Announcement of results:
Week of 20th March, 2017
Eligible Countries: Emerging
economies
To be taken at: French Institutions
Accepted Subject Areas: Eiffel scholarships are available in three main fields:
- Engineering science at Master’s level,
- Science
in the broadest sense at PhD level (engineering science; exact
sciences: mathematics, physics, chemistry and life sciences, nano- and
biotechnology, earth sciences, sciences of the universe, environmental
sciences, information and communication science and technology);
- Economics and Management;
- Law and Political sciences.
Eligibility
- Only foreign nationals are eligible to apply for a scholarship from the French Government.
- In the case of dual nationality applicants, those with French nationality are ineligible.
- for
master’s courses, candidates must be no older than 30 on the date of
the selection committee meeting, 6th of March 2017; at PhD level,
candidates must be no older than 35 on the date of the selection
committee meeting, 6th of March 2017.
- 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.
- Scholarships are
for students wishing to enrol on a master’s course, including at an
engineering school, and for PhD students. The Eiffel Programme does not
apply to French-run master’s courses abroad, as non-PhD scholarship
holders must complete at least 75% of their course in France. It does
not apply to training under an apprenticeship contract or a professional
training contract either.
- 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
- 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.
- Eiffel PhD scholarships:
Establishments may nominate a candidate who was previously awarded an
Eiffel scholarship at master’s level for a scholarship at PhD level.
Candidates who have already been awarded an Eiffel scholarship once
during their PhD cannot be awarded it for a second time. 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Number of Scholarships: Not Specified
Selection Criteria: The selection criteria are as follows:
- the
excellence of the candidate, as demonstrated by his or her university
career so far and the originality of his or her research subject;
- the
international policy of the establishment nominating the candidate, its
action in the geographical area in question, the excellence of the host
department, the establishment’s compatibility with the candidate being
nominated, its efforts to publicise the Eiffel Programme and its
continued support of scholarship holders, especially through a
partnership with France Alumni
- the
cooperation and partnership policy of the French Ministry of Foreign
Affairs and International Development, and in particular, the priority
given to certain countries for this Programme.
The committee
marks each candidate for these three criteria and calculates a total
score out of 50. It sets a minimum threshold for admissibility and
distributes the scholarships as follows, depending on the number
available:
- at least 70% of the scholarships are awarded to the highest-scoring candidates;
- the
remaining scholarships are distributed among the establishments that
have not received one, for candidates who achieved scores above the
minimum threshold.
These selected applications represent the definitive list of successful candidates.
Scholarship Amount:
Master’s level:
- The Eiffel scholarship includes a monthly allowance of €1,181 (a maintenance allowance of €1,031 and a monthly stipend of €150).
- In
addition, the following expenses are directly covered: – one
international return journey; Page 3 of 6 – social security cover; –
cultural activities. Scholarship holders may also receive an additional
housing allowance, under certain conditions.
PhD level:
- The Eiffel scholarship includes a monthly allowance of €1,400.
- In
addition, the following expenses are directly covered: – one
international return journey (for students in law or political sciences
who may make several trips, only one return journey shall be covered); –
social security cover; – cultural activities. Scholarship holders may
also receive an additional housing allowance, under certain conditions.
Duration: The scholarship is awarded for:
- a maximum of 12 months for entry at M2 level,
- a maximum of 24 months for entry at M1 level,
- a maximum of 36 months for an engineering degree.
A
2-month preliminary intensive language training course. The total
duration of the course undertaken (including compulsory work experience
or internships in France or abroad) must be clearly indicated by the
educational establishment in the application form.
Optional placements are not covered by the grant.
For
PhD: The Eiffel scholarship is awarded for a maximum of ten months. For
scientific and economic disciplines, no language course is provided for
and the scholarship duration cannot be divided up. For law students,
the ten-month scholarship can, with the consent of the selection
committee, be split into two or three stays in France, of three or four
months each. These stays must take place over a maximum of three
calendar years. Only law students have the option of taking French
lessons alongside their studies. This must be clearly requested in the
application.
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