The patent tests are approaching, and this year certain new features are added. Here is what awaits the third students in 2025, with the new rules to know.
Third students are preparing to pass their patent: The written tests will be held on Thursday 26 and Friday 27 June 2025. If some are absent for valid reasons, they will have a replacement session on Monday, September 8 and Tuesday, September 9, 2025. Individual candidates must also plan their foreign modern language test: Friday, June 27 for the normal session, and Tuesday September 9 for the catch -up session. The patent, which validates the end of the college, remains an official exam before entering the second. It includes several written tests, as well as an oral test.
What are the news of the 2025 patent?
In 2025, third college students will have to deal with some new features to win their national patent diploma. The Ministry of National Education has indeed planned several adjustments in the organization of the tests, which are added to the usual requirements of this end of the cycle. First novelty: “The national certificate of the patent will be restructured with Separate notes for history-geography and moral and civic education (EMC)“”said the ministry. The year, next, in June 2026, “The patent will see the weight of its reinforced terminal events”.
In addition, contrary to what Anne Genetet had declared, “The patent will not be made compulsory to access the second class“Finally announced Minister Elisabeth Borne on January 17, 2025 which specifies that “When an end of the third class council estimates that a student is likely to go to the second, this student goes to the second”.
What is the average to be admitted to the patent?
For candidates under school status, The average to obtain the college certificate is 400 points. Indeed, the national patent diploma is evaluated on a total of 800 points : 400 points are granted to continuous control for the assessment of the base and 400 points in the final tests. For students in international or Franco-German sections, the patent diploma is evaluated on 900 points. As for individual candidates, the evaluation is made over 400 points.
The various patent tests and continuous control are evaluated in a certain number of points. Here is the details of the points by teaching:
Evaluation of the base in continuous monitoring
- 10 points if the candidate obtains the level “insufficient mastery”
- 25 points if it obtains the level “fragile mastery”
- 40 points if it obtains the “satisfactory control” level
- 50 points if it obtains the “very good mastery” level.
The assessment of the final tests
- French test on 100 points
- Mathematical test on 100 points
- History-geography test, moral and civic teaching on 50 points
- Science test (average of the averages of the first two quarters of the three disciplines) on 50 points.
- Oral patent test (100 points)
What is the new mention of the patent?
As with the baccalaureate, the college student can have a Mention to the patent. And this year, a whole new mention is introduced. This is the Mention “very good with congratulations from the jury” With a final average equivalent to 18 out of 20. Remember that students who get the average (400 points out of 800 or just a little more), have the patent, but without mention.
- Mention quite well: at least equal to 480 points out of 800.
- Mention well: at least equal to 560 points out of 800.
- Mention very well: if you have more than 640 points out of 800.
- Mention very well with mention of the jury: if you have at least 720 points out of 800 (or 360 points out of 400 for free candidates).
