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Minister of Defence,
Vu le Defence code, in particular the book I of Part IV;
Vu le Decree No. 2008-940 of 12 September 2008 amended, bearing the special status of the corps of arms officers of the army, including articles 4, 7, 8, 9 and 19;
Vu le Decree No. 2008-947 of 12 September 2008 Amending certain provisions applicable to military students in military schools of career cadets;
Having regard to the amended decision of 24 November 1998 concerning the sporting events common to the entrance competitions to the major military officer recruitment schools;
In light of the July 24, 2009 decision on titles and diplomas recognized as equivalent to the diplomas required to be candidates for admissions and recruitments provided by the Decree No. 2008-940 of 12 September 2008 amended bearing the special status of the corps of arms officers of the army of land;
Having regard to the decree of 23 December 2009 on the medical and physical conditions of fitness required of candidates for admission examinations in military schools of career cadets of the army of land and candidates for recruitment to the corps of arms officers of the army of land;
In view of the decision of 12 December 2013 concerning the admission examination at the Military Special School of Saint-Cyr,
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Article 16 of the Order of December 12, 2013 concerning the admission examinations to the Saint-Cyr Military Special School is replaced by:
"Art. 16.-The competitions open under the title of 1 of Article 4 of Decree No. 2008-940 of 12 September 2008 modified are based on the type of competition (scientific, literary and economic and social sciences).
The details of the tests for each of the competitions are set out in annex I.
THE SCIENTIFIC CONCOURS
For the scientific competition, candidates choose between the paths corresponding to the options of the preparatory classes to the major scientific schools: “Mathematics and Physics” (MP), “Physics and Chemistry” (PC) and “Physics and Engineering Sciences” (PSI). Tests may be common or specific to these routes. Whatever the chosen path, the only living language A allowed to the contest is English.
| Mathematics 1 | 4 hours | 8 | 11 | 8 | Mathematics 1 | 30 minutes of preparation. 25 minutes of restitution. | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Mathematics 2 | 4 hours | 8 | - | - | Mathematics 2 | 8 | - | - | |
| Physics | 4 hours | 6 | 9 | - | Physics | 10 | 10 | - | |
| Physics-chemistry | 4 hours | 6 | - | 8 | Physical sciences: physics 2 or Chemistry | - | 8 | 10 | |
| Chemistry | 4 hours | - | 6 | - | |||||
| Modelling of physical or chemical systems | 4 hours | - | 6 | - | |||||
| Industrial or computer science | 4 hours | 4 | - | - | Engineering science | 30 minutes of preparation. 25 minutes of restitution. | - | - | 8 |
| Engineering Industrial Sciences | 4 hours | - | - | 6 | |||||
| Information technology | 3 hours | - | - | 4 | |||||
| Modelling and Digital Engineering | 4 hours | - | - | 6 | |||||
| French-philosophie | 4 hours | 8 | French | 4 | |||||
| LVA: English | 3 hours | 6 | LVA: English | 6 | |||||
| - | - | - | Personal initiative work framed | No preparation time. 25 minutes of restitution | 6 | ||||
| Sports tests | 10 | ||||||||
| Total | - | 46 | - | 54 | |||||
| Optional written proof of living language B performed during the eligibility tests and taken into account in the event of eligibility of the candidate. The rating of this optional test is not eliminated. | Written 1 hour | Coefficient 4 for points ✱ 10 | |||||||
THE LITTLE CONCOURT
For the literary contest, the essays relate to the programs of the preparatory classes of first and second year letters of the Ecole Normale Supérieures (ENS of Paris and Lyon) as defined by the department(s) responsible for national education and higher education and research. Written essays are those of the Literary Entry Competition at the ENS of Lyon, series Human Sciences, speciality History and Geography. The only living language A allowed to the contest is English.
| Composition of French | 10 | 6 a.m. | Comment-maintenance literature or philosophy | 12 | 1 hour preparation. 25 minutes of restitution. | |
| Composition of philosophy | 9 | 6 a.m. | ||||
| Composition of history | 5 | 6 a.m. | Comment-maintenance history or geography | 12 | ||
| Composition of geography | 5 | 5 a.m. | ||||
| Comment and translation in English | 9 | 6 a.m. | English | 8 | 30 minutes preparation. 25 minutes of restitution. | |
| History 2 : commentary on text or historical documents | 4 | 3 hours | 2nd living or old language | 8 | ||
| Geography 2 : geographical map comment | 4 | 3 hours | Mathematics | 4 | ||
| - | - | - | Sports tests | 10 | ||
| Total | 46 | - | 54 | - | ||
| Optional test | ||||||
| 3rd living or old language | Coefficient 4 for points ✱ 10 | 30 minutes preparation. 25 minutes of restitution. | ||||
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CONCOURS
The Economic and Social Sciences (ESS) competition program is the first and second year of economic and commercial preparatory classes, an economic option, as defined by the Ministry of National Education. English is the only living language A allowed to the contest.
| French | Composition | 8 | 4 hours | 8 | 30 minutes preparation. 25 minutes of restitution. |
| Text contraction | 4 | 3 hours | |||
| Mathematics | 9 | 4 hours | 6 | ||
| Economy, sociology, history | 12 | 4 hours | 12 | ||
| In-depth economy | - | - | 6 | ||
| Living language A English | 7 | 4 hours | 6 | ||
| Living language B | 6 | 3 hours | 6 | ||
| Sports tests | - | - | 10 | - | |
| Total | 46 | - | 54 | - | |
| Optional test | |||||
| 3rd living or old language | Coefficient 4 for points ✱ 10 | 30 minutes preparation. 25 minutes of restitution. | |||
The third paragraph of item 1.2.1.2. of Annex I is amended to read:
"The interview is a time of recovery and enlargement devoted to a reflection on the (or) text (s) studied during the first part of the test. »
The second paragraph of item 1.2.1.4. of Annex I is amended to read:
"The candidate orally exposes, for ten minutes, to a group of two to three examiners, the work carried out during the year on the subject of TIPE he chose. »
The third paragraph of item 1.2.1.4. of Annex I is amended to read:
"Then, as part of an interview, the candidate is questioned for fifteen minutes on the content of his presentation. This interview remains strictly within the program. »
The fourth paragraph of item 2.2.1.1. of Annex I is amended to read:
"The interview is a time of recovery and enlargement devoted to a reflection on the (or) text (s) studied during the first part of the test. »
The third paragraph of item 3.2.1.1. of Annex I is amended to read:
"The interview is a time of recovery and enlargement devoted to a reflection on the (or) text (s) studied during the first part of the test. »
The Chief of Staff of the Army of Land (Director of Human Resources of the Land Army) is responsible for the execution of this Order, which will be published in the Official Journal of the French Republic.
Done on February 23, 2015.
For the Minister and by delegation:
The Director of Human Resources of the Ministry of Defence,
J. Feytis
