Eiffel Excellence Scholarship (Master and Doctorate) at Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier 3

• Doctoral grants run for 12, 18 or 36 months; 12- and 18-month grants require a co-tutelle or co-direction agreement, the 36-month grant does not.
• Holders take on French government scholarship holder status and its obligations under the signed commitment declaration.

Master (2027 campaign)

• Online contact form: by Sunday 1 November 2026.
• Pre-selection notice: early December 2026.
• Files prepared: December 2026.
• Files sent to Campus France: before early January 2027.
• Results: early April 2027.

Doctorate (2027 campaign)

• Supervisor confirms support by email: 2 November 2026.
• Complete online file with all opinions: 29 November 2026.
• Files sent to Campus France: before early January 2027.
• Results: early April 2027.

Master

1. Check eligibility in the Campus France Eiffel regulations and choose an eligible UPVM Master programme.
2. Submit the online contact form by 1 November 2026. Late, incomplete or emailed applications are not reviewed.
3. Receive the programme pre-selection decision in early December 2026.
4. Prepare the full file in December 2026; DRIF forwards it to Campus France.

Doctorate

1. Check eligibility in the Campus France Eiffel regulations.
2. Contact a thesis supervisor in ED 58 or ED 60.
3. The supervisor confirms support to the international strategy office by 2 November 2026.
4. Pre-selected candidates receive the online application; complete it with all expert and supervisor opinions by 29 November 2026.

Contact

[email protected]

Master

• ID copy.
• CV in French or English, maximum two pages.
• Latest diplomas with specialty, dates, grades and ranking information.
• Language certificate or diploma, if applicable.
• Transcripts for the last three years.
• Professional project, 1 to 2 pages, in French or English.
• Signed declaration of commitment.

Doctorate

• ID copy; CV (1 to 2 pages); diplomas; transcripts for the last three years; language certificate if applicable.
• Professional project (1 to 2 pages) and thesis project (maximum five pages).
• Signed Campus France commitment form.
• External expert opinion on the thesis topic, with the expert's CV (maximum two pages). The expert must be a professor, research director or HDR holder outside the applying institution, in the same field, with no joint work with the supervisor or lab, and not from the candidate's home institution or country.
• Overall thesis funding plan.
• Co-tutelle agreement or co-direction certificate for 12- and 18-month grants.
• Copy or summary of the Master's research thesis.
• Opinions from the supervisor, doctoral school and host laboratory.

• Master: UPVM programme managers pre-select; only files with a favourable decision go to DRIF, then to Campus France.
• Doctorate: supervisor support is required first; pre-selected files, including the expert opinion, go to Campus France for evaluation by the Eiffel jury.
• Results are announced in early April 2027.