Eiffel scholarships

Bourse Eiffel

Eiffel scholarships are awarded for excellence at Master's and Doctorate levels.

Eiffel Scholarships: Call for applications 2025/2026

The Eiffel scholarship program, launched in January 1999 by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is designed to support the international recruitment efforts of French higher education establishments, against a backdrop of increasing competition between developed countries to attract the best foreign students in Master's, engineering and doctoral programs.

Eiffel scholarships are awarded for excellence in Master's and Doctoral degree courses.

Eligible fields are

Science and TechnologyHumanities and Social Sciences
Biology and HealthFrench history, language and civilization
Ecological transitionLaw, Political Science
Mathematics and NumeracyEconomics and Management
Engineering sciences 

Master's level application procedure

Please refer to the Campus France application guide for eligibility criteria, then fill in the before November, 14th 2024. Incomplete applications sent after the deadline will not be considered.

A CV, covering letter and your last three school reports will be required. Don't forget to prepare them in advance!

Application procedure for doctoral students

To apply for the Eiffel Excellence Scholarship at doctoral level, please follow the steps below:

Step 1 : Contact the doctoral school (ED) concerned by your field of study to find out about admission requirements.
Step 2 : Find a thesis director within Aix-Âé¶¹tv.
Step 3 : Complete the registration procedures indicated on the website of each doctoral school concerned. We remind you that to be eligible for the Eiffel scholarship at doctoral level, you must be enrolled in a degree program at our university.
Step 4: Before November, 14th 2024 to your thesis director at Âé¶¹tv all the supporting documents required by Campus France to apply for an Eiffel scholarship. You'll find the list in the application guide.