Eiffel scholarship at University of Toulouse: €1,200 monthly allowance, master’s pre-applications open until 15 November

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The 2027 ‘France Excellence Eiffel Scholarship’ has been announced for international students. Under it, there will be opportunities for study and research at master’s and PhD level at the University of Toulouse in France. The French government awards the scholarship to encourage talented students in world-class education and research.

The programme is funded by France’s Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs and implemented by Campus France. Students cannot apply directly themselves; they must be nominated by an eligible French higher education institution. Those wishing to apply through the University of Toulouse must first complete the university’s preliminary application process.

Scholarship recipients will receive a monthly allowance of €1,200. This comes with an economy-class return airfare from their home country to France and back home after their studies, support with travel costs within France, and health insurance.

Help will also be available in finding accommodation; there is the possibility of staying in the university’s CROUS residence halls or in private housing. Special discounts will be available on various cultural, sports and leisure activities.

In the science and technology stream, students can study biology and health sciences, environmental transition, mathematics and digital technology, and engineering and engineering sciences. In the humanities and social sciences, there are opportunities in French history, language and civilisation, law and political science, and economics and management.

Master’s applicants must be no older than 29; for the 2027 applications, they must have been born after 31 March 1997. Applicants must be citizens of a country other than France and must not be studying in France at the time of application. They must also be eligible for admission to a master’s or engineering programme covered by the Eiffel scholarship. Anyone who has previously received this scholarship at master’s level, or who applied and was rejected, will not be eligible.

For PhD, the age limit is a maximum of 35; for 2027, applicants must have been born after 31 March 1991. In addition, they must have a research proposal in the relevant field, the support of a teacher or researcher at the University of Toulouse, and be enrolled, or plan to enrol, in a PhD there. Rules on previous scholarships and other applications will also be taken into account.

To apply, applicants need to have ready a copy of their passport or identity card, an updated CV in French or English, their latest academic certificate, academic transcripts for the last three years, a language proficiency certificate, and a motivation letter and future career plan.

The first step for those interested in a master’s is to choose a subject covered by the Eiffel scholarship from the University of Toulouse’s course list. Then, after checking eligibility, they must fill in the university’s online preliminary application form with the necessary documents. The deadline for this stage is 15 November 2026.

PhD candidates must first look at information on the university’s doctoral schools and laboratories. They must find a teacher or researcher whose work matches their own research topic, contact them, present their research plan and obtain their support for the scholarship application. They then apply through the university’s set procedure. The deadline for this stage is 29 November 2026.

In other words, the deadline for preliminary applications through the University of Toulouse is 15 November for master’s and 29 November 2026 for PhD. The final deadline for submitting Eiffel scholarship applications, meanwhile, is 6 January 2027. Applications of students nominated through the university’s selection will be sent to Campus France.

At a glance

According to the 2027 programme timetable published on Opportunities for Africans, institutions can submit applications to Campus France until 6 January 2027; results will be announced in the week of 12 April 2027.

Sources

Original report: Ajker Patrika

Background sources: Opportunities for Africans, date not stated