The Eiffel scholarship program was developed by the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a tool to allow French higher education
institutions to attract the best foreign students for master's and PhD degree
programs.
It helps to train future foreign policy makers,
from the private and public sectors, in education priority areas, and encourage
applications from students from developing countries to obtain a master's level
and from emerging and industrialized countries to obtain a doctorate level.
The Eiffel
excellence program offers two components:
A Master component which helps fund a master level degree course from 12
to 36 months
A PhD. component to fund mobility programs for 10 months under a thesis
joint supervision or co-tutorship (preferably for the second doctoral year).
Areas of
Study
The three major areas of study covered by the
Eiffel program are:
Engineering sciences at Master level, sciences in
a broader sense for PhD level (engineering sciences, exact sciences: mathematics,
physics, chemistry and life sciences, nano and bio-technology, earth and
environmental sciences, information and communication sciences and technology),
Economics and management,
Law and political science
Duration of
the scholarship
Master
level
The scholarship is attributed for a maximum
duration of 12 months when registering for M2, a maximum of 24 months when
registering for M1 and maximum duration of 36 months when registering for an
engineering science diploma. It is awarded provided that the student fulfils
the annual academic requirements of the curriculum.
A 2-month maximum preliminary intensive language
training course can be funded for nonfrancophone students upon the request of
the French host educational establishment. The student can draw down his/her
Eiffel grant during this training course.
Scholars may benefit from maintaining their
scholarship for a period of training course or internship outside their host
institution for a period less than or equal to 25 of the total duration of the
course, to the extent that such training course or internship are an integral
part of the curriculum prepared.
Optional internships are not supported.
In the event that the course provides an
international academic exchange, payment of the scholarship will be suspended
for the period performed abroad.
If an Eiffel fellow, after his master 1, would
make his master 2 in the apprenticeship sector having a dual training in a
company, together with a contract providing for a fee, it will be put an end to
the Eiffel scholarship as soon as the beginning of the training.
PhD level
The Eiffel scholarship is attributed for a maximum
duration of 10 months. No language training is provided for scientific and
economic disciplines.
For law and political science Students:
After approval by the
selection commission, the 10-month period can be split into 3 phases in France
spread over a maximum of 3 years comprising stays of 3-4 months in France
alternating with a stay in the student's country of origin.
Grantees have the option, upon request of the host
educational establishment, to take French language classes at the same time as
their studies (request to be made in the application form).
Scholarship value
Master level
Eiffel scholarship-holders receive a monthly
allowance of 1, 181€ (1,031€ of maintenance allowance and 150€ of monthly
compensation), in addition to which are covered directly various expenses:
An international return travel Health insurance
Cultural activities
They can also benefit from an additional
accommodation allowance under certain conditions
PhD level
Eiffel PhD scholarship-holders receive a monthly
allowance of 1,400€, in addition to which are covered directly various
expenses:
An international return travel (only one return
trip will be covered for law and political science students who would undertake
several stays in France),
Health insurance
Cultural activities
They can also benefit from an additional
accommodation allowance under certain conditions.
Eligibility
Nationality: This program is for candidates
of foreign nationality. Binational candidates, one of which nationality is
French, are not eligible.
Age: for programs leading to a master's
degree level, applicants must be at most 30 years old at the date of the selection
committee, that is to say, born after 07/03/1983; for PhD applicants,
candidates must be aged at most 35 years old on the date of the selection
committee, that is to say, born after 03.07.1978.
Origin of applications: Only applications
sent by the French institutions are admissible. The latter undertake to enroll
laureates in the training for which they were selected. Applications sent by
other means are not receivable. In addition, a candidate nominated by more than
one institution will see his application rejected.
The training involved: Eligible candidates
are likely to incorporate a training course of master level attested by a
diploma, including engineering school, and PhD candidates. The French trainings
relocated abroad are not affected, fellows, non doctoral, having to perform at
least 75 of their studies in France.
Concurrent scholarships: Foreign students
already receiving a scholarship from the French government for another program
at the time of filing the application are not eligible, even if it is a
scholarship that supports social coverage.
Eiffel doctoral Scholarship: an applicant
who has already received an Eiffel scholarship under his PhD may not represent
his candidacy again.
Eiffel master Scholarship: a candidate
whose folder was not selected may not represent its application in the
following years, even if they change their field of study.
Language level: institutions that screen
non-francophone candidates must ensure that their language level is in line
with the level required by the training course.
Eventually, students currently studying abroad are
given priority over those already residing in France.
Schedule
Online of applications: September 25th,
2013
Deadline for receipt of applications by Campus
France: January 8th, 2014
Publication of results: Week of March 17th,
2014
