Salon de l'Étudiant Île-de-France · 2027

Agoris analysis · updated June 2026

Key takeaways

• 2027 edition of the Salon de l'Étudiant Île-de-France: Friday 29 and Saturday 30 January 2027, 10am to 6pm, at Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, halls 5.2 and 5.3.
• Shorter, two-day format: the 2027 edition runs across a Friday and Saturday, against three days in 2026 (Friday 30 January to Sunday 1 February). The venue and halls remain unchanged.
• A historic post-baccalaureate guidance trade show created in 1986, a major Parisian event in January for sixth-form pupils and students in the Île-de-France region, right in the middle of the Parcoursup phase.
• Organised by L'Étudiant (a media group founded in 1972; the publishing company l'Etudiant, SASU, whose parent group is now Comexposium), the leading French operator of guidance trade shows with more than 120 shows a year across the regions.
• 2027 exhibitor list: online from Wednesday 13 January 2027, restricted to registered or logged-in visitors. No 2027 exhibitor is confirmed at this stage.

Who exhibits

Typical profile

The trade show covers the full range of higher education pathways accessible from the Île-de-France region:

• Engineering schools, both public and private, post-baccalaureate and post-preparatory class.
• Business and management schools (Grandes Écoles, Bachelor's programmes).
• CPGE preparatory classes in science, economics and humanities.
• Île-de-France universities: Université Paris Cité, Université Paris-Saclay, Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, Université Paris-Est Créteil (UPEC), UVSQ, Université Paris 8 and CY Cergy Paris Université.
• IUT and BUT programmes, with a strong presence from the Île-de-France network (Bobigny, Cachan, Cergy-Pontoise, Créteil-Vitry, Orsay, Sceaux, Villetaneuse and around fifteen other sites).
• BTS, state schools and specialist schools in the arts, communication, design, digital, health, social work, tourism and sport.
• Institutional stands: ONISEP and Région Île-de-France / Oriane, the regional guidance portal.

Notable exhibitors

The list of 2027 exhibitors will be published on the official exhibitors page from Wednesday 13 January 2027. Until then, the site shows by default the participants from the previous edition, numbering 276 institutions. Among the exhibitors present in 2026:

• Engineering and science: EPITA, EPF, ESME, IPSA, ISEP, ESILV, CESI, ESTACA-ISAE, Icam, ISEN Ouest, CY Tech, EFREI Paris Panthéon Assas Université.
• Business and management: EDHEC International BBA, Audencia, Rennes School of Business, ICN Business School, ICD, ISG, IPAG, EDC Paris, EMLV, PPA Business School.
• Institutional bodies and networks: ONISEP, ARIUT (the Île-de-France IUTs), APHEC (economics and business CPGE), Région Île-de-France / Oriane, PEEP.
• Public-sector careers and employers: Armée de Terre, Marine nationale, Armée de l'Air et de l'Espace, Brigade de sapeurs-pompiers de Paris, Compagnons du Devoir, FERRANDI Paris.
• International: Université Laval, UQAM, Université Concordia and Mérici (Québec), Università Bocconi, Schiller International University.

Quality of the attendees

• Main audience: Year 12 and Year 13 sixth-form pupils in the process of formulating their Parcoursup choices, accompanied by their families.
• Secondary audience: students changing course (end of first university year, dropping out of BTS, leaving a preparatory class) and students looking for a Master's or further study.
• Origin: Île-de-France academic region (Paris, Versailles, Créteil), grouped together by statute since 2020, plus visitors from neighbouring departments.
• High decision-making density: almost all visitors are actively deciding on their higher education choices.

Activities & community

Talks hosted by the L'Étudiant editorial team

A programme of talks hosted by the specialist journalists of the L'Étudiant editorial team. For the 2027 edition, the organiser states that admission to the talks is free and unrestricted, that each session lasts around 45 minutes and leaves room for exchanges with the audience. The talks are also streamed live, in video and audio, from the show's page, with no replay available. Recurring themes:

• Parcoursup: timeline, strategy for choices, personal statement.
• Preparatory class vs post-baccalaureate school: selection criteria, comparative career prospects.
• Apprenticeships: finding a company, apprenticeship contract, statuses.
• Student life: housing, grants, student health.
• Financing studies and international mobility.

The detailed programme is only available to registered or logged-in visitors.

Institutional partnerships

• Île-de-France academic region: the organiser describes the show as "organised in partnership with the Île-de-France academic region".
• Partners displayed for the 2027 edition: France Universités, AVUF (Association des villes universitaires de France), APEL, FCPE and PEEP, representing parents' associations.
• ONISEP, ARIUT (Assemblée des Responsables d'IUT), APHEC (economics and business preparatory classes) and the Île-de-France region via the Oriane portal were among the institutional exhibitors at the previous edition; their presence in 2027 has not yet been confirmed by the organiser.
• franceinfo (Radio France) was among the exhibitors at the previous edition; its presence in 2027 has not yet been announced.

Dedicated Salon des Grandes Écoles

A complementary strand of L'Étudiant's Paris offering: a specific Salon des Grandes Écoles for engineering and business schools is held on Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 October 2026 at Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, pavilion 7.2, in partnership with the CDEFI (Conférence des Directeurs des Écoles Françaises d'Ingénieurs).

Cap sur la Rentrée

L'Étudiant's second Parisian event: Cap sur la Rentrée, on Saturday 19 June 2027 at the Espace Champerret, dedicated to the Parcoursup supplementary phase and course changes.

On site: what you need to know

Access, parking and accommodation: see the listing for Paris Expo Porte de Versailles.

Specific to the trade show:

• Location: halls 5.2 and 5.3, place de la Porte de Versailles, 75015 Paris.
• 2027 edition opening hours: Friday 29 and Saturday 30 January, 10am to 6pm both days. As a reference, the 2026 edition opened from 10am to 5pm on the Friday, then 10am to 6pm on the Saturday and Sunday.
• Visitor badge: free, mandatory and named invitation, to be obtained online (one email address per registrant). On-site registration at the welcome desk remains possible. The organiser recommends presenting the invitation in digital format, including via a phone wallet.
• Group registrations (classes, schools): the "Register a school group" form and promosalons@letudiant.fr. Pupils in a school group do not need an individual invitation.
• Accessibility: the show publishes a dedicated page detailing arrangements by type of disability (a reduced-mobility welcome desk with a lowered counter and accessible toilets, priority access on presentation of proof, reservable seats at talks, remote smartphone audio for hard-of-hearing visitors, guide and assistance dogs allowed throughout the show, quieter time slots recommended). For further questions: promosalons@letudiant.fr.
• Visit preparation: exhibitor list online, complete from Wednesday 13 January 2027; an interactive show map is available 10 days before opening.
• Official website for the 2027 edition: salon-de-l-etudiant-en-ile-de-france-paris.salon.letudiant.fr.

How much it costs to exhibit

Exhibitor rates are not published: quotes on direct request from L'Étudiant Événementiel. The pricing structure depends on the format (bare stand, equipped stand, package), the floor area and the category of institution (private school, public university, institutional body).

Quote requests should be anticipated 9 to 12 months before the trade show for strategic locations (entrance, main aisles, proximity to the institutional stands). Public universities and institutional bodies (ONISEP, academic region) benefit from dedicated spaces and specific terms.

Preparing your visit

For the exhibitor

• 9 months out: request a quote, choose positioning (proximity to pathway, institutional or commercial area).
• 6 months out: order the stand from a builder, sign off on communication materials.
• 3 months out: brief the team, prepare Parcoursup decision-support materials (brochures, online demos, simulators).
• 6 weeks out: activate digital campaigns, book appointments via the official platform, whose exhibitor list is complete by 13 January 2027.
• 2 weeks out: finalise the welcome teams (include student ambassadors and teachers available to answer questions).
• Factor in the shorter format: only two days in 2027, meaning greater pressure on peak time slots.

For the sixth-form or student visitor

• Free, mandatory and named online registration (one email address per registrant), or on-site registration at the welcome desk.
• Check the exhibitor list online, complete from 13 January 2027, to identify target schools and prepare a list of priority stands.
• Allow at least half a day for a focused itinerary, a full day to explore several pathways.
• The show welcomes school groups on both days, registered via L'Étudiant's group platform.
• Combine the visit with a L'Étudiant editorial talk session to shape your Parcoursup strategy before submitting choices.

Policy & CSR initiatives

The Salon de l'Étudiant embraces a public-service editorial mission: fully free entry, structural partnerships with the Éducation nationale (ONISEP, the Île-de-France academic region) and with the Île-de-France region through the Oriane portal.

The CSR charter of the Comexposium group, L'Étudiant's parent company, entitled "ALL INVOLVED", sets out the commitments applied to its trade shows: removing carpeting, reusable furniture, undated signage reused from one show to the next, waste sorting, mostly vegetarian catering, and a carbon footprint estimate for events that includes visitor and exhibitor travel. It also covers accessibility for people with disabilities and the option to follow talks remotely.

The stated aim is to guarantee equal access to guidance information, whatever the social or geographical situation of pupils and their families. This "fully free + exhaustive coverage of public and private provision" positioning has historically been the hallmark of the L'Étudiant group and sets it apart from commercial trade shows targeting one school at a time.

How the trade show has evolved

Trajectory analysis

In 2026, the Salon de l'Étudiant Île-de-France celebrated its 40th edition, a sign of editorial longevity that is rare on the French guidance trade show market. Created in 1986 in Paris, the format spread as early as 1988 to Lille, Lyon and Marseille, then to some twenty French cities, reaching more than 120 shows a year today: the official calendar lists 123 shows for the 2026-2027 season.

The January 2027 regional calendar illustrates this density: Bordeaux and Lyon (8 to 10 January), Lille (14 to 16 January), Marseille (15 and 16 January), then Paris Île-de-France (29 and 30 January). The year closes in spring with the specialist shows (Grandes Écoles, apprenticeships) and in June with Cap sur la Rentrée for the Parcoursup supplementary phase.

The change in format is the standout fact of the 2027 edition: the Paris show moves from three days to two, dropping the Sunday. The organiser has not published a reason for this shorter format, which nonetheless brings Paris into line with the two-day format already used in Marseille (15 and 16 January 2027).

Three structural factors explain the trade show's dominant position: L'Étudiant's free editorial mission (the legacy of founders René Silvestre, Guy Pessiot and Benoît Prot), strong institutional grounding with the Île-de-France academic region and ONISEP, and exhaustive coverage of Île-de-France post-baccalaureate provision, from BTS to the Grandes Écoles. The end of the print version of the magazine in February 2019 accelerated the group's shift towards all-events and digital, without affecting the momentum of the physical trade shows, which remain sixth-form pupils' main point of contact with their future institutions.

Unless otherwise stated, all factual data in this listing comes from the organiser's official website (salon-de-l-etudiant-en-ile-de-france-paris.salon.letudiant.fr).