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Exam details
Last update: 11-20-2009

PASSERELLE ESC COMMPETITIVE EXAM 2010
1st and 2nd year
- Exam preparation day : Saturday March 6th 2010 at ESC Montpellier
- Registration deadline : midnight Wednesday March 31st 2010
- Written exams : Wednesday April 14th 2010
- ESC Montpellier oral exams : May 29th – June 14th 2010
ARPÈGE test (2 hours) – 1st year
A multiple choice test on general knowledge, logics and maths along with questions on memorised texts.
Tage - Mage test (2 hours) – 2nd year
A multiple choice test designed to assess verbal aptitude, problem solving capacity and the ability to reason.
English test (1 hour 30)
A multiple choice text covering grammar, language structure, language use and reading comprehension.
Summary (2 hours)
Candidates study documents pertaining to social, economic or cultural matters and in a short period of time extract key information and provide a summary.
Free-choice component (2 hours)
Candidates can chose from 15 tests according to their original qualification or personal interest :
• German • Biology • Law • Economics • Spanish • Management • IT • Marketing • Mathematics • Philosophy, arts, human sciences • Technology.
Language orals
English and one other language (German, Arabic, Chinese, Spanish, Italian, Russian). There are two 20 minute tests which consist of :
- listening to and commenting on a recording
- conversation with the examiner


