Opening of the Selection Process for ENA and IRA Long-Term International Cycles

You can be one of them if you meet the required conditions!

ENA today, with 70 years of experience, is the management school for senior civil service, at the national, European and International level. It attracts young and experienced civil servants from more than 100 countries in the world

3 long-term cycles are open to foreign public agents and civil servants

Long International Course (CIL)

Lasting 14 months, open to junior civil servants or public agents. The CIL may be open to future civil servants after dispensation.

This course leading to ENA International Diploma in Public Admi­nistration can be completed with one of the three high-level professional Masters programs : a Masters programme in General Public Admi­nistration, a Masters programme in Public Institution Communication and a Masters programme in Public Action in Europe organised by ENA in partnership with prestigious French universities: University Paris IV CELSA ; University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, and the University of Strasbourg.
NB : French nationality debars candidates from long international course.

International Advanced Training Course (CIP)

Lasting 8 months, open to senior civil servants.

■ This course leading to ENA International Diploma in Public Administration can be completed with a Masters programme in one of two special areas: “Public Administration and international affairs” or “Public Specialised Administration” organised in partnership with University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, and the University of Strasbourg.

IRA International Course (CiIRA)

Lasting 8 months, open to junior and senior civil servants.

■ IRA course also provides foreign civil servants with the opportunity to prepare, in addition to their IRA diploma, a Masters programme.

All applicants must hold a degree at “Master 1” level or, in exceptional cases, have completed an equivalent course. They must also have some professional background to share experience with French and foreign colleagues and hold a position of responsibility. They should speak and write fluent French, be fluent in English and must pass the school’s entrance examinations.

The selection process is the same for ENA and IRA courses.

CONTACT AT ENA PARIS

Ms Christelle ROUTIER
Assistant of the service of relations with foreign students
Tel: + 33 (0)1 44 41 85 78 christelle.routier@ena.fr

CALENDAR

■ Application forms must be done one line on the ENA website between September 25th and November 15th 2017.
■ Pre-admissibility tests will be organised by the French Embassy departments between 15 November and 8 December 2017.
■ Admissibility tests will be organised between 11 and 15 December 2017 by the French Embassy departments.
■ Entrance oral examinations will be organised between March and April 2018.
■ Final meeting of ENA’s and IRA’s selection board : end of April 2018.
■ The IRA International Course and the Long International Course will begin in September 2018
■ The International Advanced Training Course will begin in December 2018.

FIND OUT MORE

ENA website > Training/International Cycles

For more than 60 years, ENA has been welcoming foreign students from all continents. Over 3.500 foreign students from 132 different countries have already taken our courses.

IRA web sites :
IRA of Lyon
www.ira-lyon.gouv.fr
IRA of Metz
www.ira-metz.gouv.fr
IRA of Bastia
www.ira-bastia.fr
IRA of Lille
www.ira-lille.gouv.fr
IRA of Nantes
www.ira-nantes.gouv.fr