Eiffel Excellence Scholarship at Université Clermont Auvergne (2027 campaign)

Funding duration

• Master 1: 24 months.
• Master 2: 12 months.
• Engineering diploma: 36 months.
• Doctorate: 36 months only for first-year thesis enrolment and first-time arrival in France, not combinable with a cotutelle; otherwise 12 to 18 months (up to 12 months for 2nd or 3rd year, up to 18 months for 1st or 2nd year).

The scholarship does not guarantee admission, which must be obtained through the normal UCA procedure.

• Preselection by UCA: from October 2026.
• Final Eiffel file completed by the programme head: before Friday 4 December 2026. UCA accepts and reviews no application from that date; some departments set earlier deadlines.
• Results published by Campus France: first week of April 2027.

1. Contact the head of the UCA programme you want to join from October 2026.
2. Submit your study project and scholarship request with the required documents.
3. If preselected, the programme head completes your Eiffel file.
4. The Direction des relations internationales (DRIF) reviews the file, then it goes to Campus France.
5. Contact: [email protected].

• Transcripts for the last three years
• Letters of recommendation
• Class ranking in the last year of study
• CV
• Written professional project
• Language certificate or diploma
• Records of distinctions or awards
• Photocopy of passport
• Any other document requested

• UCA programme heads preselect on academic record, results and professional project.
• Files are reviewed by the DRIF, then evaluated by Campus France, which announces results.