Partially funded

France Excellence Eiffel Scholarship via Centrale Lille (Master and PhD)

Centrale Lille, France

Scholarship overview

The France Excellence Eiffel programme is run by the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs to help French higher-education institutions attract the best international students to degree programmes at Master and doctoral level. It aims to train future foreign decision-makers in the public and private sectors in priority fields of study.

Students cannot apply to Campus France directly. Only French institutions can submit Eiffel files, so candidates apply through the institution. Centrale Lille supports the international students it selects through the application and, according to its own page, obtains several Eiffel excellence scholarships each year.

The programme is described as highly selective and aimed at candidates with a high level of academic excellence.

Award Information

  • International student with a high level of academic excellence.
  • Applying at Master or doctoral level.
  • Aged 29 or under for Master level; 35 or under for doctoral level.
  • Selected by Centrale Lille, which submits the file to Campus France; individual applications are not accepted.

Centrale Lille's Eiffel application campaign is open until 15 November 2026 inclusive. Campus France session 2027: call opened 2 October 2026; institutions must submit files by 6 January 2027 inclusive; results are announced by email during the week of 12 April 2027.

  1. Check the Eiffel programme conditions on the Campus France page.
  2. Complete the Centrale Lille Eiffel application form before 15 November 2026 (inclusive).
  3. Centrale Lille works with selected candidates on the file and submits it to Campus France before 6 January 2027.
  4. Results are sent by email to institutions and laureates in the week of 12 April 2027.

Official links

Official links

Documents you will need

  • The institution files include a signed candidate commitment form, as required by Campus France.

How selection works

The Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs appoints experts, each a research academic with international experience (and a habilitation to supervise research for the doctoral track), who assess files against published scoring grids for Master and doctoral applications.

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