France Excellence Eiffel scholarship 2026

Master’s level scholarship:

• Foreign students aged 29 or under (born after March 31st 1996) not studying in France at the time of their application.
• Must be applying to the Eiffel scholarship for the first time (Eiffel scholarship cannot be combined with another French government scholarship)

Be careful ! Please note that students currently living in France are no longer eligible for the scholarship.

PhD scholarship:

• Foreign PhD students aged 35 or under (born after March 31st 1990) for the first year of a co-supervised or co-directed thesis
• Must be applying for the first time for a PhD with the Eiffel scholarship (which cannot be combined with another French government scholarship).

Master’s program : the Eiffel scholarship is given for a period of :

• 12 months maximum for enrolment in Master 2
• 24 months maximum for enrolment in Master 1
• 36 months for an engineering degree.

PhD program : the Eiffel scholarship is given for 12months to 36 months (divisible into stays of at least 6 months with justification and following a decision by the commission).

• PhD level: monthly allowance of €2,100
• Master’s level: monthly allowance of €1,200

International Relations office centralizes all applications and forwards them to Campus France within the deadlines.

Step 1 :

Check application guides below :

Master
PhD 

Step 2 :

Submit your application here (between 13th October 2025 and 7th november 2025) :

Please follow the instructions as indicated here.

Applications that will not be reviewed :

• Incomplete applications
• Applications sent after the deadline
• Applications which do not comply with the procedure