half of the people who have taken the written exam). The interviews then take place in Paris, and last for about three weeks. There are five oral tests for the Classics agrégation, the longest one being the leçon, with 6h30 of preparation and 1h10 of presentation. Programs The Greek and Latin texts chosen are of wider range than in most English-speaking universities. Philo of Alexandria and St. Ambrose have for example figured in recent years. One example : the 2012-2013 session French literature Medieval text: Guillaume de Lorris, Le Roman de la Rose. 16th century text: Maurice Scève, Délie. 17th century text: Madame de Sévigné, Lettres de l’année 1671. 18th century text: Rousseau, Les Confessions, books I to VI. 19th century text: Alfred de Musset, On ne badine pas avec l'amour, Il ne faut jurer de rien, Il faut qu’une porte soit ouverte ou fermée 20th century text: André Gide, Les Faux-Monnayeurs. Classics Ancient Greek : Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica III. Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus. Xenophon, Symposium, Apology, Oeconomicus. Plutarch, Life of Anthony (Parallel Lives). Latin : Horace, Satires, I and II (1 to 3). Seneca the Younger, Oedipus. Tacitus, Annals, I and II. Tertullian, De pallio, De spectaculis. The examination Written exam : Épreuves d’admissibilité Oral exam : Épreuves d’admission Notes Education in France