University in France
Saint-Denis, Outre-mer, France
University profile
Université de La Réunion is the public multidisciplinary university of the French overseas department of La Réunion, in the south-western Indian Ocean. It is the only university on the island and the only French and European university in the Indian Ocean, and it enrols around three quarters of the island's higher-education students. Its courses run from the DAEU access diploma to the doctorate, in two fields: Indian Ocean cultures, territories and societies, and science, technology and health in a tropical environment.
Teaching is organised in five UFR (faculties): Droit et Économie, Lettres et Sciences Humaines, Sciences et Technologies, Sciences de l'Homme et de l'Environnement (which includes STAPS) and Santé. Alongside them sit schools and institutes: the IAE Réunion management school, the Institut Universitaire de Technologie (IUT), the INSPE teacher-training institute, the École Supérieure d'Ingénieurs Réunion Océan Indien (ESIROI), the Institut Indianocéanique du Numérique and the Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers – Réunion (OSU-R). Transversal structures include the apprenticeship training centre (CFA), the Institut Confucius, the Institut de l'Illettrisme and the Maison des langues.
The university is spread over three campuses and four sites: the Moufia campus (Saint-Denis), the Technopole, Victoire and Bellepierre sites in the north, the Terre-Sainte campus (Saint-Pierre) and the Tampon campus in the south.
Research is carried out in about twenty units, many of them joint units with CNRS, IRD, CIRAD, Inserm and Météo-France, and is organised through three research federations (societies of the Indian Ocean, natural environments and global change, and tropical biosecurity). Two doctoral schools (Sciences, Technologies and Health; Humanities and Social Sciences) manage doctoral training.
Student life is supported by university libraries on most sites, a sports service (SUAPS), an arts and culture service with workshops, clubs and instrument loans, a student life office (BVE) that supports student associations, two student health centres (Moufia and Tampon) with general-practice, nursing and psychological consultations, and an equality and disability mission. Housing, grants and catering are handled by the regional CROUS.
The university welcomes about 950 international students from around 67 nationalities each year, mostly from the Comoros, Madagascar and Mauritius. It holds the Bienvenue en France label at level 2 (two stars), awarded by Campus France, runs a Buddy System and offers French and Creole as foreign-language course units each semester.
National fees set by the Ministry for 2026-2027: 178 euros for a Licence (and BUT), 255 euros for a Master and 398 euros for a doctorate. Non-EU students are subject to differentiated registration fees, with automatic exemption (national fees apply) for refugees and beneficiaries of subsidiary protection, long-term residents, holders of an EU family-member residence permit, students covered by an exchange agreement or international programme, people tax-resident in France for more than two years, students already exempted in 2025-26 in the same cycle, and students with an official exemption notice, including those admitted through Études en France. Other non-EU students can request a partial exemption that brings them down to national fees, within a ceiling of 30 percent of non-EU students; holders of French government scholarships and state social-criteria grants are outside that ceiling. The CVEC (105 euros for 2026-2027) is a separate contribution.
For the 2027 call, the university presents only doctoral-level applications. Candidates must be foreign doctoral students born after 31 March 1991, presented for the first time for the doctoral-level scholarship and by one institution only; the grant cannot be combined with another French government scholarship. The scholarship pays a monthly allowance of 2,000 euros plus direct coverage of several benefits, for up to 36 months for first-year newly arriving doctoral students, or 12 to 18 months for others already in thesis. Applications opened on the university's online form and close on 18 November 2026 at 23:59 (La Réunion time); results are issued by Campus France in April 2027. Contact: [email protected] with [Bourse Eiffel 2027] in the subject. Official page.
Students pre-selected by their faculty for an Erasmus+ mobility receive an allowance without nationality or income conditions (2025-26 rates): 26.20 euros per day for study mobility (96 funded days for a semester, 2,515 euros; 165 days for a year, 4,323 euros), and monthly allowances for traineeships of 786 euros in Europe and 700 euros outside Europe. The amounts depend on European funds received and a university commission decides each award. Official page.
Housing, social-criteria grants (via the Dossier Social Étudiant on messervices.etudiant.gouv.fr), catering and social-service support are provided by the regional CROUS. The 'Ma boussole étudiante' portal lists aid available to students. The student health centres provide consultations with third-party payment. Official page.
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View scholarships for Université de La Réunion →Entry to the first year of a Licence, BUT, PASS/LAS, CPES or engineering preparatory cycle goes through the national Parcoursup platform for candidates preparing or holding a French baccalauréat, a DAEU, or an equivalent diploma from the EU/EEA, Switzerland, Monaco or Andorra. The 2026-2027 Parcoursup calendar ran wishes from 19 January to 12 March 2026, with a complementary phase from 11 June to 10 September 2026. Candidates already in higher education may also apply through Parcoursup for a first-year Licence. Admission to the second and third years of a Licence goes through the university's Admission platform.
Applicants holding a foreign secondary-school diploma must complete a Demande d'Admission Préalable (DAP). In countries with a Campus France space, the DAP is made through the Campus France (CEF, 'Études en France') procedure for the country, for example madagascar.campusfrance.org; elsewhere the paper DAP file ('dossier blanc') comes from the French cultural and cooperation service, and applicants already living in France use the 'dossier vert' from the university's registrar. The DAP period runs from 1 October to 15 December each year. Applicants for a first entry in the second or third year of a Licence, or in a Master, in a country with a Campus France space must pre-register there before 15 December; in other countries they complete the application on the Admission platform from March.
A French-language test adapted to the course checks understanding of French. It is waived for nationals of countries where French is the sole official language, for applicants whose whole secondary schooling was in a French-language school, for holders of DALF C1/C2 and for applicants who passed the TEF. Some Master programmes ask for a minimum of B2 in French for non-French-speaking applicants; exchange students need at least B1 in French.
Entry to the first year of a Master is no longer automatic, even with a Licence from the university. Applications are made on the national Mon Master platform (17 February to 16 March 2026 for 2026-2027), on the Admission platform for validation of prior learning, or on the Admission platform for continuing-education candidates. Selection looks at the Licence results in the relevant disciplines, the CV, a motivation letter showing a project consistent with the programme and, for some programmes, a degree in a stated field and a minimum level in French. Second-year (M2) applications follow a calendar set by the university.
ESIROI engineering specialities (agri-food, building and energy, computer science and telecommunications) admit on application after Bac+2 or equivalent. The INSPE MEEF programmes admit on application after a Licence (Bac+3).
Applicants need a national Master degree (or a diploma conferring the Master grade, or a DEA), a thesis supervisor attached to a research unit of the university, and funding (doctoral contract, regional or Campus France grant or other) or self-funding. After defining the thesis project with the supervisor, the candidate pre-registers with the doctoral school on ADUM, then completes the administrative registration. In the Humanities and Social Sciences, applicants must have an average of 12/20 across the Master and an audition before the doctoral school council. Supporting documents include the individual training agreement, the thesis charter, the research project and proof of funding.
Every student must pay the CVEC (contribution vie étudiante et de campus) online through the CROUS before registering; it is 105 euros for 2026-2027 and is separate from tuition. Administrative registration (starting 1 July on the Pégase portal) is required each year. International students arriving from outside the EU register with the national health insurance through etudiant-etranger.ameli.fr; EU and Swiss students can use the European Health Insurance Card.
Facilities across the campuses include university libraries (BU Saint-Denis Droit-Lettres, BU Éducation at Bellepierre, Sciences, IUT, Santé and Tampon), sports facilities run by the SUAPS, music rehearsal spaces ('kiosques à musique') on the Moufia, Tampon and Terre-Sainte campuses, and a bioclimatic amphitheatre on the Moufia campus.
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