Partially funded

Émile Boutmy Scholarship

Sciences Po, France

Scholarship overview

Sciences Po created the Émile Boutmy scholarship, named after its founder (1872), to welcome the best international students from outside the European Union into its Undergraduate College and Master's programmes.

The fund is supported by private sponsors: Chalhoub Group, Fondation Geneviève McMillan-Reba Stewart, L'Oréal and Michel David-Weill. Sponsors may meet scholarship holders at official events.

Around 300 students receive the award each year. It is awarded on merit and the type of profile sought, and allocation is tied to the admissions process.

Award Information

  • First-time applicant to Sciences Po from a non-European Union state, whose household does not file taxes within the European Union.
  • Admitted to the Undergraduate or Master's programme.
  • Not eligible: Swiss and Norwegian applicants; candidates with dual citizenship including an EU country; Master's candidates from Quebec; candidates for the Joint Master's in Journalism and International Affairs or the Master's in journalism; PhD students; one-year Master's candidates; exchange students; candidates applying via the French graduate admission procedure; Bachelor dual-degree candidates (unless under a specific agreement).
  • Master's dual-degree candidates are excluded except the Journalism dual degree with Columbia, and the Fudan (Europe-Asia in Global Affairs) and Peking dual degrees for applicants of Chinese nationality.
  • Cannot be combined with other Sciences Po or partner scholarships (Mastercard, CARE, Fondation de France/René Seydoux, China Scholarship Council, etc.); can be combined with external scholarships such as Eiffel, AEFE or French government scholarships.
  • Bachelor's: total exemption or an exemption of €9,500 from tuition fees, for students arriving in first year; tuition grant retained during the third-year abroad.
  • Master's: €18,500 tuition exemption for each of the two years.
  • Amount is set at admission and may be adjusted yearly in line with tuition fee increases.
  • Automatically renewed if a Boutmy bachelor's holder continues to a Sciences Po Master's.
  • Lost if the academic year is not validated, if admission is deferred, or if a student enters a dual-degree programme directly in third year.
  • Undergraduate, applicants from foreign secondary schools: 13 January 2027 (results in April).
  • Undergraduate, applicants from French secondary schools: 1 April 2027.
  • Master's: 18 October (first committee, results before 20 December) or 29 November (second committee, results before 2 March).
  • No requests accepted after the deadline.
  1. Apply to a Sciences Po Bachelor's or Master's programme through the admissions procedure.
  2. Tick the Émile Boutmy scholarship in the 'Financial information' section of the application (foreign secondary school and Master's applicants).
  3. Applicants from French secondary schools complete the Admission Office online form once their Parcoursup application is validated.
  4. Master's applicants attach their language test if applicable; it is due by the scholarship deadline.
  5. Wait for the admission decision: only admitted students are reviewed. After admission, declare the scholarship and upload the signed certificate during administrative registration.

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How selection works

Awarded on merit and profile; excellence criteria are assessed only within the review of the admission application. Only complete files are considered. The scholarship cannot be requested after admission or during studies, and deferral forfeits it.

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