Eiffel Scholarship Program of Excellence

Deadline: 9 January 2020
Open to: future foreign decision-makers of the private and public sectors, applicants up to 30 years old from developing countries at master’s level, and applicants up to 35 years old from developing and industrialized countries at PhD level
Benefits:  the two-year JADS scholarship program provides a round-trip air travel expenses, tuition for a graduate program, a monthly living stipend, health insurance, and a travel allowance

Description

The Eiffel Excellence Scholarship Program was established by the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs to enable French higher education institutions to attract top foreign students to enroll in their masters and Ph.D. programs.

Eligibility

The EIFFEL Scholarship is offering an opportunity to the future foreign decision-makers of the private and public sectors, in priority areas of study, and applicants up to 30 years old from developing countries at master’s level, and applicants up to 35 years old from developing and industrialized countries at the Ph.D. level to apply.

Applicants must ensure that their language level is adequate with the level required by the training. Students studying abroad have priority over those who reside already in France.

The eligible fields of study are: – Economics and Management – Engineering (Master level) / Sciences in a broader sense (PhD level) – Law – Political Sciences

For Ph.D. level: Only law students have the opportunity to take French courses parallel to their studies. The application must imperatively be formulated in the application file. If language training is not explicitly requested in the application, it cannot be requested later.

Benefits

Eiffel fellows on Master level receive a monthly allowance of EUR 1,181 (EUR 1,031 maintenance allowance + EUR 150 monthly allowance), PhD fellows receive a monthly allowance of EUR 1,400 to which must be added direct charge of several services (both Master and PhD):

  • International transport: an international ticket including a ticket return flight, country of origin – France;
  • National transport: implementation of the train trip by Campus France to the first place of stay; Implementation of the train trip by Campus France of the last place of stay to the airport for the return;
  • Local transport: reimbursement up to a maximum of 50 EUR from the trip the student-scholar between the airport or the station and his first place of accommodation (taxi or public transport …);
  • Social protection by Campus France for non-nationals of the European Economic Area;
  • Cultural activities.

How to apply?

For more information on the application, procedure click here.

If you would like to learn more, please visit the official website or for practical questions please contact: candidatures.eiffel@campusfrance.org