The
French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs offers Eiffel scholarships
for international students annually. These scholarships are awarded for
pursuing a master degree at French host higher education institutions and a
PhD through a thesis joint supervision or co-tutorship with a foreign
higher education institution partner.
French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs offers Eiffel scholarships
for international students annually. These scholarships are awarded for
pursuing a master degree at French host higher education institutions and a
PhD through a thesis joint supervision or co-tutorship with a foreign
higher education institution partner.
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sectors, in priority areas of study, and encourages applications from emerging
countries at master’s level, and from emerging and industrialized countries at
PhD level.
The
Eiffel Excellence Scholarship Programme was established by the French Ministry
of Foreign Affairs and International Development to enable French higher
education establishments to attract top foreign students to enrol in their
master’s and PhD courses.
Eiffel Excellence Scholarship Programme was established by the French Ministry
of Foreign Affairs and International Development to enable French higher
education establishments to attract top foreign students to enrol in their
master’s and PhD courses.
When
pre-selecting non-French-speaking candidates, establishments must make sure
that their language skills meet the requirements of the relevant course of
study.
pre-selecting non-French-speaking candidates, establishments must make sure
that their language skills meet the requirements of the relevant course of
study.
Course
Level:
French higher education institutions which submit candidates for Eiffel
program, undertake to register them:
Level:
French higher education institutions which submit candidates for Eiffel
program, undertake to register them:
- In
courses leading to a master’s degree; - Either
in an engineering degree - Either
a doctorate in the framework of a cotutelle or joint supervision of a
thesis with a foreign higher education institution partner.
Study
Subject(s):
The four major fields of study concerned by the Eiffel scholarships are:
Subject(s):
The four major fields of study concerned by the Eiffel scholarships are:
- The
right ; - Economics
and management; - Engineering
sciences for the master’s level, sciences in the broad sense for the
doctorate level (engineering sciences, exact sciences: mathematics,
physics, chemistry and life sciences, nano and biotechnologies, earth
sciences, of the Universe and the Environment, Science and Information
Technologies and communication); - The
political sciences.
Scholarship
Award:
Award:
- Master
level: Eiffel fellows receive a monthly allowance of 1.181 € (€ 1,031
maintenance allowance + € 150 monthly allowance), to which is added the
direct support of several services:
-An international transport ticket routing – repatriation;
-Social protection Campus France for over 28s, the complementary health
(mutual) for – 28 years old;
-Cultural activities: They may also benefit, under certain conditions,
from additional housing. - PhD
level: Eiffel fellows receive a monthly allowance of € 1,400, which is
added the direct support of several services:
-An international transport ticket – repatriation (for students who would
make multiple trips, one return trip will be taken care of);
-Social protection Campus France for over 28s, the complementary health
(mutual) for – 28 years old;
-Cultural activities
Scholarship
can be taken in France
can be taken in France
Eligibility:
- Nationality:
this program is reserved for candidates of foreign nationality. The
Bi-national candidates, one of whom is French, are not eligible. - Age:
Master level, the candidate must be at least 30 years old on the committee
date Selection ; that is, born the same day or after March 12, 1988. At
the doctoral level, the candidate must be 35 years old or older on the
date of the selection; that is, born the same day or after the 12th of
March, 1983. - Origin
of the files: only the candidatures transmitted by the establishments
French are admissible. The latter undertake to register the winners in the
training for which they have been selected. Applications submitted by
other ways are not acceptable. In addition, a candidate presented by an
institution will be rejected. - The
formations concerned: are eligible candidates likely to integrate training
leading to a master’s degree, including in school engineers, and doctoral
candidates. The French formations relocated to abroad are not concerned.
Training as part of an apprenticeship or professionalization contract are
not eligible for the Eiffel Scholarships. - Cumulation
of scholarships: foreign students already benefiting from a scholarship
French Government under another program, at the time of the filing of the
application, are not eligible, even if it is a fellowship that does not
take into charge as social coverage. - Eiffel
Master scholarship: the candidacy of a student whose file has not been
retained during a previous selection is not admissible, even if this
application is submitted by a different institution or in another field
studies. The candidacy of a student who has already benefited from an
Eiffel scholarship Master level is not acceptable for this same level. - Eiffel
Doctoral Scholarship: institutions can present for a scholarship doctorate
a candidate who has already benefited from an Eiffel scholarship at the
master’s level. A candidate who has already benefited from an Eiffel
scholarship as part of his doctorate is not not eligible once again for an
Eiffel grant. The candidacy of a student whose the folder was not selected
during a previous selection for this level is not not admissible, even if
submitted by an institution different or in another field of study. - Language
level: institutions that pre-select non-qualified candidates Francophones
must ensure that their language level is adequate with the level required
by the training. Students studying abroad have priority over those who
already reside in France.
Nationality: International
students (except French students) are eligible to apply for these scholarships.
students (except French students) are eligible to apply for these scholarships.
College
Admission Requirement
Admission Requirement
Entrance
Requirement: Applicants
must have their previous degree.
Requirement: Applicants
must have their previous degree.
English
Language Requirements: When pre-selecting non-French-speaking
candidates, establishments must make sure that their language skills meet the
requirements of the relevant course of study.
Language Requirements: When pre-selecting non-French-speaking
candidates, establishments must make sure that their language skills meet the
requirements of the relevant course of study.
How
to Apply:
to Apply:
- French
higher education establishments pre-select candidates for the Eiffel
Programme from among the foreign students to whom they have offered a
place on a course of study. - The
establishments complete and submit applications for these candidates
online.1 They must make sure that the applications fulfil the Programme
criteria. The total length of the course and any compulsory work
placements in France 1 There is a different application form for each
branch of the Programme. Page 5 of 6 or abroad must be clearly mentioned
in the application. Each establishment can nominate no more than 40
candidates per field of study for a master’s scholarship. Incomplete
applications will be rejected. - The
establishments must send to Campus France, by 6 January 2017, by recorded
post with acknowledgement of receipt, a list of the applications submitted
online. This document must bear the establishment’s stamp and the
signature of the head of the establishment (university president or
principal), or his or her representative.
Application
Deadline: Deadline
for receipt of applications by Campus France is January 12, 2018.
Deadline: Deadline
for receipt of applications by Campus France is January 12, 2018.