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The test guide, one guide per subtest, 83 articles and the listed institutions: everything we publish about the TAGE MAGE, in one place.
- The guideThe test, the score, and the schools.
- SubtestsFormat, method, and one worked example for each.
- ArticlesOne question, one article: methods, registration, and applications.
- SchoolsInstitutions listed by FNEGE and documented admissions routes.
- PreparationA concept-by-concept plan built from your answers.
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The Tage Mage guide
Guide · verified on Oct 15, 2026 The Tage Mage is an aptitude test for management studies: 90 questions across six sections, with a score out of 600. Read the guideLatest articles
TAGE 2 or TAGE MAGE: which test should you take for your admissions route?
Choose your test · 5 oct. 2026Take the TAGE 2 if your admissions route requires it, and the TAGE MAGE if it requires that test: your degree level alone does not make them interchangeable. In the 2026 ECRICOME regulations, the TAGE 2 corresponds to Bac+2 and the TAGE MAGE to Bac+3; check your application cycle’s requirements before booking.HEC Paris admissions: which tests to take and scores by application pathway
Candidater · 5 oct. 2026For direct admission to the Master in Management, HEC Paris requires a GMAT, GRE, or TAGE MAGE, with no minimum score, plus an English test unless you qualify for a waiver.TAGE MAGE or Score IAE Message: which should you take to get into an IAE?
Choose your test · 5 oct. 2026Take the test required by the program you are applying to. If it accepts either the TAGE MAGE or the Score IAE Message, choose based on their sections and the sessions that fit your application; do not assume either test can replace the other for other programs.
The six subtests
In test order. A guide for each: its format, method, and a worked example.
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Reading Comprehension
Verbal Skills 15 questions · 20 min -
Calculation
Problem Solving 15 questions · 20 min -
Reasoning and Argumentation
Logical Reasoning 15 questions · 20 min -
Data Sufficiency
Problem Solving 15 questions · 20 min -
Expression
Verbal Skills 15 questions · 20 min -
Logic
Logical Reasoning 15 questions · 20 min
Articles
One question, one article. Newest first, organized into six topics.
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- NEOMA Business School admissions: which test to take and what scores are publishedCandidater
- KEDGE Business School admissions: which test to take and what scores are publishedCandidater
- TAGE MAGE scores by school: what schools actually publishCandidater
- TAGE MAGE registration: test date, fee, and admission noticeSep 28, 2026The test, in practice
- TAGE MAGE official practice tests: find and use official resourcesPractice and get organized
- TAGE MAGE Mental Math: Choose Reliable Shortcuts Without a CalculatorMethods
- AST 1 or AST 2: Which Admission Route and Tests Fit Your Degree?Candidater
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- TAGE MAGE or GMAT: which test should you choose for business school?Choose your test
- Which TAGE MAGE prep should you choose: platforms, intensive courses, and coachingChoosing your preparation resources
- Retaking the TAGE MAGE: schedule attempts by quarterThe test, in practice
- Free TAGE MAGE practice: six exercises with worked solutionsPractice and get organized
- TAGE MAGE Percentages: Successive Changes, Reverse Rates, and Common TrapsMethods
- Degree-Based Admissions: Build Your Test and Application TimelineCandidater
- Management aptitude test and English test: why an application may require bothChoose your test
- Upsilar vs. PrepMyFuture: which TAGE MAGE prep should you chooseChoosing your preparation resources
- TAGE MAGE results: timeline, certificate, and validityThe test, in practice
- TAGE MAGE time management: use the 20 minutes for each subtestPractice and get organized
- TAGE MAGE Proportions and Ratios: Turn Word Problems into RelationshipsMethods
- AST Application: A Checklist of Documents to Prepare Before the DeadlineCandidater
- TAGE MAGE or GRE: when does this alternative make sense?Choose your test
- Upsilar vs. ASTPrep: which TAGE MAGE prep should you chooseChoosing your preparation resources
- A good TAGE MAGE score: benchmarks to read by programThe test, in practice
- TAGE MAGE study plan: prepare in one, two, or three monthsPractice and get organized
- TAGE MAGE Equations: Model a Problem Without Unnecessary CalculationMethods
- Score Validity: Can You Still Use Your Result to Apply?Candidater
- Business school after a bachelor’s degree in the humanities, law, or science: which tests should you prepare for?Choose your test
- Upsilar vs. Aurlom: which TAGE MAGE prep should you chooseChoosing your preparation resources
- TAGE MAGE test day: documents, materials, and what to expectThe test, in practice
- Preparing for the TAGE MAGE and TOEIC together: organizing two different goalsPractice and get organized
- Data Sufficiency: Use a Counterexample to Prove InsufficiencyMethods
- English-test waivers: how your admissions pathway changes the requirementsCandidater
- Upsilar vs. PGE-PGO: which TAGE MAGE prep should you chooseChoosing your preparation resources
- TAGE MAGE accommodations: prepare your request before registeringThe test, in practice
- Error log: turn a worked solution into your next practice sessionPractice and get organized
- Reading Comprehension: Distinguish What Is Stated, Inferred, or AddedMethods
- Required, Optional, or Waived: How to Read an Admissions PageCandidater
- Upsilar vs. Teachero: which TAGE MAGE prep should you chooseChoosing your preparation resources
- After a practice test: review it in a way that changes your next sessionPractice and get organized
- Expression: Paraphrase Without Changing the MeaningMethods
- Self-Reported or Official Score: What Should You Send with Your Application?Candidater
- TAGE MAGE prep budget: compare the total cost of your optionsChoosing your preparation resources
- Managing time on multiple-choice tests: adapt your strategy to each test’s rulesPractice and get organized
- Critical Reasoning: Identify the Conclusion, Premises, and AssumptionMethods
- ECRICOME Tremplin Bac+3: understand the role of tests in your applicationCandidater
- Upsilar vs. Prépa Laurea: Which TAGE MAGE Prep Should You Choose?Choosing your preparation resources
- Preparing for a test while working: build a plan that fits a real weekPractice and get organized
- Numerical Logic: Find the Shared Rule in Two SetsMethods
- Tests, résumé, and recommendations: organize tasks that depend on other peopleCandidater
- Upsilar vs. IPESUP: Which TAGE MAGE Prep Should You Choose?Choosing your preparation resources
- How to recognize a useful answer explanation: five criteria for understanding and reusing a methodPractice and get organized
- Math foundations for admissions tests: where should you start?Methods
- French or international degree: how to identify your application route and required testsCandidater
- Upsilar vs. Admissions Parallèles: Which TAGE MAGE Prep Should You Choose?Choosing your preparation resources
- TAGE MAGE Practice Tests: Compare Official Questions with Prep-Provider MaterialsPractice and get organized
- Speed and flow rates on the TAGE MAGE: reason with unitsMethods
- Applying to multiple programs: what can you reuse across applications?Candidater
- Upsilar vs. Prepaya: Which TAGE MAGE Prep Should You Choose?Choosing your preparation resources
- Arithmetic on the TAGE MAGE: divisibility, remainders, and integersMethods
- TAGE MAGE Books: Which Materials Should You Choose and How Should You Supplement Them?Choosing your preparation resources
- Geometry on the TAGE MAGE: useful diagrams, formulas, and common mistakesMethods
- Free or Paid TAGE MAGE Prep: When Is It Worth Investing?Choosing your preparation resources
- Data Sufficiency: keep statements (1) and (2) separateMethods
- Full AST Prep or TAGE MAGE Prep Only: What Should You Compare?Choosing your preparation resources
- French Usage on the TAGE MAGE: agreement and structures to check under time pressureMethods
- Upsilar vs. TageMajor: which TAGE MAGE prep should you choose?Choosing your preparation resources
- French Usage on the TAGE MAGE: choose the connector and complete a coherent argumentMethods
- Critical Reasoning on the TAGE MAGE: distinguish correlation, cause, and alternative explanationsMethods
- Critical Reasoning on the TAGE MAGE: solve ordering and constraint problemsMethods
- Visual Logic on the TAGE MAGE: observe rotations, positions, and shared propertiesMethods
- Retake a test or work on your application: how to decide before applyingCandidater
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- Tage Mage scoring: should you answer every question?Sep 25, 2026The test, in practice
The test, in practice
TAGE MAGE registration: test date, fee, and admission notice
The test, in practice · 3 minRetaking the TAGE MAGE: schedule attempts by quarter
The test, in practice · 3 minTAGE MAGE results: timeline, certificate, and validity
The test, in practice · 3 minA good TAGE MAGE score: benchmarks to read by program
The test, in practice · 4 minTAGE MAGE test day: documents, materials, and what to expect
The test, in practice · 3 minTAGE MAGE accommodations: prepare your request before registering
The test, in practice · 3 minMethods
TAGE MAGE Mental Math: Choose Reliable Shortcuts Without a Calculator
Methods · 3 minTAGE MAGE Percentages: Successive Changes, Reverse Rates, and Common Traps
Methods · 3 minTAGE MAGE Proportions and Ratios: Turn Word Problems into Relationships
Methods · 3 minTAGE MAGE Equations: Model a Problem Without Unnecessary Calculation
Methods · 3 minData Sufficiency: Use a Counterexample to Prove Insufficiency
Methods · 3 minReading Comprehension: Distinguish What Is Stated, Inferred, or Added
Methods · 4 min- Expression: Paraphrase Without Changing the MeaningSep 28, 2026Methods
- Critical Reasoning: Identify the Conclusion, Premises, and AssumptionMethods
- Numerical Logic: Find the Shared Rule in Two SetsMethods
- Math foundations for admissions tests: where should you start?Methods
- Speed and flow rates on the TAGE MAGE: reason with unitsMethods
- Arithmetic on the TAGE MAGE: divisibility, remainders, and integersMethods
- Geometry on the TAGE MAGE: useful diagrams, formulas, and common mistakesMethods
- Data Sufficiency: keep statements (1) and (2) separateMethods
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- French Usage on the TAGE MAGE: agreement and structures to check under time pressureMethods
- French Usage on the TAGE MAGE: choose the connector and complete a coherent argumentMethods
- Critical Reasoning on the TAGE MAGE: distinguish correlation, cause, and alternative explanationsMethods
- Critical Reasoning on the TAGE MAGE: solve ordering and constraint problemsMethods
- Visual Logic on the TAGE MAGE: observe rotations, positions, and shared propertiesMethods
Practice and get organized
TAGE MAGE official practice tests: find and use official resources
Practice and get organized · 4 minFree TAGE MAGE practice: six exercises with worked solutions
Practice and get organized · 5 minTAGE MAGE time management: use the 20 minutes for each subtest
Practice and get organized · 3 minTAGE MAGE study plan: prepare in one, two, or three months
Practice and get organized · 4 minPreparing for the TAGE MAGE and TOEIC together: organizing two different goals
Practice and get organized · 3 minAlso: TOEICError log: turn a worked solution into your next practice session
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- Managing time on multiple-choice tests: adapt your strategy to each test’s rulesPractice and get organized
- Preparing for a test while working: build a plan that fits a real weekPractice and get organized
- How to recognize a useful answer explanation: five criteria for understanding and reusing a methodPractice and get organized
- TAGE MAGE Practice Tests: Compare Official Questions with Prep-Provider MaterialsPractice and get organized
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- Score Validity: Can You Still Use Your Result to Apply?Candidater
- English-test waivers: how your admissions pathway changes the requirementsCandidater
- Required, Optional, or Waived: How to Read an Admissions PageCandidater
- Self-Reported or Official Score: What Should You Send with Your Application?Candidater
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Choose your test
TAGE 2 or TAGE MAGE: which test should you take for your admissions route?
Choose your test · 6 minTAGE MAGE or Score IAE Message: which should you take to get into an IAE?
Choose your test · 5 minTAGE MAGE or GMAT: which test should you choose for business school?
Choose your test · 3 minAlso: GMATManagement aptitude test and English test: why an application may require both
Choose your test · 3 minAlso: GMAT, GRE, TOEIC, TOEFLTAGE MAGE or GRE: when does this alternative make sense?
Choose your test · 4 minAlso: GREBusiness school after a bachelor’s degree in the humanities, law, or science: which tests should you prepare for?
Choose your test · 4 minAlso: GMAT, GREChoosing your preparation resources
Which TAGE MAGE prep should you choose: platforms, intensive courses, and coaching
Choosing your preparation resources · 4 minUpsilar vs. PrepMyFuture: which TAGE MAGE prep should you choose
Choosing your preparation resources · 4 minUpsilar vs. ASTPrep: which TAGE MAGE prep should you choose
Choosing your preparation resources · 4 minUpsilar vs. Aurlom: which TAGE MAGE prep should you choose
Choosing your preparation resources · 4 minUpsilar vs. PGE-PGO: which TAGE MAGE prep should you choose
Choosing your preparation resources · 4 minUpsilar vs. Teachero: which TAGE MAGE prep should you choose
Choosing your preparation resources · 4 min- TAGE MAGE prep budget: compare the total cost of your optionsSep 28, 2026Choosing your preparation resources
- Upsilar vs. Prépa Laurea: Which TAGE MAGE Prep Should You Choose?Choosing your preparation resources
- Upsilar vs. IPESUP: Which TAGE MAGE Prep Should You Choose?Choosing your preparation resources
- Upsilar vs. Admissions Parallèles: Which TAGE MAGE Prep Should You Choose?Choosing your preparation resources
- Upsilar vs. Prepaya: Which TAGE MAGE Prep Should You Choose?Choosing your preparation resources
- TAGE MAGE Books: Which Materials Should You Choose and How Should You Supplement Them?Choosing your preparation resources
- Free or Paid TAGE MAGE Prep: When Is It Worth Investing?Choosing your preparation resources
- Full AST Prep or TAGE MAGE Prep Only: What Should You Compare?Choosing your preparation resources
Which schools require the Tage Mage?
The two school lists from FNEGE in our registry include 29 distinct institutions. For 20 of them, the Schools page details 25 programs and their admissions routes, including some previous cycles. Depending on the program, the TAGE MAGE may be required, accepted as an alternative, recommended, or optional.
Jouy-en-Josas · Évry-Courcouronnes
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HEC Paris -
Institut Mines-Télécom Business School
Paris
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ESCP
Cergy
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ESSEC
Roubaix · Lille
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EDHEC -
SKEMA
Lyon
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emlyon business school
Grenoble
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Grenoble École de Management
Nantes
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Audencia
Rouen
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NEOMA
Reims
- NEOMA
Talence
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KEDGE
Marseille
- KEDGE
Montpellier
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Montpellier Business School
Rennes
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Rennes School of Business
Strasbourg
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EM Strasbourg
Dijon
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Burgundy School of Business
Aix-en-Provence (Puyricard)
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IAE Aix-en-Provence
Toulouse
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TBS Education -
Toulouse School of Management
Besançon
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ECM Besançon
Pau
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éklore-ed School of Management
Redon
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ESLI · Campus E.S.P.R.I.T. Industries
Saint-Lô
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FIM CCI Formation Normandie
Campuses in metropolitan France. One dot may represent several nearby schools. Hover over or select a dot to see the schools and their logos.
- 22in metropolitan France
- 7overseas and abroadLa Réunion, Montreal, Ottawa, Algiers, Beirut
Initially recorded on September 23, 2026; confirm the requirements for your admissions cycle. Business schools — FNEGE (opens in a new tab) Management schools, IAE and IUT — FNEGE (opens in a new tab)
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