France Excellence Eiffel scholarship program for Master's and PhD degrees

The Eiffel scholarship program has been developed by the French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs to enable French higher education establishments to attract the best foreign students for Master’s and PhD degree programs.

The scholarship program is designed to train future foreign decision-makers in the private and public sectors in priority fields of study:

Biology and health
Ecological transition
Mathematics and data science
Engineering sciences
French history, language, and civilization
Law and Political Science
Economics and Management

In addition, this program encourages applications from foreign students aged 25 or under for Master’s programs and 30 or under for PhD program.

Master’s degree: Eiffel scholarship holders receive a monthly grant of 1181€, in addition to which a range of other expenses are covered by the scholarship, for example the travel expenses to the destination.

PhD: Eiffel scholarship holders receive a monthly grant of 1700€, in addition to which a range of other expenses are covered by the scholarship, for example the travel expenses to the destination.

Are you interested? To apply, identify a French institution offering a master’s degree or a doctoral program that interests you and contact the institution’s International Relations department well in advance before January 10th. The establishment will inform you of the procedures and deadline for applying for the Eiffel scholarship. Please note that it is the institution that applies for this scholarship program, not the student.

Campus France Finland is at your disposal to help you identify and contact your future host institution. If you have any questions, please contact us at helsinki@campusfrance.org

More information about the program on the Campus France website (in French):