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Minister of Economy, Finance and Industry,
In view of the amended Decree No. 94-525 of 27 June 1994, organizing the group of national schools of economy and statistics;
In view of the decision of 12 May 1997 setting the conditions for organizing the recruitment examinations of the National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies and the admission examinations of students holding the National School of Statistics and Information Analysis and the National School of Statistics and Economic Administration;
In view of the decree of 28 July 2000, as amended by the decree of 8 November 2000, concerning the modalities of the examinations and the admission of students engineers of French nationality and foreign nationality to the National School of Bridges and Roads,
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In accordance with the provisions of Article 16 of the above-mentioned Decree of 27 June 1994, non-public servants are admitted to the National School of Statistics and Economic Administration (ENSAE) either by competition or by title.
An optional contest for economics and social sciences, an optional contest for economics and mathematics and a mathematical option contest are organized each year for the admission of non-public servants students. These competitions are organized in accordance with the following procedure.
The economics and social sciences option contest is open to candidates under the age of twenty-two at the 1st January of the competition year.
The contest includes written examinations of eligibility and oral examinations of admission. Applicants are subject to a separate classification following the eligibility tests and admission tests.
The economics and social sciences option examinations are as follows:
I. - Written proof of eligibility
Test number 1 (duration: six hours); coefficient 20): social sciences test. This test consists of a dissertation with documents.
Test 2 (duration: four hours); coefficient 25): composition of mathematics.
Test number 3 (duration: three hours); coefficient 10): foreign living language test. This test, at the choice of the candidate, bears one of the following living languages: German, English, Spanish, Italian, Japanese and Russian. It consists of a version exercise on a text of general, economic and/or sociological interest, possibly completed by an expression exercise in the chosen foreign language, in response to one or two questions on the text. The use of the dictionary is prohibited, except for Japanese, for which the use of one or more bilingual or unilingual dictionaries is permitted.
Test number 4 (duration: five hours); coefficient 15): option test (the candidate must choose an option to register):
- test of sociology;
- economic test.
Written examinations are taken from the inter-ENS social sciences (B/L) test bank.
II. - Oral admission tests
Test number 1 (duration: 30 minutes); coefficient 12): presentation consisting of a synthetic presentation of documentation, followed by a 15 to 20 minute conversation with the examiners.
Test 2 (duration: 30 minutes); coefficient 10): Mathematics ( exercises to be treated in the table).
Test number 3 (duration: 30 minutes); coefficient 10): Mathematics ( exercises to be treated in the table).
Test number 4 (duration: 30 minutes); coefficient 6): foreign language. The test consists of a version followed by a conversation with the examiners in the same language as that chosen in the written test No. 3.
Test number 5 (duration: 30 minutes; coefficient 12): economic analysis question.
The subjects of the written test 2 and oral examinations 2, 3 and 5 relate to the program annexed to this Order (1). The programs of the written examinations of eligibility 1 and 4 are set by order of the Minister for Higher Education.
The Economic and Mathematics option contest is open to candidates under twenty-two years of age as of January 1 of the competition year.
The contest includes written examinations of eligibility and oral examinations of admission. Applicants are subject to a separate classification following the eligibility tests and admission tests.
The examinations of the economic and mathematical option contest are:
I. - Written proof of eligibility
Test number 1 (duration: four hours); coefficient 20): general dissertation.
Test 2 (duration: four hours); coefficient 25): composition of mathematics.
Test number 3 (duration: four hours); coefficient 10): foreign language test. This event, at the choice of the candidate, bears one of the following seven languages: German, English, Arabic literary, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese and Russian.
Test number 4 (duration: four hours); coefficient 15): history test and economic geography.
Written examinations are borrowed from the Paris Chamber of Commerce and Industry test bank.
II. - Oral admission tests
Test number 1 (duration: 30 minutes); coefficient 12): presentation consisting of a synthetic presentation of documentation, followed by a conversation of about fifteen to twenty minutes with the examiners.
Test 2 (duration: 30 minutes); coefficient 10): Mathematics ( exercises to be treated in the table).
Test number 3 (duration: 30 minutes); coefficient 10): Mathematics ( exercises to be treated in the table).
Test number 4 (duration: 30 minutes); coefficient 6): foreign language. The test consists of a version followed by a conversation with the examiners in the same language as the one chosen in Test No. 3.
Test number 5 (duration: 30 minutes; coefficient 12): history test and economic geography.
The subjects of written examinations and oral examinations 2, 3 and 4 relate to the curriculum of preparatory classes for major schools, economic and commercial sector, scientific option, defined in the Official Bulletin of National Education. The oral examination program No. 1 is annexed to this Order (1).
The mathematical option contest includes written examinations of eligibility and oral examinations of admission. The organisation of the written and oral examinations is common with that of all the mandatory and optional tests of the mathematical and physical sector (MP) of the joint competition for admission to the Ecole Nationale des Ponts et chemins and to the national higher schools of the aeronautics and space, advanced techniques, telecommunications, mines of Paris, mines of Saint-Etienne, mines of Nancy, and telecommunications of the so-called bridges
Applicants to the ENSAE Entry Competition, a mathematical option, must register in the MP channel of the joint mine deck contest. The calculation of the eligibility and admission points is identical to that of the joint mine deck competition, particularly with regard to the test coefficients and possible improvements.
At the end of the written exams, are eligible for the ENSAE entry competition, mathematical option, candidates eligible for the mine bridges, MP-track contest, and enrolled in the ENSAE entry contest, mathematical option.
At the end of the oral examinations, the candidates are classified by the mine deck contest in accordance with the terms described in article 14 of the above-mentioned decision of 28 July 2000. Applicants registered for the ENSAE Entry Competition are classified in the same order as at the end of the Deck Mining Competition jury.
Candidates received at the same time at the Polytechnic School and ENSAE and who opted for the first one year to retain the possibility of being admitted to ENSAE, in case they could not remain students of the Polytechnic School because they were declared unfit for medical reasons.
Applicants for admission as non-public servants to the National School of Statistics and Economic Administration must be less than 30 years of age as of January 1 of the filing year. They must:
Either justify a degree of at least equivalent to a master's degree or a master's year in economics or econometrics;
Either justify a degree of at least equivalent to a master's degree or a master's year in mathematics or mathematics applied to the social sciences;
Either justify a degree of at least equivalent to a master's degree or a master's year in science and technology, or a second year of magisterium in a specialty with dominant economic, computer, mathematical or statistical;
either have the degree or have met the exit examinations of a school member of the Conference of Large Schools;
be a student or a former student of one of the upper normal schools;
Either justify a degree from a university or a foreign institution of a similar nature and level to the previous ones, approved by the Education Committee of the National School of Statistics and Economic Administration.
The procedure for admission of non-public servants to the National School of Statistics and Economic Administration is initialized by a notice inserted in the Official Journal of the French Republic.
This notice includes the deadline for applications and the number of places available.
Applicants must, prior to the deadline for submission of applications, send an application to the Director of Higher Education and Research of the National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies in accordance with the terms and conditions described in the Contest Manual, including a copy of their identity card or passport.
As part of the admission to titles, a copy of the titles or diplomas obtained and detailed information on their graduate studies (certificates, records obtained, educational options followed, etc.) must be provided.
The ENSAE Education Committee examines the records and requests for exemptions, and ensures that the candidate's course (specialty, value units or certificates, etc.) ensures, in the fundamental disciplines (mathematics in particular) an adequate level to allow him to follow in good conditions the teachings of ENSAE.
Admissions on titles of non-public servants to the National School of Statistics and Economic Administration are pronounced under the conditions laid down by the decree of 27 June 1994 referred to above.
The decision of 4 December 2003 setting the conditions for admission of non-public servants to the National School of Statistics and Economic Administration is repealed.
The Director General of the National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies and the Director of Personnel, Modernization and Administration are responsible, each with respect to it, for the execution of this Order, which will be published in the Official Journal of the French Republic.
Done in Paris, December 15, 2004.
For the Minister and by delegation:
Director General of the National Institute
Statistics and Economic Studies,
J.-M. Charpin