Bank of literary exams
Candidates to the Ecole du Louvre’s undergraduate programme, referred to as the first cycle, have three ways to apply. There is an entrance exam (with pre-selection on Parcoursup, a national platform for students to apply for higher education spaces) to join the first year, the bank of literary exams (Banque d’epreuves litteraires [BEL], which is a common entrance exam to the Ecole Normale Superieure schools in France but also allows students to join partner higher education establishments) to join the third year and the possibility to join the second year of the school’s third cycle if previous education is equivalent to the school’s first and second cycles.
Bank of literary exams (BEL)
Students can join the third year of the Ecole du Louvre’s first cycle from the BEL. The BEL is for Classes Preparatoires aux Grandes Ecoles (CPGE) students. The classes preparatoires are a two or three-year course preparing to entrance exams to the Ecole Normale Superieure schools.
CPGE students must have completed two years of classe preparatoire (the first and second years, also known as Hypokhâgne and Khâgne) with an Art history option to be eligible.
The oral entrance exams will take place in person on June 13 and 14, 2024.
