KEDGE Business School admits several hundred students every year through the ECRICOME Tremplin lateral-entry competition, with 60 seats open in AST1 (post-2-year students) and 650 seats in AST2 (post-3/4-year students) for the 2026 session. The application file carries as much weight as the written tests in the admissibility stage: a poorly built resume can close the door before the oral even starts. Here is how to structure it to maximize your chances.
What makes the KEDGE file specific
Admissibility at KEDGE rests on three equally weighted coefficients: the application file, the logic test (TAGE MAGE), and the English test, each weighted at 4. This weighting means a weak file cannot be fully offset by an excellent TAGE MAGE score - contrary to what many candidates assume when they focus all their prep time on the written tests.
According to KEDGE Business School's official application page 🔗, the file is reviewed in full by the admissibility panel, which looks for coherence in the candidate's path before ever meeting them at the oral. For admissible candidates, the oral takes the form of "Le Révélateur": a 30-minute interview built around five cards linked to the Sustainable Development Goals, followed by the shared 20-minute ECRICOME English oral.
💡 Learn more: if you're still weighing several lateral-entry competitions for business schools, our guide Passerelle, Ecricome, Accès, Advance: which AST competition to choose compares the test banks and the schools each one covers.
Essential resume sections
An academic resume for KEDGE should invert the logic of a standard professional resume: education comes before experience, since there usually isn't a long professional track record at this stage.
Recommended order:
- Header: identity, contact details, target level (AST1 or AST2)
- Education: current institution, honors earned, specialization if applicable
- Test results if known at submission time (TAGE MAGE, TOEIC or equivalent)
- Professional experience: internships, student jobs, even short ones
- Mobility and involvement: time abroad, volunteer work, sports
- Skills and languages
The resume must fit on a single page, no exceptions. The KEDGE panel reads hundreds of files per session; a document that runs long immediately signals a lack of synthesis, at odds with the image expected of a future business school student.
Highlighting internships and mobility
KEDGE has built its identity around international openness - two historic campuses in Bordeaux and Marseille, and a particularly developed network of partnerships abroad. A file that ignores this dimension entirely misses a chance to stand out.
Elements to prioritize:
- An academic or professional stay abroad, even a few weeks, described with what it demonstrated in autonomy and adaptability
- An internship, even a short one, presented with a concrete mission and a measurable result rather than a list of tasks
- Volunteer involvement with real responsibility (organizing an event, managing a budget, leading a team)
- A sport or cultural practice at a meaningful level, as long as you specify what it reveals: discipline, time management, competitive drive
📊 Deepen your preparation: KEDGE's "Le Révélateur" oral shares a logic close to standard motivation interviews - our guide on frequently asked AST interview questions remains a solid, transposable base for preparation.
Annotated resume example
Education "Bachelor's in Applied Foreign Languages, English-Spanish, Université Bordeaux Montaigne (2023-2026), high honors in Year 2. Exchange semester in Seville (2025)." → Precise, dated, and international mobility is immediately visible without needing a separate section.
Experience "Digital marketing assistant intern, food-industry SME, 2 months (2025) - Managed the brand's social media accounts, grew Instagram engagement by 25% in 8 weeks." → A concrete mission with a quantified result, even for a short experience.
Involvement "Vice-president of a student humanitarian association (2024-2025) - Organized a fundraising event with 300 participants, €8,000 budget." → Demonstrates real responsibility that transfers directly to the corporate world.
This level of precision lets the panel picture the candidate's actual contribution rather than guessing from vague headings.
Mistakes that hurt the file
⚠️ Watch out: most weak files aren't weak because of spelling mistakes (though those are still disqualifying), but because of structural choices that dilute the resume's impact.
- A resume longer than one page: excess information simply isn't read by a panel processing hundreds of files
- No quantified results: a mission described without an indicator doesn't let the panel assess the candidate's real impact
- Mobility mentioned without context: a stay abroad listed without explaining what it brought loses all its differentiating value
- Imbalance between education and experience: a very detailed section next to a sloppy one hurts overall coherence
- Inconsistency with future oral answers: the "Révélateur" panel often comes back to specific resume details, and any exaggeration shows immediately
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