Admission prerequisites

The candidate must hold a degree (or equivalent) in any discipline, or show three years of experience in a relevant field: customs, justice, museum, gallery, auction house, insurance, archaeology. For the Expert-Curator Diploma, a master's level or five years of experience is required.

Candidates without a degree can assert their prior learning by means of a file and an interview.

Classes are in French, English or Spanish. The candidate must master at least one of these languages at B2 level and understand a second at B1 level. A language test is offered in case of doubt. Refresher courses are available on the platform.

Trainees may write their work in any of the three languages.

A one-hour test checks basic knowledge and reasoning. It is not eliminatory: it directs towards upgrading modules. A thirty-minute online interview allows an exchange about the candidate's project.

Candidates are scored on the file (40%), the test (20%) and the interview (40%).

A candidate lacking a prerequisite may be admitted conditionally: online upgrading before the start, reinforced tutoring, an additional module. They must then reach a specified level before the end of the first month.

This arrangement concerns 18% of those admitted and gives good results.

Holders of a free course or online pathway can obtain module exemptions. Certificate graduates may enter mid-way through the diploma. Equivalences are examined for foreign diplomas.

A guidance adviser helps build a coherent pathway.

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.