Target level of study
Bachelor's degree
ECTS
60 credits
Duration
1 year
Training structure
Institute for Preparation for General Administration (IPAG)
Language(s) of instruction
French
Presentation
Description:
The Bachelor's Degree in Public Administration aims to prepare students for Category A civil service examinations. It is based on a number of specific features:
- One-third of the teaching is carried out by professionals (advisors from the Regional Chamber of Accounts and Administrative Court, etc.), particularly with regard to practical exercises.
- Speakers (academics and external experts) frequently participate in competition juries, which allows for training that is particularly focused on what examiners and markers expect in civil service competitions.
- Particular emphasis is placed on general knowledge and summary writing, which are highly selective components of the entrance exams for competitive examinations.
- Preparation for the final admission oral exams is also organized (an average of six practice sessions for each student).
More generally, students who have completed their third year of undergraduate studies should be able to pass a Category A civil service exam in any of the three branches of government and, if necessary, continue their studies in a Master's 1 program in order to refine their approach to passing a more targeted exam (if they did not pass in their third year) or a higher-level exam (category A+: for example, hospital director, customs inspector) or to even higher positions (requiring a master's degree: for example, E.N.M., E.N.A., territorial administrator, etc.).
The advantages of the training program
Start of the school year
Every day from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
More info:
LAP students perform very well in civil service examinations. On average, three out of four students pass Category A and B examinations.
Objectives
Educational objectives:
- Academic goal: to obtain a bachelor's degree that allows me to continue on to a master's degree.
- Competition objective: to obtain the required level (bachelor's degree) to take the category A competitive examinations and benefit from tailored preparation to pass the tests.
Organization
Open alternately
Type of contract | Apprenticeship contract |
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- First semester: 3 weeks of training / 1 week of work experience
- Second semester: 2 weeks of training / 2 weeks of work-study program
- Post-exams: full-time work-study program
Apprenticeship
Since 2013, it has been possible to follow this training program on a work-study basis in the local civil service (local apprentices). Since 2015, it has been possible to follow this training program on a work-study basis in the state civil service (state apprentices). In 2017, it became possible to follow this training program on a work-study basis in the hospital civil service (hospital apprentices).
To find a public sector employer, you can start sending unsolicited applications directly, but we recommend that you inform the IPAG secretariat (ipag-contact@umontpellier.fr or 04 34 43 23 04).
Link to the website: https://ipag.edu.umontpellier.fr/lalternance/
Internships, supervised projects
Internship | Possible |
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Program
SEMESTER 1:
Lectures:
- Administrative institutions: 25 hours (2.5 credits)
- Digital Culture: 20 hours (2 credits)
- State public finances: 25 hours (2.5 credits)
- Activities and functioning of public administrations: 50 hours (5 credits)
- Contemporary Political, Social, and Environmental Issues: 25 hours (2.5 credits)
- Political Institutions: 25 hours (2.5 credits)
- Political Economy: 25 hours (2.5 credits)
Tutorials:
- Methodology lectures: 20 hours (2 credits)
- Lectures on methods in general administrative culture: 20 hours (2 credits)
- Presentation and discussion: 8:00 p.m. (2 credits)
- Summary note: 20 hours (2 credits)
- Modern languages (English/Spanish): 25 hours (2.5 credits)
SEMESTER 2:
Lectures:
- Political Economy: 25 hours (3 credits)
- European Issues: 20 hours (2.5 credits)
- Activities and functioning of public administrations: 20 hours (3 credits)
- Local Finance: 25 hours (3 credits)
- Contemporary Political, Social, and Environmental Issues: 45 hours (3 credits)
- Civil service: 25 hours (3 credits)
Tutorials:
- Modern languages (English/Spanish): 25 hours (2.5 credits)
- Methodology lectures: 20 hours (2.5 credits)
- Methodology lectures in general administrative culture: 20 hours (2.5 credits)
- Lecture and discussion: 8 p.m. (2.5 credits)
- Summary note: 20 hours (2.5 credits)
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PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
Admission
Admission requirements
Hold a minimum of a two-year postsecondary degree
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COMPONENT OF THE COLLEGIUM |
GATWAYS |
RELEVANT FIELDS OF STUDY |
TYPE OF DEVICE |
APPLICATION TOOL |
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IPAG |
L2 Law, Political Science, Economics, AES, Management |
L3 Public Administration |
Automatic option to join L3 AP |
E-Candidate |
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Secondary education other than Law, Political Science, Economics, AES, Management |
L3 Public Administration |
Possibility of joining the L3AP after review of your application by the recruitment committee |
E-Candidate |
Target audience: Second-year students studying literature, science, etc. | |
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French diploma equivalency commissions |
L3 Public Administration |
Possibility of joining the L3AP after review of your application by the recruitment committee |
E-Candidate |
Target audience: students who have earned 120 ECTS credits and completed studies in BTS, DUT, BUT, CPGE, etc. | |
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Talent Prep Agreement - ENCCRF |
L3 Public Administration |
Students in the preparatory class are automatically admitted to the L3 AP program. |
E-Candidate - Automatic admission |
subject to having validated 120 ECTS credits |
Registration procedures
1/ Applications must be submitted via the E-candidat bleu platform:https://candidature.umontpellier.fr/candidature/#!accueilView
2/ Registration details can be found at the following link:https://ipag.edu.umontpellier.fr/candidater/inscription-apres-candidature-a-lipag/
Target audience
Recruitment pool:
Requirement to have earned 120 ECTS credits in a Bachelor's degree program (L1 and L2) in Law, Administration, or Economics, History, or Geography.
Assessment of the files prepared by the candidates by the director of IPAG.
Tuition fees
Initial training : €175
To this, you will need to add the CVEC and university fees.
Mandatory prerequisites
- Minimum 2 years of higher education(120 ECTS credits)
- Any field of study is acceptable as long as the career plan is coherent.
- Automatic integration for second-year students studying law, political science, economics, AES, and management at the University of Montpellier (law bridges)
- Application files evaluated by a selection committee for other profiles such as BTS, CPGE, literary or scientific backgrounds (conditional transfer options).
And after
Professional integration
Local Civil Service:
- Local government official
- Senior Editor
- Regional Editor
Federal Civil Service:
- IRA
- DGFIP inspector and controller
- DGCCRF inspector and controller
- Customs inspector and controller
- Labor inspector
- Prison Service Directors
- Director/Prison Integration and Probation Advisor
- Directors of PJJ services
- Court clerks
- Administrative Secretary / SAENES
- Gendarmerie non-commissioned officer
- Peacekeeper
Hospital civil service and health and social services sector:
- Director of Social Security Fund (EN3S)
- Health and Social Affairs Inspector
- Hospital administration officer