External competitions for engineers and technicians (M/F)

Our recruitment programs are open to candidates with diplomas ranging from BEP to PhD, regardless of age or nationality (except for technicians and research assistants). Located throughout France and abroad, our job vacancies cover a wide range of professional fields (biology, chemistry, mechanics, electronics, IT, statistics, human resources, communication, etc.) and call on a broad spectrum of skills.

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La phase d'inscription de la campagne se déroulera à compter du 09 juin 2026 à 11h jusqu'au 9 juillet 2026 à 13h00.
Seuls les candidats inscrits peuvent accéder à leur dossier de candidature sur l’espace candidat.

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Access to external competition offers

How to apply for external competitions

Application procedure

Open CNRS competitions

CNRS competitions are open to all, regardless of age or origin, and are based exclusively on professional criteria. Special arrangements may be made for pregnant candidates, people with disabilities or those benefiting from an employment obligation.

Assessment and Advice for Candidates

If you are interested in more than one competition, you can submit several applications. Your applications will be examined independently by separate juries. Competitions can be registered online. If you have any questions, we'll be happy to help. CNRS competition juries are made up of CNRS engineers and technicians. Sovereign and independent, the jurors examine each application carefully, in compliance with competition regulations and good recruitment practice. Your application will be assessed by the jury on the basis of the information contained in your file. You must take particular care in putting together your application and completing all the sections, which will be carefully examined by the jury. You will find all the information and advice you need to prepare for the competition in the candidates' guide.

Candidate's guide for external competitions

Contact

If you have any questions: you can contact support via the online form

Calendars and juries

The external competitions take place in 2 phases, admissibility and admission, each comprising one or more compulsory or optional tests.

The eligibility phase

Depending on the competition, the eligibility phase takes place between July and September.

For the IR (research engineer), IE (design engineer), AI (assistant engineer) and TR (research technician) competitions, the eligibility phase consists of the jury's examination of the applications, ranking them in order of merit, and then drawing up the list of candidates who will be able to take the final admission test(s).
For ATR competitions, candidates are invited to take a written or technical test to assess their general knowledge of the job in question. The juries score and rank the applications in order of merit, and then draw up a list of candidates who will be allowed to take the final admission test(s).

The admission phase

Depending on the competition, the admission phase takes place from late July to early November.

It consists of an audition before the jury. In certain BAPs, and for access to certain bodies, it may be preceded by a written or practical technical test, drawn up according to the field of the job for which the competition is being held. The technical test is designed to test candidates' technical skills through questions or practical cases.

Candidates who have been declared eligible and whose requests for equivalence have been accepted are entitled to take part in the admission tests. Candidates whose requests for equivalence are rejected by the committee may not take part in the admission tests, even if they are declared eligible.

Le calendrier des concours 2026

Open positions: can be consulted as soon as registration opens
Inscriptions : du 09 juin 11h au 09 juillet 2026
Admitted to competition: publication mid-July
Composition des jurys : publication en juillet 2026
Admissibilité (étude des dossiers par les jurys) : du 20 juillet au 17 septembre 2026.
Épreuves techniques, auditions et délibérations : du 28 août au 6 novembre 2026.
Début des nominations et prises de fonctions : au 1er décembre 2026

Detailed schedules for each competition will be published as they are drawn up, starting in July.

In each of them, you can search for your competition by using the "Ctrl + F" function and entering the competition number in the search field (e.g. for n°11: competition 11).

Jury composition

Compositions will be published as they are composed. As long as the eligibility meeting has not yet taken place, this composition may change as a result of any conflicts of interest.

In each document, you can search for your competition by using the "Ctrl + F" function and entering the competition number in the search field (e.g. for n°11: competition 11).