PASS or L.AS marks
Unit averages: 80% disciplinary, 20% minor in L.AS 1 · 70% of the final mark (Lyon 1)Consistency: it is a year average, not a single paper.
Health and medicine · selection
No competitive exam in physiotherapy: a ranked file, sometimes two oral exams
Entry to the IFMK (institut de formation en masso-kinésithérapie, physiotherapy training institute) is decided over a university year, not on a single paper. Your first session and your institute's agreement decide almost everything.
- Entry route
- Health-access degree, 60 ECTS validated
- Length
- 5 years: 1 year of selection, 4 years at the IFMK
- Diploma
- DE de masseur-kinésithérapeute (state diploma), master's grade
What you need to understand.
The real format of the exam, and what actually decides it.
There is no longer an entrance exam for the IFMK (institut de formation en masso-kinésithérapie, physiotherapy training institute). You first validate a university year, in a health-access degree (PASS or L.AS, health-access routes until 2026-2027), then you apply with your marks. The principle is national, the ranking is local: each institute signs an agreement with its universities. At Lyon 1, 75 places in 2027.
What decides is the first session: at Lyon 1, you need 60 ECTS validated in June and, in L.AS, a health minor validated without compensation. A failed semester costs a whole year, not just a summer. The 2027 IFMK application calendar is not published: your institute's page remains the reference.
What is graded, and what eliminates you
The format and weight of each paper, without the noise around it.
Eligibility of the application
60 ECTS in the first session, mark in the MMOK unit, health minor validated · EliminatoryValidated in June, otherwise the application does not exist.
Direct admission on threshold
Score above the jury threshold, without an oral exam · 50% of places at most (Lyon 1)These candidates are admitted without an interview: the score is enough.
Reasoning oral
10 min interview, after 10 min preparation · 15% (half of the 30% oral)A reasoning held out loud, without getting lost in details.
Situational oral
10 min, with no preparation time · 15% (the other half)Prioritise: say what you would do, and why.
Gateway file (article 25)
Nurses, podiatrists, occupational therapists, psychomotor therapists, other paramedical graduates · —Partial exemption from units, based on a file then an interview.
The calendar.
The dates that matter, with their status.
- 2nd semester 2026-2027IFMK file for the 2027 intake
To be confirmed: the 2027 calendar is not published. At Lyon 1, digital submission in the 2nd semester, dates announced by the university.
- Jan 18, 2027 → Mar 11, 2027Parcoursup 2027: registration and choices
Official date. Choices for the health-access year, not for the IFMK.
- Apr 1, 2027Parcoursup 2027: file and confirmation
Official date: last day to attach documents and confirm your choices.
- 15 days after the first-group listSecond-group oral exams
Lyon 1 rule: the papers cannot start before this delay. No 2027 date published.
- Sep 2027Start of MK2
The first of the four years spent at the institute.
Dates checked on October 28, 2026. Any date that hasn’t been published is flagged as such.
What actually blocks you.
The obstacles that cost you points, not the clichés.
The first session decides
At Lyon 1, you need 60 ECTS validated in June and, in L.AS, a health minor validated without compensation. Summer resits do not reopen the application.
Choosing your degree without reading the agreement
Access depends on the agreement signed between the IFMK and its universities. The same degree can open one institute and not the one next door. The Parcoursup page and the IFMK website are authoritative.
Reasoning as if the rules were national
The 75 places, the 37 / 17 / 21 split and the coefficients are those of Lyon 1. Your institute has its own figures and its own jury: compare like with like.
Discovering the oral exams on the day
Two ten-minute interviews weigh 30% of the mark, one of them with no preparation at all. Improvising means letting nearly a third of the ranking slip.
The method, in 3 steps.
A course goes in. Ready-made materials come out. You study.
- 01
Check the agreement before enrolling
Read the Parcoursup page and the IFMK page: accepted pathways, ECTS, minor. The 2027 dates are not published yet.
- 02
Make sheets by unit, in the format of the paper
Your score is a unit average. Make sheets in the format of the question asked, not following the course outline: you gain points by testing yourself.
- 03
Rehearse both oral exams against the clock
Ten minutes of preparation, ten minutes of presentation, record yourself. The second interview is trained without preparation: draw a situation and speak.
What Summry does for this exam.
Study materials, not a promise you’ll pass.
Quizzes on your units
Your score is a unit average. Quizzes drawn from your courses show you which units are costing you points, before the jury does the maths.
The health minor as flashcards
In L.AS 1, it weighs 20% of the score at Lyon 1, and a validation by compensation does not count for selection. Cards on the minor block, reviewed until the first session.
A chat that stays inside your courses
For the reasoning oral, the answer only comes from your files: a definition, a value, a mechanism.
A mind map for the ten minutes of preparation
The first interview leaves you ten minutes to prepare a presentation. A mind map of the chapter gives you a plan to hold, instead of a muddle.
Summry does not calculate your score, does not say whether your file clears the threshold and does not prepare an oral exam for you: your institute's agreement and your first-session marks still have to be checked on your side.
Frequently asked questions.
The questions we get asked most often about Physiotherapy (IFMK).
Is a competitive exam required to enter an IFMK?
No. Since 2020, students enter an IFMK after a validated university year (60 ECTS), based on marks and criteria set by agreement between the institute and its universities. Some institutes add two interviews for candidates just below the threshold. The licence portail santé opens in 2027 for medicine, pharmacy, dentistry and midwifery; for the IFMK, no date is published.
Can you enter physiotherapy with a STAPS or biology degree?
Yes, if the first year you followed is one of the pathways provided for by the target institute's agreement. At Lyon 1, the health-access STAPS degree, Health Sciences and several science degrees are included. Not every STAPS or biology degree gives access: check the Parcoursup page and the IFMK website before enrolling.
How many times can you apply?
Twice at most during the first university cycle, according to Onisep. The second application requires validating an additional year of study, i.e. 60 more ECTS. It is a real second chance, but it costs a year: the first attempt deserves to be prepared as if it were the only one.
How long does physiotherapy study take?
Five years after the bac: one year of selection at university, then four years at the IFMK, i.e. 300 ECTS and a master's grade. The four years at the institute combine lectures, practical work and placements in care facilities. The state diploma of masseur-kinésithérapeute is awarded at the end.
What happens if you are not admitted?
You continue the degree you started into the second year, or you reorient through Parcoursup. Nothing switches automatically to another IFMK: the ranking applies to the institute and the group of pathways under which you applied. That is why the agreement is checked before enrolment, not after the results.
Sources.
Information gathered from official websites, checked on October 28, 2026. The links open the original source.
See also.
Other exams you can prepare with the same method.
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