French Government Eiffel Excellence Scholarship Programme 2021-2022 for Masters & PhD Study - France

Eligibility Criteria

1. Only foreign nationals are eligible to apply for a scholarship from the French Government.
2. In the case of dual nationality applicants, those with French nationality are ineligible.
3. for master’s courses, candidates must be no older than 30 on the date of the selection committee meeting,March 2020; 
4. only applications submitted by French educational establishments are accepted. These establishments undertake to enrol scholarship holders on the course for which they have been selected. Applications submitted by any other means shall not be considered. Furthermore, any candidate nominated by more than one establishment shall be disqualified.
5. scholarships are for students wishing to enrol on a master’s course, including at an engineering school. The Eiffel Programme does not apply to French-run master’s courses abroad. It does not apply to training under an apprenticeship contract or a professional training contract either.
6. Educational establishments that shortlist non-French speaking applicants must ensure that their level of French is sufficient to enable them to integrate satisfactorily into the anticipated course
7. Combination with other scholarships: foreign students who, at the time of application, have already been awarded a French government scholarship under another programme are not eligible, even if the scholarship in question does not include social security cover.
8. Eiffel master’s scholarships: no application will be accepted for any student who applied previously but was rejected, even if the application is submitted by a different establishment or in another field of study. Students who have already been awarded an Eiffel scholarship at master’s level are not eligible to re-apply at master’s level.
9. Language skills: when pre-selecting non-French-speaking candidates, establishments must make sure that their language skills meet the requirements of the relevant course of study.

Offered Benefits

1. Tuition fees are not covered by the Eiffel Program. Educational institutions are expected to provide students the best financial support..
2. Students admitted to public educational institutions are, as French government scholarship holders, exempted from enrolment fees.
3. Eiff The Eiffel scholarship consist of a monthly allowance of €1,181 (a maintenance allowance of €1,031 and a monthly stipend of €150). In addition, the program covers various benefits including a round-trip international ticket, Health insurance and cultural activities.
4. Students may also benefit from a housing allowance.

Payment modalities : The scholarship is paid monthly by wire-transfer on a French account that the student will open at the start of the academic program.

NB: The bank account number (IBAN, BIC) must be communicated to Campus France.

Accommodation: You may ask Campus France to help you find accommodation in CROUS; or private student residences (Île-de-France region only).

Housing allowance 

1. Private housing: If you are not living in a university residence but in private housing, you can benefit, at your request, from an additional housing allowance. You just need to send the receipt of the first rent payment mentioning your name and address and a copy of the housing contract within the 3 months following signature of the housing contract.
2. Housing allowance amount: The amount of allowance, regardless of the location, is €115 per month.
3. Special case of students in Paris and the Paris region: since October 1st, 2003, students housed by Campus France in France in a regulated residence cannot benefit from the €115 housing allowance. The rent is already partly subsidized by the Eiffel program.

The amount of the subsidy depends on the residence. 

Travel

1. The international flight ticket to France is covered by the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs only for scholarship recipients living out of France at the time of their selection. Campus France is in charge of providing the flight ticket.

The travel benefit is provided as follows:

1. International transport: a round-trip international ticket Country of origin – France;
2. National transport: a train ticket to the first study location; a train ticket from the last study location to the airport for the return to the country of origin;
3. Local transport: reimbursement of up to a maximum of €50 of the trip between the airport or train station and the first study location (taxi or public transport);

The student has a maximum of one year after the end of the scholarship to assert this right to repatriation.

Purchase of the return ticket by Campus France or reimbursement if the ticket is purchased by the student. The reimbursement must respect an average costs criteria which varies according to the geographical zon. 

HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE

1. Campus France provides its own Health insurance for the time needed to register to French Social Security.
2. Students must register on the following website https://etudiant-etranger.ameli.fr/#/ In order to benefit from the French Social Security.

The website is available in French and English.

European students with a European Health Insurance Card do not need to do anything else, even if they start their studies in France in the academic year 2019/20. They continue to have access to healthcare in France and their medical expenses can be partly reimbursed as if they were in their home country.

In addition, it is mandatory to register in a students’ Mutual health insurance plan. Campus France will refund up to €264

Application Process

Only applications submitted by French higher education institutions are accepted.

• You are an institution and you have already participated in the Eiffel program => You should have received an email concerning the download of application files. If that is not the case, please  contact us.

• You are an institution participating for the first time in the Eiffel Program => Please  Contact us in order download the application files.

• You are a student interested in participating in the Eiffel program :  click here

Contact
Campus France – Programme Eiffel
28 rue de la Grange-aux-Belles
75010 Paris
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