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FranceFrance Excellence Eiffel Scholarship Programme
French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs / Campus France
French government scholarship enabling French higher education institutions to recruit high-potential foreign students into master's and PhD programmes. Applications must be submitted by the French host institution, not the student directly.
Deadline
Closed, usually reopens around January
What you get
EUR 1,200–2,100/monthDoes not cover tuition fees. Covers a monthly living allowance, international and national transport, health insurance, and help finding housing, per the official Campus France page.
Covers
- Tuition
- Living costs
- Travel
- Health insurance
- Visa fee
Awards offered
Not stated on the pages checked.Master's M2: up to 12 months; Master's M1: up to 24 months; Engineering track: up to 36 months; Doctorate: 12-36 months starting 1 September.
Who can apply
- Study level funded
- Master's, PhD
- Subjects
- No subject restriction recorded
- Qualification you must already hold
- a bachelors degree
- Age
- 35 or under
- Language
- Not stated on either official page checked. No language test score is specified for the scholarship itself; any language requirement is set by the host institution as part of its own admission process.
- Sri Lankan applicants
- Eligible
- University place
- You must already hold an admission offer when you apply
Other conditions the award sets
- Application must be submitted by the French host institution on the student's behalf; direct student applications are not accepted.
These are recorded as written and are not checked by the matcher.
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Official pageSources
- Campus France - Eiffel Excellence Scholarship Programmeread 1 September 2026
- Campus France Sri Lanka - Eiffel Scholarship 2026read 1 September 2026
Checked 8 September 2026, next review due 8 March 2027