What is new about the patent in 2025?

During the June 2025 session of the national patent diploma, the mention “very well with congratulations from the jury” will appear, following an order published in the Official Journal of 27 February 2025. This endorsement will be attributed to:

• students who will receive at least 720 points out of 800, for "school" candidates (students of 3^e public or private establishments under contract, those at the National Center for Distance Learning...);
• those who will receive at least 360 points out of 400, for ‘individual’ applicants.

In the two cases, this is equivalent to an average of 18 out of 20 obtained at the national patent diploma.

Students who achieve a "good" rating (at least 14 out of 20 on average on the patent), a "very good" rating (at least 16 out of 20 on average on the patent) and a "very good rating with the jury’s congratulations" will, under certain conditions, be eligible for a merit scholarship.

From this June 2025 session of the patent, the notes on history-geography and moral and civic education will also be separated. However, the format of the test does not change; the 3 subjects (history, geography and moral and civic education) remain grouped in the same written test of 2 hours.