The Eiffel Scholarship Program is a tool developed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Campus France) to enable French higher education institutions to attract the best foreign students in master’s and doctoral degree programs. It trains future foreign decision-makers, from the private and public sectors, in priority fields of study.
The two main fields of study concerned by the Eiffel scholarships are:
science and technology: biology and health; ecological transition; mathematics and numeracy; engineering sciences.
the humanities and social sciences: history, French language and civilization; law and political science; Economics and Management.
Requirements
Note: Candidates studying in France are eligible but will not be given priority- Have excellent academic results: be valedictorian or among the highest ranked.
- Be born after March 31, 1991 at the time of the selection of the 2027 applications
- Be of foreign nationality (bi-national candidates whose one of the nationalities is French are not eligible).
- Not already benefiting from a scholarship from the French government of any kind.
- Not to be a beneficiary of an Erasmus+ scholarship or a scholarship from the Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie.
Duration of the Fellowship
The scholarship is awarded for a period of 12 to 36 months.
- 36 months, conditional on registration in the 1st year of the thesis only. (Please note that the number of 36-month scholarships will be limited. Co-direction or co-supervision is not mandatory)
- 18 months or 12 months for all candidates, whether they are already in the process of completing their thesis or newcomers to France or abroad, under co-supervision or co-supervision.
Application
Applications for the 2027 Eiffel Scholarship are open from October 2, 2026.
