France Excellence Eiffel Scholarship (via Université Paris-Saclay, 2027 intake)

• Master's: 1,200 EUR per month plus certain direct services.
• PhD: 2,100 EUR per month plus certain direct services.
• Master 1: 24 months; Master 2: 12 months.
• PhD: 36 months (first-year enrolment, newly arriving students, no co-supervision); 18 months (1st or 2nd year, co-supervision); 12 months (2nd or 3rd year, co-supervision).
• For 12- or 18-month PhD awards, other funding must cover the rest of the PhD.

Master's

• 1 October 2026: 2027 call published.
• 26 November 2026: internal deadline at Paris-Saclay (contact the programme coordinator before this date).
• 7 December 2026 at the latest: results of internal selection.
• Regular application to the master's from February 2027, whether or not preselected.

PhD

• 1 October to 6 November 2026: applications via ADUM.
• No later than 10 December 2026: applicants notified.
• April 2027: successful candidates notified.

Master's

1. Contact the coordinator of your chosen master's programme before 26 November 2026.
2. Describe your project: current studies, university and country, grades, class ranking, professional experience and project.
3. Choose one programme if you applied to several.
4. Also apply through the regular master's procedure from February 2027.

PhD

1. Apply between 1 October and 6 November 2026 via ADUM.
2. For 2027-28, only topics with international joint supervision (cotutelle) are supported, with 12 to 18 months of funding.
3. Have, or be obtaining, a cotutelle agreement or a document showing the joint supervision project; this requires admission to a Paris-Saclay doctoral school.

Master's (as requested by the coordinator)

• Passport or ID card copy.
• CV (1-2 pages, French or English).
• Degrees, if awarded.
• Official ranking certificate.
• Transcripts since the first year of higher education.
• French language certificate, if the programme is taught in French.
• Professional project (1-2 pages), optionally with a recommendation letter from outside your university.

PhD

• Passport or national ID.
• Cotutelle agreement or co-supervision certificate (for 12- or 18-month awards).
• Overall financing plan, CV and motivation letter (templates provided).
• Registration certificate, transcripts for the last 3 years and degrees.
• Research project and progress report (1-5 pages).
• Evaluation of scientific quality by an independent full professor or research director.
• If preselected: research language certificate, evaluations from supervisor, laboratory and doctoral school director, and the evaluator's CV.

An internal Paris-Saclay committee reviews applications; for the master's, only one application per student goes to the national jury. Preselected PhD candidates supply additional evaluations.