Partially funded

ENS-CSC Doctoral Fellowship Programme (China Scholarship Council)

ENS de Lyon, France

Scholarship overview

The programme between the ENS group (Lyon, PSL, Rennes) and the China Scholarship Council recruits excellent doctoral students from Chinese universities, or funds a Chinese doctoral student's research stay in a laboratory of one of the three ENS. Up to 15 doctoral students can be recruited per year in the ENS group.

Types of support

  • Full PhD: thesis grant of 36 to 48 months, with a single French diploma or an international joint PhD.
  • Visiting PhD: research fellowship of 6 to 24 months for a thesis leading to a Chinese diploma, with a research stay in France.

Award Information

  • Doctoral candidate from a Chinese university.
  • Identified by and in contact with a host scientific team at ENS de Lyon.
  • Applies to CSC specifying the ENS group cooperation channel.
  • Thesis proposals collected from 5 to 31 October 2026.
  • Candidate applications: 7 December 2026 to 8 February 2027.
  • Inter-ENS committee list to CSC: end of February 2027.
  • CSC selection: March 2027; results end of June 2027.
  1. Contact the ENS de Lyon scientific team directly.
  2. The team informs the International Relations Office of the identified candidate.
  3. The inter-ENS committee sends the final list to CSC.
  4. Selected candidates apply on the CSC website, selecting the ENS group cooperation channel.

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How selection works

Criteria: quality of the application, the host laboratory's interest in the research topic, and existing cooperation with the candidate's home university. Final selection is by CSC.

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