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Programme Overview

The University offers a comprehensive programme in Sciences de la vie et de la Terre (SVT), specifically designed for students seeking to integrate into prestigious institutions such as Écoles d'agronomie, Écoles vétérinaires, or Écoles normales supérieures.

Objectives

The primary objectives of the Cycle universitaire préparatoire aux grandes écoles (CUPGE) programme are:

• To provide students with the necessary foundation to successfully integrate into top-tier schools through competitive examinations.
• To deliver a Licence in Sciences de la vie et de la Terre, enabling students to pursue further education in master's programmes offered by Aix-Marseille University or other institutions.

Target Audience

The programme is tailored for Bacheliers (high school graduates) who aspire to pursue higher education in fields related to agriculture, veterinary science, or normal schools.

Admission Criteria

Admission to the CUPGE programme can be secured through:

• ParcoursSup for first-year students.
• An examination of the applicant's dossier for second and third-year entries, with applications submitted via E-candidat.

Recommended Prerequisites

For students seeking to join the CUPGE in their second or third year, it is essential that their prior studies align with the programme's first-year curriculum, particularly in subjects like mathematics, physics, and chemistry.

Teaching Sites

The programme is conducted at the SCIENCES, Marseille St-Charles campus.

Formation and Research

The education is defined as "by and for research," with a strong emphasis on:

• Preparing students for research careers, directly linked to the programme's objectives.
• Organizing the curriculum around research, including the analysis of scientific results and their vulgarization.

Pedagogical Modalities

The teaching methodology is characterized by:

• A close relationship between the curriculum and the competitive examination requirements.
• Individualized student follow-up, focusing on both disciplinary progress and professional project development.
• Continuous assessment, allowing for the management of individual progress throughout the semester and year.

Knowledge and Skills Acquisition

Students are expected to acquire:

• Fundamental concepts and practices to identify, analyze, and respond to questions in SVT.
• The ability to mobilize plural knowledge within the context of specialization.
• Skills to present a scientific or professional project in SVT.

Competences

The programme aims to equip students with the ability to:

• Solve mathematical, physical, and chemical problems under time constraints.
• Develop their educational project in coherence with their university path.
• Identify, choose, and integrate a company for an internship, aligning with their professional project.
• Draft a CV adapted to a professional interview.
• Master French for professional presentation and scientific communication purposes.
• Master English for scientific communication, both written and oral.
• Sustain a professional interview.
• Acquire a scientific and humanistic culture regarding contemporary and future world issues.
• Conduct collaborative and individual projects, including defining a question, planning, compiling data, and structuring content for a coherent oral and written presentation.

Professional Outcomes

Graduates can pursue careers as:

• Ingénieurs in agriculture and environmental science.
• Professionals in animal health.
• Managers in industrial research, development, and production.

NSF Domains

The programme falls under the NSF domains of:

• Pluri-scientific specialties (application to production technologies).
• Sciences of agro-food resources.
• Mathematics of physics, chemistry, and biology.

Further Studies

Students can proceed to:

• Engineering schools.
• Veterinary schools.
• Schools of agriculture.

Tuition Fees

• Formation initiale: €175.
• Droits d'inscription: Additional information available.
• Droits différenciés des étudiants extra-communautaires: Further details available.
• Formation continue: More information available.

Secretariat Pédagogique

For inquiries, contact Anne-Sophie PEYOU at the Faculté des sciences, 3, place Victor Hugo – 13331 Marseille cedex 3.

Programme Details

• Domaine: Sciences and Technologies.
• Composante: Faculté des sciences.
• Nombre de crédits: 120.
• Liens complémentaires: Available upon request.
• Plaquette de la formation and Plaquette du parcours: PDF documents, 265.27 Ko and 278.98 Ko, respectively, last updated 10/12/2025.
• Site web de la formation: Available online.
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