agrégation

In France, the '''' () is the most competitive and prestigious examination for civil service in the French public education system. Successful candidates become professeurs agrégés'' () and are usually appointed as teachers in secondary schools or preparatory classes, or as lecturers in universities.

== Context == Originating from the 18th century, the is a highly prestigious and competitive examination. The level of selectivity varies between disciplines: every year, the French Ministry of National Education determines and publishes a list of annual quotas for each discipline. There are about 300 to 400 positions open each year for mathematics, but usually fewer positions for humanities and social sciences (for example, 85 positions for philosophy were offered in 2024) and perhaps only one seat in some rarely taught foreign languages such as Japanese.