The Eiffel France Scholarships are for international
students wishing to study in France.
The French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs launched
the Eiffel Excellence Scholarship Programme in January 1999 to support French
centres of higher education in their international outreach initiatives, in a
context of mounting competition among developed countries, to attract elite
overseas students on master’s, engineering and PhD courses. It aims
to attract outstanding international students identified by French institutions
of higher education.
The areas of study concerned by the Eiffel scholarships are:
- Engineering sciences at Master level, sciences in a broader sense for PhD level (engineering sciences, exact sciences such as mathematics, physics, chemistry and life sciences, nano- and bio-technology, earth and environmental sciences and information and communication sciences and technology)
- Economics and management
- Law and political sciences
Scholarship value:
Master
course: Eiffel scholarship-holders receive a monthly grant allowance of
1,181 Euros (current applicable rate). In addition, the programme covers
various expenses including return travel, health insurance and cultural
activities. Scholarship-holders can also benefit from an additional accommodation
allowance.
PhD
course: Eiffel PhD scholarship-holders receive a monthly allowance of 1,400
Euros (current applicable rate) with additional allowances for one return trip
(only one return trip will be reimbursed for law and political science students
who undertake several stays in France), health insurance and cultural
activities. Scholarship-holders can also benefit from an additional accommodation
allowance.
Tuition
fees are not covered by the Eiffel Programme (with the exception of preliminary
language course fees).
The next deadline for applications is 9 January
2013. Application deadline to participating French Institutions may be
earlier than this.
Further scholarship details and application procedures can be found at http://www.egide.asso.fr/jahia/Jahia/appels/eiffel
