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In addition to the financial support they can get from their home country, international students registered at the University of Tours can benefit from scholarships under certain conditions.
 

CampusBourses Grant Search Engine

Offered by CampusFrance, CampusBourses lists all the grants available for international students, according to their profile. The search engine presents the scholarship programmes offered by governments, local authorities, enterprises, foundations and higher education institutions. For more information, please visit the CampusBourses Website .

 

Eiffel Excellence Scholarships Program

The Eiffel Program is proposed by the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs to French higher education institutions to help them attract elite overseas students (Master's and PhD level).

Our institution requires the quality of excellence of the candidates that we present to the Ministry. For information, the submission of applications is done online only and by our institution. No candidate will be able to submit their application on behalf of our university.

Scholarship duration

Master's level

  • A maximum of 12 months when registering in the 2nd year of a master's degree (M2)
  • A maximum of 24 months for registration in the 1st year of a master's degree (M1)
  • A maximum of 36 months for the preparation of an engineering degree

Doctorate level

From 12 to 36 months according to the terms specified below:

  • Scholarship duration of 36 months, conditional on registration in the 1st year of a thesis for newly arrived students only and cannot give rise to the signing of a joint supervision. A newly arrived student is understood to be a student who is not currently studying in France, who is not currently registered in a French institution. In the context of the 36 months scholarship, co-supervision is not mandatory.

  • Scholarship duration of 12 months or 18 months depending on the year of registration, for all candidates, and in particular those already in the process of writing a thesis as part of a co-supervision or joint supervision:
    • 12 months maximum for registration in the 2nd or 3rd year of a doctorate
    • 18 months maximum for registration in the 1st or 2nd year of a doctorate

Accumulation of scholarships

International students already receiving a scholarship from the French government under another program at the time of application are not eligible, even if it is a scholarship that only covers social security.

Age requirements

  • Master's level: 27 years old at the most during the 2025 application campaign; in other words, born after March 31, 1997
  • PhD level: 32 years old at the most during the 2025 application campaign; in other words, born after March 31, 1992


Nationality requirement

Applicants must be of foreign nationality (dual national candidates, one of whose nationalities is French, are not eligible)

Geographical location

  • Master's level: candidates currently studying in France are ineligible.
  • Doctoral level: students currently studying abroad have priority over those already residing in France.

Eligible fields of study

Sciences and Technologies

  • Biology and Health
  • Ecological transition
  • Mathematics and Digital
  • Engineering Sciences

Human and Social Sciences

  • History, French language and civilization
  • Law and Political Sciences
  • Economics, Management

Procedure

Master:

  • Download here the application file 
  • Send it with the requested supporting documents no later than December 2, 2024 (French time) to the following address: bourse.eiffel@univ-tours.fr
  • If the file is complete, it will be sent directly to the head of the master's degree concerned. Please do not contact any master's degree head.
  • If the application is accepted, the candidate will be informed no later than the end of December 2024. If you have no response from us, this means that your application has not been accepted.

Doctorate:

  • Send an email to bourse.eiffel@univ-tours.fr


Please note that the deadline for submitting Master's and Doctorate applications for the University of Tours is December 2, 2024 (French time).

If we do not respond by the end of December 2024, you may consider your application as rejected. We will not send you any email to inform you of the rejection of your application.

Please note that any application received incomplete and late (after December 2) cannot be processed.
For any information, please contact us by email: bourse.eiffel@univ-tours.fr


For more information about the Eiffel program:
CampusFrance Website

Individual international students