Partially funded

Eiffel Excellence Scholarship (Université de Lille nominations)

Université de Lille, France

Scholarship overview

The Eiffel excellence scholarship is offered every year by the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs to international students. It funds either a Master's programme (1 or 2 years) or a 12-month mobility within a joint-supervision (cotutelle) or co-direction PhD, preferably in the 2nd or 3rd year of doctoral studies.

Eligible fields: law, economics and management, exact sciences, engineering sciences and political science. Université de Lille relays the call and nominates candidates to Campus France through its International Mobility Directorate (DMI).

Award Information

  • International student (the scheme is aimed at international students).
  • Master's level (1 or 2 years) or PhD under cotutelle/co-direction (12-month mobility).
  • Field of study: law, economics and management, exact sciences, engineering sciences or political science.
  • Application goes through the Université de Lille faculty/UFR/laboratory/doctoral school that could host the candidate.
  • Master's level: monthly allowance of EUR 1,181 (EUR 1,031 maintenance allowance plus EUR 150 monthly indemnity).
  • PhD level: monthly allowance of EUR 1,700.
  • International return air ticket (home country to France), national train travel to the first place of stay and from the last place of stay to the airport, and up to EUR 50 reimbursed for the local trip from airport or station to first accommodation.
  • Campus France social protection until enrolment in French social security (for non-EEA nationals), complementary health insurance and cultural activities.
  • Possible supplementary housing allowance (ALS) under conditions, within 3 months of signing the lease.
  • Tuition fees are not covered by the Eiffel programme. Scholars of the French government are exempt from administrative registration fees at public institutions.

One call per calendar year: launched in October of year n, applications returned to Campus France in January of year n+1, results announced in March of year n+1. Université de Lille's selection committee (COREI) meets mid-November.

  1. Read the call for applications relayed by the faculty/UFR/laboratory/doctoral school.
  2. Send your application to the Université de Lille component that could host you.
  3. The component checks eligibility and sends pre-selected applications to the DMI.
  4. The COREI selection commission reviews the pre-selected applications (mid-November).
  5. Selected candidates complete the Campus France application file (3 parts: candidate, component, DMI).
  6. The University President signs the transmission form and the DMI submits the applications online to Campus France.
  7. Results are sent by Campus France to the university and passed on to candidates by the component.

Contact

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How selection works

Two stages: pre-selection by the host faculty/UFR/laboratory/doctoral school, then selection by the university's COREI commission, then final selection by Campus France.

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