University in France
Talence, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
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The University of Bordeaux (Université de Bordeaux) is a multidisciplinary public university in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, heir to a history of nearly six centuries. Founded in 1441 and re-established in its present merged form on 1 January 2014, it was confirmed as an Initiative of Excellence (Idex) university in 2016. Its main campus, spread across Talence, Pessac and Gradignan, is described by the university as the largest university campus in Europe.
Teaching is organised in four colleges: Law, Political Science, Economics and Management; Health Sciences; Human Sciences; and Science and Technology. Three further institutes cover more specific fields: the University of Bordeaux Institute of Technology (IUT), the Institute of Vine and Wine Science (ISVV) and the Institute of Education (INSPE). Doctoral training is coordinated by the Graduate Research School, which groups eight doctoral schools, and research is structured into 11 research departments with 90 research facilities.
In 2022 the university counted 52,000 students and 6,100 staff, including nearly 3,260 lecturer-researchers and researchers, across 22 campus sites in Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Seven sites lie in the Bordeaux metropolitan area, three of them in the city centre, and further sites are in Agen, Périgueux, Pau, Bayonne, Mont de Marsan and Dax, with connected campus sites in mid-sized towns such as Bergerac, Sainte-Foy-la-Grande, Saint-Macaire and Villeneuve-sur-Lot.
Student life is organised through Student Life Centres (BVE) on the campuses, a sports service (SUAPS) with facilities at the Rocquencourt and Monadey campuses, a network of 36 university libraries, a Language centre offering free foreign-language courses, cultural programmes and student associations. For housing, the university partners with the Studapart platform and its Student Life Centres help students search; a Student Welcome Guide and a mentorship programme support new arrivals.
International students can enter by Études en France (Campus France) or Apoflux procedures, through exchange programmes with several hundred partner universities, or through international study programmes including Masters taught entirely in English, double degrees and Graduate Programmes. Degrees at the university are national French diplomas awarded by a public institution; the university works with over 500 institutions worldwide.
As a public university, Bordeaux charges nationally set registration fees. For students of the EU, the EEA, Monaco, Andorra, Quebec or Switzerland, holders of a resident card, refugees and beneficiaries of subsidiary protection, and students tax-resident in France for at least two years, fees are 178 euros for Bachelor, professional Bachelor, BUT, DAEU, MNESS and PASS, 255 euros for Master, and 398 euros for Doctorate and HDR. International non-EU students pay specific international student fees of 2,902 euros for Bachelor-level programmes, 3,950 euros for Master and 398 euros for Doctorate. Students re-enrolling in the same programme and level after a 2025-2026 partial exemption pay the standard fee, up to four Bachelor and three Master enrolments. Fees are paid online in one or three instalments. Official fees page
Eligible students pay the same fees as French and EU students if their application is approved. Fast-track cases handled in online registration include students who received an exemption under earlier rules and are moving to the next cycle, and nationals of Ukraine or Lebanon. Other cases require a supporting document sent before registration: recognised disability (MDPH proof), scholarship holders from their home country (official certificate with certified translation if not in French), and admission to a Master under the EUR / UBGrads scheme. A partial exemption application must still be filed after administrative registration. Students with refugee status or subsidiary protection are exempt from tuition and library fees for the duration of the cycle (up to four Bachelor and three Master registrations).
The Student and Campus Life Contribution (CVEC) is a separate annual contribution collected by CROUS and paid on messervices.etudiant.gouv.fr before registration. Scholarship students, refugees, beneficiaries of subsidiary protection, registered asylum seekers and continuing-education trainees are exempt.
The Eiffel Excellence Scholarship, run by the French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs through Campus France, attracts international students to Master (applicants aged 29 and under) and Doctorate (aged 35 and under) programmes in priority fields including law, political science, economics and management, biology and health, ecological transition, mathematics and digital studies, and engineering sciences. All applications go through the University of Bordeaux, which submits them to Campus France; direct applications to Campus France are rejected. The university's internal deadline for Master applications is 13 November 2026 (email [email protected] with nationality, age and the programme sought); PhD applicants need a willing supervisor and follow the internal procedure published when the round opens in autumn. Eiffel scholarship page
After administrative registration, students can apply online for social assistance and/or full exemption from tuition fees; exemption requests are made during the first semester (September to January) and only after fees have been paid. Commissions meet twice a month, and a meeting with a social worker (CROUS, or the Student Health Centre for doctoral students) is mandatory for social assistance. CROUS scholarship holders are already exempt from tuition and library fees. Student Life Centres help with applications. Aid granted by the university
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View scholarships for Université de Bordeaux →Applicants holding the baccalauréat or an equivalent apply through Parcoursup. Residents of France without the French baccalaureate complete the 'green' application and send it to the first-choice university before 15 December. Applicants living abroad with a qualification giving access to higher education in their own country send the 'white' application with supporting documents to the cultural department of the French diplomatic post in their country of residence before 15 December; for a technical diploma they apply on Parcoursup. Applicants from countries with a Centre for Studies in France (CEF), a list that includes Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Senegal, Morocco, India and China among others, use the Études en France procedure of Campus France.
For Bachelor and Master applicants from CEF countries, the Études en France application is submitted on the Campus France site by 1 January each year; applications are examined by the CEF and the university between April and June, and administrative and academic registration follows between July and September. EU nationals, French nationals holding a foreign diploma and nationals of countries without a CEF apply through Apoflux, except for Law and Economics-Management-AES programmes, which have their own routes. Syrian and Ukrainian students may apply directly to French institutions.
Holders of a French Bachelor (Licence) or equivalent French diploma apply for Master 1 through the national Mon Master platform, with up to 15 applications. Foreign nationals from countries covered by Études en France are exempt from Mon Master and continue to apply through Études en France. Certain programmes (for example International Law, several Graduate Programme tracks in chemistry, biology and neurosciences, Erasmus Mundus programmes such as Neurasmus, and ISVV Vine and Wine programmes) have their own application links, and programme expectations and admission criteria are set out in the Master 1 reference documents. Appeals (saisines) to the Rectorat are possible for French Bachelor graduates who received no admission.
Doctoral candidates must hold a Master degree obtained in France or an equivalent foreign degree and meet the Graduate Research School's conditions. Selection is carried out by the eight doctoral schools (Law; Economic sciences, management and demographics; Mathematics and computer science; Science and environment; Physics and engineering; Health and life sciences; Chemical sciences; Society, politics, public health); candidates contact the school for their field and register for the recruitment campaign through the ADUM portal.
Administrative registration is electronic: obtain a CVEC receipt or exemption certificate, complete the registration form on IAWEB Primo (first registration) or IAWEB Réins (re-registration), pay tuition fees online by credit card in one or three instalments, upload supporting documents on PJWEB, activate the digital ID (IDNUM) and obtain the student card (Aquipass). Academic registration (options, tutorials, practical work) follows. Students admitted to Grandes Écoles preparatory classes (CPGE) register in a University of Bordeaux Bachelor programme.
Law and political science: +33 (0)5 56 84 29 21; Economics, management and AES: +33 (0)5 56 84 29 90; Science and technology: +33 (0)5 40 00 22 02; Health programmes: +33 (0)5 57 57 13 16; Human sciences: +33 (0)5 57 57 19 15; ISVV: +33 (0)5 57 57 58 12.
Across the university there are 36 libraries and resource centres, 187 hectares of campus (140 of green space), and sports facilities on the Rocquencourt and Monadey campuses, which together cover 28 hectares of recreational land. The Monadey campus has a renovated four-pitch stadium, a Halle des Sports with a 2,000 sqm hall, squash courts, a climbing wall and a weight room.
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