Image:Bac diplome0001.jpg|thumb|right|The diploma given to all baccalauréat graduates. The diploma is issued by the recteur d'académie by delegation from the Minister of National Education. The baccalauréat (bakaloʁeˈa), often known in France colloquially as le bac or formerly le bachot, is an academic qualification which French and international students take at the end of the lycée (secondary or high school). It was invented by Napoleon I in 1808. It is the main diploma required to pursue university studies. There is also the European Baccalaureate which students take at the end of the European School education. It confirms a rounded secondary education, gives access to a wide range of University education and cannot be compared with A-Levels as it cannot, like A-Levels, be obtained in single subjects.

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