Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour

Licence (bachelor) and BUT: first year

First-year applicants to licences, BUT, CMI, APILS, DCG and the engineering curricula (ISA BTP, ISANUM and the integrated preparatory class) apply through the national Parcoursup platform. For 2026 entry the calendar ran from information in October 2025 to January 2026, registration of wishes from 19 January to 12 March (file completion until 1 April 2026), and responses from 2 June to 11 July 2026. Some first-year mentions set limited capacities. Candidates who are foreign nationals subject to a prior admission request (DAP) are not handled through Parcoursup.

International applicants: licence

Non-EU applicants living in one of the countries covered by the Études en France procedure (74 countries at the time of writing, including Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, Cameroon, Senegal, Cote d'Ivoire, India and China) apply through the Campus France platform in their country. Applicants of non-European nationality who live in France or the European Economic Area apply through Parcoursup if they hold a French or European baccalaureate or are re-orienting from a French or European university; holders of a secondary diploma from outside Europe use the paper "green" DAP between October and mid-December of the year before entry. Applicants from a non-EU country that does not use Études en France contact the Direction des Relations Internationales. Entry to the second or third year of licence is through eCandidat between April and June; non-EU applicants contact the international relations office.

Language requirements

Non-francophone applicants to a licence or master taught in French must provide an official certificate of French at minimum B2, or C1 depending on the programme, based on the TCF (for the DAP) or a DELF, DALF or DUEF (B2, C1 or C2) diploma, including those awarded by the IEFE in Pau. Exemptions apply to holders of a French baccalaureate or a bilingual-section diploma, a LLCER French licence, a DUEF B2/C1/C2, and nationals of listed francophone countries (Benin, Burkina Faso, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Gabon, Guinea, Mali, Monaco, Niger, DR Congo, Senegal, Togo). Nationals of multilingual states where French is official (such as Cameroon, Rwanda, Madagascar and Chad) must show that all their secondary schooling was in French. Candidates to master's programmes taught in English must show a sufficient level of English.

Master admission

First-year master (M1) candidates apply through Mon Master (2026 calendar: offer published 2 February, applications 17 February to 16 March, main admission phase 3 to 16 June, complementary phase 19 June to 19 July). Candidates resident in an Études en France country apply on the Campus France platform. M2 candidates apply through eCandidat, and international master programmes through Mobility-Online (or Mon Master for some GREEN masters). The GREEN graduate programmes accept applications from non-resident non-European students from 1 October until spring via Études en France, and from resident or European students in February and March via Mon Master. Each programme sets its own expectations and selection criteria, and holders of a national licence without an offer may refer to the rector under the right to continue studies.

Engineering schools

ISA BTP (public five-year school in building and public works, with fourth-year options in Civil and Maritime Engineering, Habitat and Energy, and Building) recruits after the baccalaureate through Parcoursup. ENSGTI trains engineers in three years in process engineering and energetics.

Doctorate

Doctoral studies are organised by ED 211 Sciences exactes et leurs applications (around 200 doctoral students; 60 to 70 theses defended per year) and ED 481 Sciences sociales et humanités (about 240 doctoral students). Contact: [email protected] and [email protected], tel. 05 59 40 76 06.

Contacts for admission

Direction des Relations Internationales (non-EU pre-registration): [email protected], tel. 05 59 40 70 54. International master programmes: [email protected]. International Welcome Desk: [email protected].

• Pau (main campus, Avenue de l'Université): law, economics and management; literature, languages and humanities; sciences and technology; IAE; IUT des Pays de l'Adour (Pau); ENSGTI (rue Jules Ferry); both doctoral schools. 8,186 students in 2024/2025. CLOUS offers a university residence of 531 places and seven residences with 1,062 places, plus the restaurants La Vague and Cap Sud and the Arlequin cafeteria.
• Bayonne (Campus de la Nive, 8 allée des Platanes): law, economics, management, accounting, literature and Basque studies in the EEI college; IAE; IUT de Bayonne (GEA and Techniques de commercialisation, place Paul Bert); Florence Delay university library; Maison de l'étudiant (student reception, cultural service, SUAPS, SUMPPS, SCUIO); CRL Côte Basque. 2,619 students. Two residences with 290 places.
• Anglet (Campus Montaury): STEE sciences and technology; IUT de Bayonne et du Pays Basque (computer science and GIM departments); ISA BTP (ISALAB building); university library; Pierre Bidart restaurant. 1,438 students. Three residences with 210 places.
• Mont-de-Marsan: IUT des Pays de l'Adour departments of Génie biologique, Réseaux et télécommunications, and Science et génie des matériaux. 327 students. Two residences with 164 places.
• Tarbes (Quartier Bastillac-sud): STAPS (sport science), SSH college. 835 students. One residence.
• Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle (INRAE Aquapôle): the joint research units ECOBIOP and NUMEA, in fish ecology and aquaculture nutrition.

Libraries operate on each campus (BU Pau, Anglet-Montaury, Bayonne Florence Delay). Halls of residence are also available at Bidart (45 places), Dax (80 places) and in Pau a small Tiny Houses village (4 places).