Assessment and diplomas

The written exam checks knowledge (law, provenance, identification). The case study assesses reasoning: the candidate analyses a file and proposes a reasoned decision. The oral lets the candidate defend their choices before a jury. Together they measure knowledge and know-how.

For long programmes, a final dissertation completes the assessment.

Juries include a trainer, an outside practitioner and, for diplomas, an academic. Scripts are anonymised and marked by two markers. Gaps of more than three points are settled by a third.

Candidates with disabilities receive adjustments: extra time, adapted materials, assistance.

At the end of the training, the Academy awards a certificate or a diploma, with a grade (pass, merit, distinction, high distinction) for long pathways. Each qualification carries a unique number and a verification code. It is handed to the candidate in digital form and, on request, printed.

Qualifications are recognised by Member States and by partner universities, which award credits.

The Academy keeps assessment files for thirty years. A former trainee may at any time request a certificate of success, a transcript or a duplicate. These documents are issued within five days.

If a diploma is lost, a digital duplicate is issued free of charge; a printed duplicate costs forty euros.

Fraud, plagiarism and impersonation are punished: cancellation of the test, exclusion, withdrawal of the diploma and report to the authorities. Dissertations are checked by anti-plagiarism software.

Candidates sign an integrity charter at the start of the training.

The Academy's reception service answers practical questions Monday to Friday, in French, English and Spanish, and can direct each visitor to the programme, scholarship or free resource that fits their situation. A guidance counsellor also offers a thirty-minute individual meeting, by appointment, to build a realistic training pathway.

Trainees' feedback is valuable: each session gives rise to a questionnaire, and the most useful suggestions are examined each quarter by the teaching committee. Do not hesitate to write to report a difficulty, propose a subject or tell us what the training has changed in your practice.