Levels: | Master, PhD |
Tuition: | Partial coverage |
Finaid max: | 1181 EUR |
Deadline: | Jan 9, 2025 |
Duration max: | 36 months |
Levels: | Master, PhD |
Tuition: | Partial coverage |
Finaid max: | 1181 EUR |
Deadline: | Jan 9, 2025 |
Duration max: | 36 months |
The Eiffel Excellence Scholarship Program was established by the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs to enable French higher education institutions to attract top foreign students to enroll in their masters and PhD programs.
It gives opportunity to the future foreign decision-makers of the private and public sectors, in priority areas of study, and encourages applicants up to 25 years old from developing countries at master’s level, and applicants up to 30 years old from developing and industrialized countries at PhD level.
Finaid max: 1181 EUR
Quota:
The programme meets various expenses including return trip, social security cover, and cultural activities. Scholarship-holders might also be eligible for additional accommodation allowance under certain conditions.Tuition fees are not covered by the Eiffel Programme.
Duration max: 36 months
Duration comments: May not exceed 12 months for a Master’s 2 course, 24 months for a Master’s 1 course and 36 months for an engineering degree course.
The programme meets various expenses including return trip, social security cover, and cultural activities. Scholarship-holders might also be eligible for additional accommodation allowance under certain conditions.Tuition fees are not covered by the Eiffel Programme.
Nationality: this programme is reserved for candidates of non-French nationality. Candidates with two nationalities, one of which is French, are not eligible.
- Age: for master’s courses, candidates must be no older than 30 on the date of the selection committee meeting, i.e. born after 11/03/1984; at PhD level, candidates must be no older than 35 on the date of the selection committee meeting, i.e. born after 11/03/1979.
- Origin of applications: only applications submitted by French educational establishments are accepted. These establishments undertake to enrol scholarship holders on the course for which they have been selected. Applications submitted by any other means shall not be considered. Furthermore, any candidate nominated by more than one establishment shall be disqualified.
- Courses of study: scholarships are for students wishing to enrol on a master's course, including at an engineering school, and for PhD students. The Eiffel Programme does not apply to French-run master’s courses abroad, as non-PhD scholarship holders must complete at least 75% of their course in France. It does not apply to training under an apprenticeship contract or a professional training contract either. Page 4 of 6
- Combination with other scholarships: foreign students who, at the time of application, have already been awarded a French government scholarship under another programme are not eligible, even if the scholarship in question does not include social security cover.
- Language skills: when pre-selecting non-French-speaking candidates, establishments must make sure that their language skills meet the requirements of the relevant course of study.