated the first year of the PeiP course can nevertheless validate the first year of the bachelor's degree (L1), as the validation rules are different. The same applies to the second year of the PeiP pathway and the equivalence with L2. At the end of the first year of the PeiP course, a student who has validated his/her L1 can enter a L2. At the end of the PeiP pathway (after the two years), a student who has completed L1 and L2 can apply for L3 or another course requiring L2.

It is advisable to make 8 to 10 requests, especially if the results of the PeiP semesters are average within your class.

The grading is based on the baccalaureate grade, the results of the first 3 PeiP semesters and the grades of the specific PeiP modules. There is one interclassification for the PeiP A course and another for the PeiP D course.

No. Unlike the PeiP pathway, this route does not give you direct access to the engineering cycle of a school in the Polytech network. Your application will be examined in the same way as those of all candidates with a L2 level, i.e. via a competitive entrance examination.