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 enroll in their master’s and PhD courses.
It helps to shape the future foreign decision-makers of the private and public 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.
Worth
Masters level
The Eiffel Scholarship includes a monthly allowance of €1,181 ( a maintainance allowance of €1,031 and mothly stipend of €150). In addition, the following expenses are directly covered:
- one international return journey;
- 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 tips, only one return shall be covered
- Social security cover
- Cultural activities
- Scholarship holders ,may also receive an additional housing allowance,under certain conditions
Eligibility
- 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 masters courses, candidates must be no older than 30 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 undertake to enroll scholarship holders on the course for which they have been selected
Deadline: January 8, 2016
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