COURSEUP. The phase of registration and formulation of wishes started this Thursday, January 20 on the post-baccalaureate admission platform. Browse our questions/answers to better find your way around!
The essential
- The registration phase and formulation of Parcoursup wishes begins this Thursday, January 20 at 11 a.m.
- The post-baccalaureate orientation platform offers some 19,500 training courses recognized by the State, including many training courses in learning.
- The candidates have until Thursday March 29 inclusive to make a maximum of 10 wishes, non-ranked and motivated, then until Thursday April 7 inclusive to finalize their file and confirm their wishes.
- A multiple wish counts as one wish among the 10 possible wishes. Each multiple wish is made up of sub-wishes, each of which corresponds to a different establishment.
- After examination of their file by the teachers of the higher education, the candidates receive answers and proposals for admissions from June 2 to July 15, last day of the main admission phase.
- The additional Parcoursup phase runs, in 2022, from June 16 to September 14.
- A toll-free number is available to help applicants: 0 800 400 070
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What new courses are offered this year? (3/5)
New BTS also enrich the list of twenty thousand training courses offered by Parcoursup.fr in 2022, for example the BTS in naval mechatronics, “which responds to a real demand from players in the maritime sector”, specifies the Ministry of Education.
What new courses are offered this year? (2/5)
Among the new “Parcoursup 2022” training courses, there are also new art schools, such as the Villa d’Arson in Nice, the Nantes-St-Nazaire school of fine arts, the national school of creations industries or the French fashion institute.
What new courses are offered this year? (1/5)
Among the nearly 20,000 state-recognized training courses offered by Parcoursup this year, some are just making their debut! Among them, new preparatory courses for school teachers (PPPE): 47 courses are offered this year, in 30 academies, specifies the Ministry of Education in its press release of January 19.
At what time does the Parcoursup platform open its “doors”?
Please note, as specified at the top of this special page, the Parcoursup platform opens for registrations and the formulation of wishes from 11 a.m. this Thursday, January 20, and not before. This start time applies nationwide.
What are the key dates of the unique Parcoursup 2022 calendar?
The Parcoursup 2022 calendar is the same throughout France. It includes the following key dates: firstly, candidates have until Thursday March 29 2022 (included) to formulate their wishes, then until Thursday April 7 2022 (included) to confirm their wishes and finalize their file. Finally, after examination of their files by the teachers of the higher education, the candidates receive the answers to each of their wishes from the June 2 2022. Proposals for admission must be sent by July 15th 2022, last day of the main admission phase.
What support are candidates supposed to receive?
Throughout the Parcoursup procedure, candidates can receive support from their head teacher and National Education psychologists. Regarding apprenticeship training, services are also offered to make it easier to make appointments or contacts with employers, or to access companies recruiting on a work-study basis.
What are the “training sheets”?
For each of the courses offered, candidates have access to a fact sheet that is both concise, clear and detailed, and in particular gives information on the following points, which can help them make their choices:
- the status of the establishment
- scholarship fees
- the knowledge and skills expected
- the criteria for examining wishes taken into account by the training courses in their analysis of the files
- the possibilities of further studies
- professional opportunities
- key figures on the 2021 admission phase.
What is the purpose of the Parcoursup platform?
In a press release dated January 19, the Ministry of National Education specifies that “the Parcoursup platform”, formerly called APB, “aims to allow registered candidates to carry out their plan to pursue higher education”, after the graduate from high school.
Learn more
From the information phase to the additional phase, here are the dates of the Parcoursup 2022 calendar:
- December 21, 2021 : information phase, Parcoursup opens its web pages for consultation. You can consult the courses available in 2022, and find out about the expectations and admission conditions. This is also the time to refine your orientation project with your main teachers and/or orientation counsellors.
- From January 20 to March 29, 2022 : it’s here registration phase on Parcoursup, with opening of the file and formulation of wishes. You must complete the various sections of the file (CV, cover letters, activities and areas of interest). Your main mission also: to express your wishes (after March 29, this will no longer be possible). You can make 10 wishes and 20 sub-wishes maximum. This two-month period still gives you time to explore the training courses and refine your choices.
- Until April 8, 2022 : confirmation of vows and finalization of the file. These few days of “bonus” are aimed at the final validation of wishes, but also the verification of your applications and their finalization, by providing all the supporting documents requested, as well as by a final touch to your letters of motivation!
- From June 2 to July 15, 2022 : main intake phase, with response from establishments to Parcoursup applicants. You will then begin to know if the courses you are targeting have accepted your application, rejected it or put you on the waiting list.
- From June 23 to September 16, 2022 : additional admission phase, with entry of new wishes and proposals for admission. This phase is dedicated to those who have only received negative responses, or who have missed the mark of their registration. During this “second chance session”, candidates can apply for courses that still have places, with the same rules of the game as in the previous procedure, but in an accelerated version.
NB: After the results of the baccalaureate, at the request of the student from his file, a committee is responsible for proposing to baccalaureate holders who have not obtained a positive response an assignment in higher education, under the leadership of the rector. This is the CAES (Commission for access to higher education) of the student’s academy, and it provides personalized support.
The Parcoursup answers must arrive in 2022 from May 27. In order to reduce the stress on candidates, the main procedure (admission phase) also ends in mid-July instead of the beginning of September previously.
The long-awaited stage of the Parcoursup responses sent by the training takes place as follows: the candidate first receives an alert. This means that he has one or more answers. The answers are broken down into “yes”, “yes if”, or “pending” for non-selective courses (general licenses). One “no” can only be issued by selective streams (prepas, IUT, BTS, etc.).
When the number of applications exceeds the number of places, either in the “sectors in tension”, the universities give priority a priori to the applications sticking the most to the training offered, in terms of skills as well as acquired or projects. Each time a Parcoursup candidate receives two “yes” to different courses, he has the obligation to choose one of the two at the time, in order to avoid clogging the system. But said candidate keeps his wishes “pending”.
To be able to manage your admission proposals, consider downloading the Parcoursup application from May 27. As a candidate, you must respond to the proposals within the given deadlines and, again, can only accept one at a time : in other words, you have to choose between several admission proposals, which frees up places for candidates on the waiting list. For you too, a pending wish can turn into an admission proposal. When it comes to managing your pending wishes, keep only those that still interest you. Finally, if you receive an admission proposal for your favorite course, you must definitely accept it. You then renounce your other wishes, and again free up places for waiting candidates.