Performing arts in France
These schools recruit through their own auditions, outside Parcoursup.
Why there is no grade: no source publishes comparable selectivity or career outcomes school by school.
A letter would be made up.
The 52 schools are listed by region, then by town.
Each figure links to its source; “not published” means we could not read it at the source.
The four careers
- Actor14 recognised19 schools16 prep classes
- Musician16 recognised16 schools2 prep classes
- Dancer10 recognised10 schools4 prep classes
- Circus artist7 recognised7 schools2 prep classes
ONISEP, the French public guidance agency, warns that some private performing-arts schools charge about €4,000 a year and that their 2 or 3 years of study lead to no professional title or diploma (source).
Source and method
RNCP · school websites
Recognition. “State-recognised” means the school prepares a national diploma (DNSP) or a title with an active record in the RNCP, the French national register, and that France compétences names the school as certifier or partner (export of 21/10/2026, partner lists read on 02/11/2026). Otherwise: “School diploma”. A prep class issues no diploma.
Figures. Read by hand on each school’s website or in official texts on 02/11/2026. Out of 52 schools: places 12, age limit 38, audition fee 32, yearly cost 37, calendar 43. Anything we could not read there says “not published”; it may exist elsewhere.
What is missing. Career outcomes by school are not published: the Ministry of Culture’s survey reports by broad field only.