Cycle préparatoire de Bordeaux

Cycle Préparatoire de Bordeaux (CPBx)

Type	French Classes Préparatoires aux Grandes Écoles
Established	1993 (1993)
Students	90 (2012)[1]
Location	Bordeaux , France
Campus	Domaine universitaire de Pessac Talence Gradignan
Website	http://www.u-bordeaux1.fr/formation/formations-2011-2015/cycle-prepa-cpbx.html

The Cycle préparatoire de Bordeaux (CPBx) is a French Classe préparatoire aux grandes écoles which prepares students to integrate one of the 9 engineering schools in Bordeaux : ENSC, ENSCBP, ENSEIRB-MATMECA, ENSPIMA, ENSTBB, ENSEGID, ENSGTI, Bordeaux Sciences Agro and ESTIA.

Admission figures

• The number of seats in 2012 was 90 for a total of over 1000 applications. The acceptance rate was less than 9% in 2012.
• In 2013, the number of seats available was 80.^[2]
• In 2012, 37% of admitted students had received a 'Mention Très Bien' distinction at Baccalauréat.
• A large proportion of students came from a scientific cursus.

Notes and references

1. "Écoles d'ingénieurs postbac : Réussir son entrée en CPBX, cycle préparatoire de Bordeaux".
2. "Cycle prépa (CPBX) - Bordeaux1". Archived from the original on 2014-01-02. Retrieved 2014-01-02.