Wakatépé

Wakatépé is a French digital platform dedicated to academic and career guidance (orientation scolaire et professionnelle). It is designed for students and young people navigating the French higher-education system, particularly the Parcoursup and Mon Master admission platforms, as well as apprenticeship (apprentissage) pathways. The service aggregates official data on study programmes and presents it in a user-friendly way, allowing users to compare options and make informed choices. The platform's core promise is transparency: it states that users can see their chances of admission, salaries and career outcomes for 30,000 programmes, based on official figures rather than marketing promises. It covers a wide range of French post-baccalaureate and higher-education tracks, including BUT (Bachelor Universitaire de Technologie), licences, classes préparatoires (CPGE), BTS, engineering schools and master's degrees. Each programme category is presented with its duration, a short description and the number of available programmes. Beyond programme search, Wakatépé organises content by broad domains such as business, arts, digital, engineering, crafts, communication, health, politics, security and justice, helping users explore sectors and identify what suits them. It also provides a personality test of 20 questions, available free and without creating an account, to help users reflect on their preferences. A distinctive feature is its career exploration section, which offers 1,911 job fact sheets based on the ROME occupational reference framework, organised into 14 professional domains. These sheets describe the skills, training paths and career prospects associated with each occupation. The platform thus combines programme discovery, career information and self-assessment tools in a single free-access service. Wakatépé operates in France and targets French-speaking students, apprentices and their families. Its business model is not detailed in the available evidence, but the service is presented as free to use, at least for the personality test and basic exploration. The platform is a relatively recent entrant in the French orientation market, which includes public bodies and private edtech services. Its Wikidata entry describes it simply as a French platform for academic guidance.

Wakatépé is a French platform for academic guidance. Public evidence about its founding and corporate history is limited; its Wikidata entry (Q140474047) describes it as a French platform for academic guidance, and its official website presents a live service covering programme search, career exploration and self-assessment tools. The platform emerged in the context of the French higher-education orientation market, where students must navigate a complex landscape of programmes and admission procedures, notably Parcoursup for undergraduate entry and Mon Master for master's degrees. Wakatépé positions itself as a data-driven alternative to traditional guidance, aggregating official statistics on programmes and careers. Its website offers structured exploration by programme type: BUT, licence, classes préparatoires, BTS, engineering schools and master's. It also organises content by 15 broad domains and provides a career section with 1,911 ROME-based fact sheets across 14 professional domains. A free personality test of 20 questions is offered without requiring an account. The available evidence does not specify the founding year, founders, ownership or funding of Wakatépé. The platform appears to be an independent French initiative, operating in French and targeting students in France. As of the evidence, it is active and presents itself as free to use for its core features.

Transparent, data-driven academic and career guidance for French students, using official figures rather than promises.

• Programme explorer

  Search and compare thousands of French training programmes (BUT, licence, CPGE, BTS, engineering schools, master's) with data on admission chances, salaries and outcomes.

• Career explorer

  1,911 job fact sheets from the ROME framework, organised into 14 professional domains, detailing skills, training and prospects.

• Personality test

  A free 20-question test to help users identify their preferences, available without an account.

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2. 2Explorer les métiers : 1 911 fiches ROME | Wakatépéwakatepe.fr
3. 3Rechercher une formation : Parcoursup, Master, Apprentissagewakatepe.fr
4. 4Wakatépé - Wikidatawikidata.org
5. 5Rechercher une formation : Parcoursup, Master, Apprentissagewakatepe.fr