France Excellence Eiffel Applications 2025
France Excellence Eiffel Applications 2025
How higher education works in France
In France, there are a large number of higher education programmes available, accessible to foreign students whether they speak French or not. Find out which lycées, universities and Grandes Ecoles have their doors open.
A diversified higher education offer
French higher education involves 2.5 million students. 12% of them are from abroad. All of them are benefiting from highly diversified training, and they are enrolled in every field, at every level.
There are more than 3,500 public and private institutes of higher education in France: 72 universities, 25 multi-institute campuses, 271 Doctoral schools, 227 engineering schools authorised to award the title of engineer, 220 business and management schools, 45 post-secondary public schools of art, 22 schools of architecture and 3,000 private schools and institutes.
Some of France’s 3,000 high-schools provide courses in preparation for entry to the Grandes Ecoles, the classes préparatoires (CPGE), others have two-year technical programmes, called sections de techniciens supérieurs (STS), or classes in preparation for the national Brevet de technicien supérieur (BTS).
More than 1,200 classes are provided in English. Find out which in the catalogue Programs taught in English. Short programmes that consist of learning French thanks to cultural visits are also offered to foreign students. They are detailed in the catalogue of short programmes and in our Immersion France application.
There are more and more MOOC offered in French. The acronym FUN, for France Université Numérique (Digital University France), refers to the first French online course platform. It provides nearly 300 courses from over 80 institutes, with enrolment near the one million mark.
The call for applications for the 2025 campaign of the France Excellence Eiffel scholarship program is open until January 8, 2025.
Fields of study for the Master and the doctoral components
The 2025 applications session for the Excellence Eiffel scholarships program is related with 7 fields of study.
Science and technology
- Biology and health
- Ecological transition
- Mathematics and digital
- Engineering sciences
Social and human sciences
- History, French language and civilization
- Law and political science
- Economics and management
Application files are open by Higher education institutions in accordance with the excellence of foreign students whom they want to welcome in their training.
The France Excellence Eiffel scholarship program
The France Excellence Eiffel scholarship program is developed by the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs to allow French higher education institutions to attract the best foreign students in diploma courses at Masters’ and Doctorate/PhD level.
This allows to train the next foreign decision makers, in private and public sectors, in critical studies fields, and boost applications by students from emerging countries at Masters’ level and emerging and industrialized countries at PhD/Doctorate level.
The Application Deadline: January 8, 2025.