Editing ESPCI Paris (section)

==Admission==
The primary mode of admission (60 out of 90 students every year) is a competitive examination open to candidates enrolled in the PC (Physics-Chemistry) section of the [[Grandes écoles#Preparatory classes for grandes écoles (CPGE)|Preparatory Classes]] to the [[Grandes écoles]]. The examinations are the same as for the Ecole Polytechnique but the components are weighted differently.
 
Candidates to the competitive examination must have their [[licence]] or an equivalent diploma. They must be aged between 17 and 22 on 1 January of the examination year. Foreign candidates must be under 26 and can attempt this examination three times.

It is also possible for students from the MP section (Maths-Physics), PSI section (Physics and Engineering Sciences), and BCPST section (Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Earth Sciences) of the preparatory classes or having completed 2 or 3 years of physics or chemistry in a French university to apply for ESPCI Paris. Admission is reserved to first class honours students selected according to their academic results.