France Excellence Eiffel Scholarship

A monthly allowance (about €1,200 for master's students and about €2,000–2,100 for PhD students, as quoted by French universities for the 2027 call), plus international travel, health insurance, a housing allowance and support during your stay. Eiffel doesn't pay tuition itself, but Campus France says French-government scholarship holders are exempt from paying tuition, so confirm with your school.

• Only international students can apply; dual nationals who hold French nationality can't.
• It's aimed at applicants up to 29 for a master's and up to 35 for a PhD (for the 2027 call, universities require birth after 31 March 1997 and 31 March 1991 respectively).
• Master's applicants who are currently studying in France aren't eligible.
• A PhD must be co-supervised (cotutelle) or a dual degree with a partner institution abroad.
• The field must be one of seven: biology and health, ecological transition, mathematics and digital technology, engineering sciences, French history, language and civilisation, law and political science, or economics and management.
• The programme must lead to a nationally accredited degree; apprenticeship programmes and French programmes run abroad don't qualify.
• Current French government scholarship holders aren't eligible.

For international students (French dual nationals excluded) aged up to 29 for a master's or up to 35 for a PhD, in fields such as engineering, sciences, law, politics, economics and management. You can't apply directly: you apply to a French institution, which nominates you. Master's applicants already studying in France aren't eligible.

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   Step 1: Choose a programme and institution

   Pick an eligible master's, engineering or co-supervised PhD programme at a French institution. Your local Campus France office or the French embassy can advise you.

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   Step 2: Contact the international office

   Ask the institution's international relations office about its Eiffel procedure and internal deadline, which comes well before Campus France's.

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   Step 3: Submit your internal application

   Apply through the institution's own route: for example, Université Paris Cité uses its MoveOn portal, and at Paris-Saclay you contact the master's programme coordinator.

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   Step 4: Get nominated by the institution

   If the institution pre-selects you, it submits your file to Campus France. Applications sent directly by students or by foreign institutions are declared ineligible.

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   Step 5: Wait for the national jury

   A jury of experts makes the final selection, and results are published from March or April.

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   Step 6: Complete regular admission

   Some institutions also need you to complete their normal admission process (Paris-Saclay's opens in February 2027).

• Passport or ID card copy
• CV (1–2 pages, French or English)
• Degree certificates already awarded
• Official ranking certificate for your last degree
• Transcripts since your first year of higher education
• French language certificate (if taught in French)
• Professional project statement (1–2 pages)
• Recommendation letter (optional)

Deadline

For the 2027 call (study from September 2027), institutions send nominations to Campus France in early January 2027 and set earlier internal deadlines: for example, 29 October 2026 (master's) and 2 November 2026 (PhD) at Université Paris Cité, and 26 November 2026 for master's applicants at Paris-Saclay.

The call usually opens in late September or early October. French institutions set their own internal deadlines (often October–November) and send nominations to Campus France by early January, with results around March–April. The 2027 call, for 2027–28 study, opened on 1 October 2026.