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Eiffel Excellence Scholarship (Master and PhD) at Université de Bordeaux

Université de Bordeaux, France

Scholarship overview

The Eiffel Excellence Scholarship is run by the French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs and administered by Campus France. It helps French higher education institutions attract top international students to Master's and doctoral programmes.

Candidates cannot apply to Campus France directly. All applications are submitted through the Université de Bordeaux, which sends them on to Campus France. Applications sent directly to Campus France are rejected.

Eligible fields are human and social sciences (law, political science, economics, management) and science and technology (biology and health, ecological transition, mathematics and digital studies, engineering sciences).

Award Information

  • Master: students from emerging countries, aged 29 or under.
  • Doctorate: students from emerging and industrialised countries, aged 35 or under.
  • The Master programme must be one of those open to Eiffel candidates at Bordeaux: Mathematics and applications; Biology and health (Cancer Biology in English, NeuroBim in English, Health Engineering); Law and political science; Economics; Complex systems engineering; Mechanical engineering; Aircraft maintenance; Bordeaux School of Public Health (ISPED). The IAE Corporate Finance Master is not open to external applicants.
  • Doctorate: a lecturer-researcher at Bordeaux must be willing to supervise the research.
  • Nationality and other criteria follow the Campus France Eiffel programme rules.
  • Master: 13 November 2026. Incomplete or late applications are not processed.
  • PhD: the 2026 round is closed. The next round opens in autumn 2026, and the University's internal deadline (different from Campus France's) is published when it opens.

Master

  1. Check eligibility on the Campus France Eiffel programme page.
  2. Email the International Office ([email protected]) with your nationality, age and the exact Master programme sought.

PhD

  1. Check eligibility in the Campus France programme guide, published at the start of the round.
  2. Read the University's internal application procedure, published when the round opens.
  3. Contact a lecturer-researcher willing to supervise your research.
  4. If all criteria are met, the potential supervisor contacts the Graduate Research School.
  5. Gather the required documents with your supervisor (do not merge them into one PDF). The supervisor submits the application by email before the University's deadline.

Contact

Master: International Office, +33 (0)5 56 84 29 84. PhD: Graduate Research School, [email protected], +33 (0)5 40 00 24 65.

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