Report on Mon Master Finds Appeals Have Surged, Urges Reforms

Overview

• The CESPM report, published Monday, lays out fixes to cut the number of licence holders left without a master offer on France’s Mon Master platform.
• Appeals have multiplied by 2.5 since 2017, which the panel links to the system’s higher profile since Mon Master launched in 2023 rather than a mismatch between graduates and places.
• Under the safety net process, a graduate without an offer can ask the regional rector for help, who must propose at least three admissions, yet by late October 2025 only 14% of 98,000 resulting requests were accepted due to distance and fit concerns.
• Pressure is most acute in law and psychology, with about 20 and 28 applications per seat, and only 49.4% of new psychology graduates receiving a master placement in 2025.
• The panel recommends tightening the admissions calendar, capping vacancies after the complementary phase, expanding vocational bac+3 tracks, rebalancing programs across regions, boosting mobility support, and allowing controlled overbooking for apprenticeships.