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Integrated preparatory cycle
Accessible immediately after high school graduation, EBI’s integrated preparatory program aims to help students become independent learners and master the fundamentals. Students take their first steps in higher education and acquire a work method that will serve them throughout their studies and beyond, in their future professional careers.
1st year of the integrated preparatory biology cycle
The first year in the integrated preparatory class will enable students to learn new working methods and deepen their knowledge of biology, as well as mathematics, physics, and chemistry. The lessons are directly applied through tutorials and practical work in groups of 20 to 25 students.
Introductory classes begin in the second semester. Finally, the very first project is carried out as part of the Management and Leadership course.
Program
Semester 1
- Cell biology and Mendelian genetics
- General chemistry and kinetics
- Mathematics
- Thermodynamics
- Logic and programming
- Office software Excel/Word
- English
- Individual sport
Semester 2
- Structural biochemistry and descriptive genomics
- Chemistry and biology of ecosystems
- Mathematics
- Mechanics and optics
- Office automation Excel
- English
- Writing techniques and Voltaire
- Individual sport
- Initiation organisation du travail et leadership
from September to June
Installation of scientific pillars
from June to August
1 month
Equivalence of L1 Biology with CY University
Back to school staggered
Don't waste a year—join EBI in the first year of the preparatory cycle, starting in February 2026.
Opening up to the international market
During the first summer, the students go all over the world to do their international discovery trip. They carefully write and illustrate a notebook of amazement, then prepare, in English, a presentation designed to distinguish and share a remarkable cultural difference with their class
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2nd year of the integrated preparatory biology cycle
During this second year, the scientific bases are consolidated through applications on complex subjects: microbiology, molecular biology and genome analysis. The projects are more and more ambitious and the pedagogy strongly solicits creativity and commitment: smart movie festival in English, scientific film festival in fluid mechanics, posters in mechanics…
Program
Semester 3
- Analysis and applications
- Fluid Mechanics** (1)
- Mathematics workshop
- Enzymology and chemical kinetics
- Metabolic biochemistry
- Microbiology and parasitology
- Oral expression techniques
- English
- Team sport
- Modern language 2* (French)
Semester 4
- Probability and statistics
- Electromagnetism and waves
- Algorithm and C language
- Biophysics
- Molecular biology
- Organic chemistry
- English
- Team sport
- Modern language 2* (French)
- Mandatory internship
Annual calendar
from September to June
Deepening of knowledge and practical application in research
from June to August
Operator or technician internship 1 to 3 months
Equivalence of L2 in Biology with CY University
Community life
Club life is in full swing at EBI: its great diversity offers everyone the opportunity to find their place, develop their creative potential, and experience working on a team project. EBI boasts 22 clubs, offering just as many opportunities to share your talents or discover new ones, and grow with new responsibilities.
Openness to business
This second year also includes the first internship in a company, which allows students to work in an organization to analyze its vision and the organization of its human resources. All the knowledge acquired is mobilized to contribute to a scientific objective and to be able to present a defense in front of a professor specializing in the field, at the beginning of the following school year.
What I like most about my current course is the variety of subjects taught. There is a real versatility that opens our mind to different subjects and is not restricted essentially to biology