2023 French Government Eiffel Excellence Scholarships For Developing Countries – France

This scholarship program was established by the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs to enable French higher education institutions to attract top international students to enroll in their degree 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.

Application Deadline: January 10, 2023
Eligible Countries: Emerging Economies

Type: Masters, PhD

Number of Scholarships: Not Specified

Value of Scholarships:

Master’s level:

The Eiffel scholarship includes a monthly allowance of €1,181 (a maintenance allowance of €1,031 and a monthly stipend of €150).
In addition, the following expenses are directly covered: – one international return journey; Page 3 of 6 – social security cover; – cultural activities. Scholarship holders may also receive an additional housing allowance, under certain conditions.

PhD level:

The Eiffel scholarship includes a monthly allowance of €1,400.
In addition, the following expenses are directly covered: – one international return journey (for students in law or political sciences who may make several trips, only one return journey shall be covered); – social security cover; – cultural activities. Scholarship holders may also receive an additional housing allowance, under certain conditions.

Duration: The scholarship is awarded for:

a maximum of 12 months for entry at M2 level,
a maximum of 24 months for entry at M1 level,
a maximum of 36 months for an engineering degree.

Eligibility:

You must be no older than 30 on the date of the selection committee meeting; at PhD level, candidates must be no older than 35 on the date of the selection committee meeting,
You must ensure that their level of French is sufficient to enable them to integrate satisfactorily into the anticipated course.
You must make sure that their language skills meet the requirements of the relevant course of study.

Application Process:

You are an institution and you have already participated in the Eiffel program => You should have received an email concerning the download of application files. If that is not the case, please contact us.
You are an institution participating for the first time in the Eiffel Program => Please Contact us in order download the application files.
You are a student interested in participating in the Eiffel program : click here

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