Free Practice Questions for BTS Bâtiment

The Brevet de Technicien Supérieur (BTS) Bâtiment is a French national higher education diploma at level 5 of the RNCP and the European Qualifications Framework (Bac+2, 120 ECTS), certified by the Ministry of Higher Education and Research and examined by the académies. It qualifies graduates to work as site supervisors (chefs de chantier), assistant or full construction managers (conducteurs de travaux), structural draftspersons (projeteurs), and estimators (métreurs, techniciens d'études de prix) on residential, commercial and civil building projects.

Under the arrêté du 21 novembre 2025 the examination comprises eight compulsory units totalling 28 coefficients and 120 ECTS: E1 Culture générale et expression (U1, coef 4, written 3 h), E2 Anglais (U2, coef 2), E3 Mathématiques (U3, coef 2), E4 Physique-Chimie (U4, coef 2), E5 Analyse et proposition de solutions techniques (U5, coef 5, written 4 h), E6 Étude et préparation de chantier (U6, coef 7, oral 50 min), E7 Suivi et encadrement d'un projet (U7, coef 3) and E8 Contrôle qualité et réception des ouvrages (U8, coef 3). E2, E3, E4, E7 and E8 are assessed by contrôle en cours de formation in approved programmes; external candidates sit them as ponctuelle papers, including a 2 h written mathematics paper, a 2 h practical physics-chemistry assessment, a 40 min oral for E7 and a 6 h practical for E8. Two optional units exist, and only marks above 10/20 count on those.

Yes. The arrêté du 21 novembre 2025, published in the Journal officiel of 6 December 2025, replaced the 2011 définition of the diploma. The new référentiel applies from the September 2026 intake and its first examination session is in 2028. Candidates who began under the previous programme sit the last session organised under the arrêté du 23 juin 2011 in 2027. The renewed diploma is registered at France compétences as RNCP41816, replacing RNCP39801, and restructures the professional assessment into four competency blocks: analysis and proposal of technical solutions, site study and preparation, project supervision and management, and quality control and handover.

Candidates must achieve an overall weighted average of at least 10/20 across all examination units to be awarded the diploma. There is no minimum mark on individual units. Candidates who are not admitted may sit épreuves de contrôle in the first half of July if they meet the published conditions, and unit marks of 10/20 or above can be carried forward (bénéfice des notes) for up to five years if a candidate re-sits.

The académies do not publish an examination registration fee for the BTS. Registration is made personally online through the national Cyclades portal, generally between mid-October and mid-November for papers held the following May and June. Candidates still bear their own preparation costs, such as books, prep courses, or tuition at a private training institute.

The official national examination is conducted in French; the E2 unit separately assesses English at CEFR level B2. OpenExamPrep provides an English-language multiple-choice study adaptation of the technical content. It is a study aid for English speakers and bilingual construction technicians, not an official translation, and it does not simulate the written papers, the oral defences or the practical assessment.

Students who have completed the two-year programme in a lycée, a CFA apprentice training centre or continuing education are eligible. In addition, a candidate who has completed one year of professional activity may register directly as a candidat individuel without following the programme, sitting the units in ponctuelle form. The diploma is also accessible through validation des acquis de l'expérience (VAE). Candidates may sit the examination in the global form or progressively unit by unit.

The référentiel requires two work placements for students in the school route: a one-to-two week introductory placement on a gros-œuvre site in the first term of year one, which is not assessed, and an eight-week consecutive placement analysing the supervision of a project at the end of year one, which includes at least two weeks on a gros-œuvre site and is assessed through unit E7. Apprentices substitute their apprenticeship contract, and candidates presenting on the basis of professional experience substitute certificates of employment.

The technical units draw on the European structural design standards (Eurocode 0 EN 1990 for load combinations, Eurocode 1 EN 1991 for actions, Eurocode 2 EN 1992 for reinforced concrete), the French Documents Techniques Unifiés (NF DTU 13.1 for shallow foundations, NF DTU 20.1 for masonry, NF DTU 21 for concrete execution, NF DTU 43.1 for flat roof waterproofing, NF DTU 45.4 for rainscreen cladding), the concrete material and testing standards (NF EN 206+A2/CN, NF EN 12350, NF EN 12390), the RE2020 environmental regulation, and French occupational health and safety law including SPS coordination under the Code du travail.