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CUPGE - Cycle Universitaire Préparatoire aux Grandes Écoles (Licences Économie et Gestion) at Le Mans Université

Le Mans Université, France

Programme overview

The CUPGE is an excellence curriculum with limited capacity (30 students) attached to the six semesters of the economics and management licences, with a double curriculum in L3. It prepares direct admission to the second year of a business school (AST2 competition) while validating the licences.

Faculty: UFR Droit, Sciences Economiques et Gestion  |  Duration: 3 years  |  Study mode: full-time (French)  |  Location: Le Mans, Pays de la Loire, France

What you will study

The CUPGE is attached to the Banque, Finance pathway of the Économie-Gestion licence. About 100 additional hours per year, 300 over three years, cover general culture and history of the contemporary world, mathematics, modern languages (English plus German or Spanish) and AST2 preparation.

Career pathways

The CUPGE leads graduates to selective further study. Students have entered masters at business schools such as EDHEC, Audencia, NEOMA, KEDGE and SKEMA, and universities such as Paris-Dauphine.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Entry in the first year via Parcoursup (cycle universitaire préparatoire aux grandes écoles); targeted profiles are Maths plus History-geography or Maths plus Economic and social sciences specialties. Parallel entry in the second year requires a validated first year of Économie-Gestion with an excellent file or a first year of ECS/ECE preparatory class.

Domestic applicants: EUR 178 a year (2026-2027). National registration fee, licence/BUT level (EU/EEA). CVEC (105 EUR per year) is not included. Source

International applicants: EUR 2,902 a year (2026-2027). Differentiated registration fee for non-EU students in licence and BUT. Differentiated fee applies to non-EU students enrolling from 2026-2027 (exemption requests possible; students already enrolled and exempted in 2025-2026 continuing in the same cycle a Source

Duration: 3 years

Apply through the official page: https://www.parcoursup.gouv.fr

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