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Preparatory class - Admissions

Admissions 2024-2025

  1. How to apply
  2. Composition of the application file
  3. Composition of the artistic file
  4. Application timetable

Registration for PARCOURSUP is not necessary to apply to VIA FERRATA.


Via Ferrata is part of the APPEA network of public art preparatory classes.


Entry to the Via Ferrata preparatory class is by competitive examination. Candidates must be aged between 17 and 23 on 1 September of the current year and hold a baccalauréat or equivalent diploma at the time of final registration.

For applicants who do not hold the baccalauréat or an equivalent diploma, or who are not enrolled in their final year of secondary school at the time of their application, the school management may grant an exemption, after consulting an advisory committee, whose composition and operating procedures it determines. If this is the case, please enclose with your application a handwritten letter marked "request for exemption", addressed to the Paris School of Fine Arts, setting out the reasons for your request.

Candidates who speak a foreign language must be able to follow the preparatory classes, which are taught in French only. This level of proficiency in French will be assessed at the admissions interview. It is not necessary to include proof of TEFL level or equivalent in the application.

1. How to apply

Candidates must register administratively and pay the application fee of €26.50 on the OASIS platform (connection link coming soon).

Applicants with grants are exempt from the application fee. 
 
Candidates must then hand in their complete application (administrative file + artistic file) at the Via Ferrata office on the day dedicated to the submission of applications - or send it by post or colissimo without signature, following the selection calendar, to the following address:

VIA FERRATA Preparatory Class Competition - École des beaux-arts de Paris
14 rue Bonaparte. 75006 Paris

Applications exceeding the specified format will not be accepted. Applications that are incomplete or postmarked after the deadline will not be considered.
 

After an initial examination of applications by a panel of judges, selected candidates are invited for a personal interview. The list of students admitted to the preparatory class is announced at the end of these interviews. Candidates must attend the admission interviews in person: no interviews will be conducted by video-conference.


2. Composition of the application file

The application file must include :
 
- The artistic dossier.

- The following administrative documents:

  • The printed and duly completed ADMISSIONS 2024-2025 information form (first two pages). You will receive this form once you have completed your administrative registration on the OASIS platform (connection link coming soon).
  • A handwritten covering letter of no more than two pages.
    This letter - which is very important for the jury - is free-form and will explain your background, your desires, your uniqueness, your motivation for joining Via Ferrata, for continuing your studies in the field of artistic creation, the artists whose work interests you and any other information that might help to clarify your application.
  • A photocopy of an identity document (national identity card or passport).
  • A photocopy of your most recent diploma (if you have a bachelor's degree).
  • A photocopy of the 2023-2024 scholarship notification, if applicable (documents and information on the PARCOURSUP website and the CROUS website).
  • A self-addressed envelope for forwarding the artistic file. ATTENTION: This envelope must be of a suitable size and bear sufficient postage to enable the artistic file to be returned. 

These administrative documents - excluding the return envelope - will be printed, stapled together, with the ADMISSIONS information form (first 2 pages only) on top.

NB:

  • Applications will be returned by post from 2 May 2024. 
  • Candidates wishing to collect their application in person may do so on Friday 26 April 2024, from 2pm to 5pm at the Via Ferrata office.
  • Applications that cannot be returned by post or that have not been collected in person will be destroyed from Friday 28 June 2024.

3. Composition of the artistic file

  • The artistic dossier must include a maximum of 10 items.
  • The artistic portfolio consists of personal works.
    The medium (drawing, photographs, volumes, videos, etc.) is free.
    These works may be originals and/or photocopies-print-scans of these works.
    There is no penalty for submitting only photocopies/prints/scans.
  • The elements contained in the artistic file must not exceed A3 format (42 x 29.7cm).
    Works in volume or exceeding this format will be shown in photographic form.
  • Sketchbooks, art editions and series of works on the same theme/idea will be counted as a single item.
  • Moving images and digital images will be presented on a USB key.
  • All the works submitted must be grouped together in a single, easy-to-handle file.

    IMPORTANT: The artistic dossier must, as far as possible, reflect the candidate's technical abilities as well as his/her motivation, creativity, personality and inspiration.

NB:

  • Applications will be returned by post from 2 May 2024. 
  • Candidates wishing to collect their application in person may do so on Friday 26 April 2024, from 2pm to 5pm at the Via Ferrata office.
  • Applications that cannot be returned by post or that have not been collected in person will be destroyed from Friday 28 June 2024.

4. Application timetable :

Opening of administrative registration and payment of application fees on the OASIS platform (link to come)
Friday 2nd February 2024


Deadline for administrative registration and payment of application fees on the OASIS platform (link to come)
Tuesday 5th March 2024


Deadline for sending the application by post (administrative documents + artistic dossier)
Friday 15 March 2024 (date as postmark) to the following address Via Ferrata Competition - École des Beaux-Arts de Paris, 14 rue Bonaparte, 75006 Paris


 
OR


Submit the application (administrative documents + artistic file) to the Via Ferrata office: École des Beaux-Arts de Paris, 14 rue Bonaparte, 75006 Paris:
Friday 15 March 2024 from 2pm to 5pm 


Publication of preselection results on the École website and invitations to individual interviews sent by email
Tuesday 23rd April 2024
 
For candidates who wish to do so, date for collection of application files, Via Ferrata office: École des Beaux-Arts de Paris, 14 rue Bonaparte, 75006 Paris
Friday 26 April 2024 from 2pm to 5pm
 
Date for returning applications by post :
Thursday 2 May 2024


Individual interviews with the selection panel for eligible candidates
Tuesday 21, Wednesday 22, Thursday 23 and Friday 24 May 2024


Publication of results of final admissions to the Via Ferrata preparatory class :
Friday 31 May 2024


Registration validation deadline for admitted candidates
Monday 10 June 2024


If you have any questions, please contact anna.stellittano@beauxartsparis.fr