EIFFEL Excellence Scholarship by Campus France 2025
Applicant criteria
- No specific age required
- Both
Opportunity criteria
Opportunity description
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 from foreign countries up to 25 years old at master’s level, and applicants up to 30 years old at PhD level.
- The scholarship program has two components:
- The master’s component offers 12 to 36 months of funding to enable scholarship holders to earn a master’s-level degree.
- The doctoral component supports mobility from 6 to 36 months.
Benefits
- A monthly allowance of €1,181.
- A round-trip international ticket,
- Health insurance
- Cultural activities.
- A monthly allowance of €1,800.
- A round-trip international ticket,
- Health insurance
- Cultural activities.
Eligibility criteria
- This prestigious program recognizes international students nominated by a French institution.
- Eiffel scholarships are granted for a specific, predetermined program, both in subject matter and in duration.
- Eiffel scholarships are granted for a number of months sufficient to complete the academic program specified in your application.
- Students must meet the academic requirements of each successive year of the curriculum if they are to continue to receive scholarship benefits.
- The scholarship period (excluding language training) may not exceed 12 months for enrollment in a Master 2 program, 24 months for enrollment in a Master 1, and 36 months for enrollment in an engineering program.
- Eiffel scholarships are competitive and cannot be postponed.
- The study period must begin between September 1 and December 31 of the year the scholarship was awarded.
- An Eiffel scholarship may not be combined with another French government scholarship.
- It is your responsibility to choose the school or university that best suits your plans to study or conduct research in France.
- All French institutions of higher education can nominate candidates for Eiffel scholarships.
- Only those parts of the study program occurring in France are funded by the scholarship, except for certain internship or exchange periods.
- Internships and exchanges must be compulsory as part of the curriculum and the scholarship holders must notify Campus France beforehand.
- The scholarship holders’ stay can be split into several periods. However, the stay funded by the scholarship cannot last less than 6 months and cannot exceed 3 years.
- A schedule of the stays in France must be defined and submitted to Campus France during the first stay.
- The two broad disciplines of the Eiffel Scholarship Program embrace the following fields of study:
- Science and technology
- Biology and health
- Ecological transition
- Mathematics and digital sciences
- Engineering
- Humanities and Social Sciences
- French history, language, and civilization
- Law and political science
- Economics and management
About Campus France:
Campus France is a public institution in charge of promoting French higher education abroad and welcoming foreign students and researchers to France. It encourages international mobility and manages scholarship programs and the alumni network.
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