The SMARTS-UP programme at Université Paris Cité aims to promote the internationalisation of Master’s programmes. It facilitates the admission of talented international students by building up a pool of excellence for the recruitment of future doctoral students.

Applications 2024-2025
In this context, the programme will finance incoming scholarships €10 000 each for the academic year 2024-2025 to enable Graduate Schools taking part in this project to welcome international students in their Master’s programmes. The scholarships are awarded for one year.
Duration
The SMARTS-UP programme is a Masters-level scholarship for international students who have not studied in the French higher education system (N.B. French citizens are not eligible). It cannot be cumulated with another French scholarship.
The scholarship is awarded for one year and cannot be postponed.
Calendar
Opening date : Friday 1st December 2023
Closing date : Friday 19th January 2024 before 5pm CET
The scholarship awardees will be informed of the decision by email in March 2024.
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The Society and Health Graduate School provides support for the implementation of scientific and training projects.
The Graduate School would like to help young researchers at the Université Paris Cité to implement their scientific and training projects. The aim of this call for applications is to provide financial support for projects and actions that will help structure their research work. Doctoral students must apply for funding before June 30, 2025.
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A partnership between the UNESCO Chair at Manouba University and the Sustainability, Organisations and Institutions Graduate School

Call for projects 2025 UPCité – King’s College London
The call for projects between Université Paris Cité (UPCité) and our privileged partner King's College London (KCL), has been launched this friday, May 9th 2025. The objectives Université Paris Cité and King's College London are offering offering a seed funding for...
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Signing of a New Agreement with the University of Chicago
On April 28, 2025, Université Paris Cité took a new step in its cooperation with the University of Chicago. Antoine Kouchner, Vice President for International Relations, traveled to Chicago to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) alongside Katherine Baicker,...
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