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Brevet, baccalaureate, CAP: exam dates

Publié le 26 septembre 2025 - Directorate of Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)

National Patent Diploma (DNB), Bachelor's Degree, Certificate of Professional Competence (CAP)… Find all exam dates.

National Patent Diploma (DNB)

Common written tests

The DNB written tests common to all candidates will take place:

  • Friday 26, Monday 29 and Tuesday 30 June for the regular session.
  • Thursday 10 and Friday 11 September for the replacement session.

Specific written test

The live foreign language test specific to individual candidates will be held:

  • Tuesday 30 June for the regular session.
  • Friday, 11 September for the replacement session.

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Reminder

The written tests of the patent cover 4 subjects: French (3 hours), mathematics (2 hours), history-geography and moral and civic education (2 hours) and science (1 hour: 2 disciplines between physics-chemistry, science and earth life, technology).

The oral test allows to evaluate the quality of the expression, on a project conducted in the history of the arts or as part of an interdisciplinary practical teaching (EPI) or one of the educational courses. It takes the form of a 15-minute individual interview (5 minutes of presentation and 10 minutes of interview) or a 25-minute group interview (10 minutes of presentation and 15 minutes of interview).

FYI  

The note of continuous control is calculated from the annual averages of all disciplines (all at the same coefficient) obtained by students in class of 3e, and no longer from the eight components of the common foundation of knowledge, skills and culture, this is what your child needs to know at the end of compulsory education (at 16 years old).

A new balance is also established between continuous and terminal testing : the latter now account for 60% of the final score (compared to 50% at present), while continuous monitoring accounts for 40% (compared to 50% previously).

Baccalaureate

For the general and technological baccalaureate, continuous testing accounts for 40% of the final grade, with the remaining 60% divided between the French advance test (written and oral), the mathematics advance test (as of june 2026), the philosophy test, the specialty tests and the Grand oral.

General and technological baccalaureates

  • Philosophy tests: Monday 15 June morning.
  • Specialty written tests: Tuesday 16, Wednesday 17 and Thursday 18 June.
  • Grand oral: from Monday 22 June to Wednesday 1er July at the latest.
  • Replacement written tests: Monday 7 to Thursday 10 September.

Early French tests (in first class)

  • Written test: Thursday 11 June morning.
  • Oral test (at the initiative of the academies): from Monday, June 22.

Advance Mathematics Tests

  • Written test: Friday 12 June morning.

Professional Bachelor's degree

  • General written tests: Thursday 28 May (French, history-geography, moral and civic education), Friday 29 May (applied arts, artistic cultures, economy-law, economy-management), Wednesday 20 May (modern language A), Thursday 21 May (modern language B), Monday 1 June (prevention, health and environment).
  • Practical and oral exams of the professional baccalaureate are conducted according to the indications mentioned on the calendar of each specialty, with the exception of the oral project test which will take place from Wednesday, June 24, 2026.
  • Replacement written tests (depending on the specialties): Monday 7 to Friday 11 September and Monday 14 to Thursday 17 September.

Please note

The results, for the general and technological baccalaureate and for the professional baccalaureate, will be communicated from the tuesday, 7 july. The so-called catch-up tests will take place until friday 10 july included.

FYI  

The occupational observation sequences for general and technological secondary school students will be held from June 15 to 26, 2026.

Certificate of Professional Competence (CAP)

The CAP General Education Written Tests will be held for the regular session: Monday, June 8 and Tuesday, June 9.

For the replacement session: Monday 14 and Tuesday 15 September.

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