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Like every year, millions of young and old French people take exams. Between the Diplôme national du brevet (DNB), the baccalaureate or the professional aptitude certificate (CAP), many deadlines are coming up.
Here are all the dates, test by test, to note from the start of 2025 to anticipate revisions.
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The DNB written tests common to all candidates will take place:
Thursday 26 and Friday 27 June for the normal session;
Monday 8 and Tuesday 9 September for the replacement session.
The foreign language test specific to individual candidates will be held:
Friday, June 27 for the normal session;
Tuesday September 9 for the replacement session.
For more details, please consult this table , put online by the Ministry of Education.
Baccalaureate
Since the June 2024 session, the baccalaureate specialty exams have been reinstated in June, recalls the service-public website .
General and technological baccalaureates
Philosophy exams: Monday June 16 morning.
Written specialty tests (mainland France): Tuesday 17, Wednesday 18 and Thursday 19 June.
Oral exam: from Monday June 23 to Wednesday July 2 at the latest.
Replacement written tests: from Monday September 8 to Thursday September 11.
French advance exams (in first year)
Written test: Friday June 13 morning.
Oral exam (at the initiative of the academies): from Monday June 23 to Friday July 4 at the latest.
For the general and technological baccalaureate, continuous assessment counts for 40% of the final grade, the remaining 60% being shared between the early French test, the philosophy test, the specialty tests and the Grand oral.
Professional baccalaureate
General written exams: Monday May 12 (French, history-geography, moral and civic education), Tuesday May 13 (applied arts, artistic cultures, economics-law, economics-management), Wednesday May 14 (modern language B), Wednesday May 21 (modern language A), Thursday June 26 (prevention, health and environment).
Practical and oral tests: timetable set according to specialties.
Oral project test: from Thursday June 26.
Replacement written tests (depending on the specialties): from Monday September 8 to Friday September 12 and from Monday September 15 to Wednesday September 17.
For more details, please consult these tables to view the timetables for the written exams for the general baccalaureate , the technological baccalaureate and the professional baccalaureate , posted online by the Ministry of Education.
Certificate of Professional Aptitude (CAP)
The written general education CAP tests will take place, for the normal session:
Wednesday June 4 and Thursday June 5.
For the replacement session:
Tuesday 16 and Wednesday 17 September.
View the 2025 calendar for the CAP , right here.