University in France
Toulon, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
University profile
The Université de Toulon (UTLN) is a multidisciplinary public university in the Var department of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, in the academy of Nice. It is an Établissement Public à caractère Scientifique, Culturel et Professionnel (EPSCP) under statutes voted by its board in July 2014 and led by an elected president. Its identity centres on the theme "Sciences de la mer et sociétés méditerranéennes", with a broad teaching offer in sciences, languages and literature, law, economics, management, sport and technology, and a distinctive civil and defence setting shaped by close ties with the Marine nationale and naval industries.
Teaching takes place on three campuses: La Garde (the first and largest, on a wooded park of 32 hectares), Toulon - Porte d'Italie, and Draguignan. About one hundred programmes are delivered through nine components, supported by 14 research laboratories and a staff of 1,035 (see the key figures on the strategy page).
Components
Student life is supported by a student health service, a social service, a disability office, a sports service (SUAPS) offering more than thirty activities, a university library network of five libraries across the three campuses, and cultural and associative engagement services. The La Garde campus has a sports complex and three CROUS-managed student residences (Le Faron, Le Fenouillet and Le Coudon), with four CROUS catering points.
The university welcomes international students through the Direction des Relations Internationales. In 2025, 1,241 international students, 13% of enrolment, studied at UTLN, and Campus France renewed the "Bienvenue en France" label at the two-star level on 16 October 2025. UTLN is also certified Qualiopi (2021), and the DFPA holds ISO 9001 certification (2024).
National fees for 2026-27 (subject to regulatory confirmation) are 178 EUR for Capacité en droit, DUT, Licence and professional licence, 255 EUR for a Master, 398 EUR for Doctorate and HDR, and 630 EUR for the engineering diploma. Scholarship holders (boursiers) are exempt on presenting their grant notification and the CVEC certificate. For 2025-26 the differentiated rates for non-EU students were 2,895 EUR for L1, L2, L3 (when resident in France), BUT 1 and BUT 2, and 3,941 EUR for Master 1 (resident in France), Master 2 and the second or third year of SeaTech; the university exempts re-enrolling UTLN students and some primo-entrants (for example direct entrants to L3 and M1 from abroad, who pay 178 EUR and 254 EUR respectively). The 2026-27 amounts for non-EU students are being updated.
The CVEC (contribution vie étudiante et de campus) is a separate mandatory payment made to the CROUS before registration; the certificate must be shown at enrolment.
Open to international candidates (not French or dual nationals, and not already studying in France) for the Master (excluding work-study masters). Requirements: a Licence from a foreign university with a minimum average of 15/20 in the third year, French C1, English B2 for programmes taught entirely in English, a research or internship project in a strategic axis of UTLN, transcripts for the last two years and an interview with the programme head. Amount: 950 EUR per month for 12 or 24 months. The 2027-28 call opened on 12 October 2026 and closes on 30 November 2026, using an online form.
UTLN also nominates candidates for the Eiffel scholarship. Master strand: foreign nationals born after 31 March 1997 not already in France, 1,200 EUR per month for 12 or 24 months. Doctorate strand: for a thesis in cotutelle or co-supervision, candidates born after 31 March 1991, 2,100 EUR per month for 12, 18 or 36 months. Several programmes are not eligible (including Faculty of Law masters, SeaTech diplomas and some masters in finance, accounting and computer science). Contact: [email protected]; applications at the official call page.
Erasmus+ and exchange mobility are handled by the Direction des Relations Internationales. Residence places are managed by the CROUS through the Messervices.etudiant.gouv.fr portal, and the university also partners with the Studapart housing platform.
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View scholarships for Université de Toulon →First-year applicants for a Licence or BUT apply through Parcoursup from January of the final school year. Registration requires the baccalauréat, the Parcoursup admission notification and the CVEC payment certificate (contribution vie étudiante et de campus, paid through the CROUS). Students who do not hold the baccalauréat may enrol in the two-year Capacité en droit (from age 17, for those schooled in France) or the DAEU access diploma (for those who interrupted studies for at least two years; applications 1 April to 31 August 2026).
International students outside an exchange programme who live in one of the Campus France countries (71 countries, including Ghana) must apply through the Campus France agency in their country of residence. Applicants from other countries apply for a first-year BUT through Parcoursup and for a first-year Licence through a Demande d'Admission Préalable (DAP) lodged with the nearest French embassy cultural service. Applicants resident in France with a foreign secondary diploma obtain the DAP form from the Bureau des Admissions and return it by post (deadline for the 2026 intake: 15 December 2025). For other Licence years and Master 2 the route is eCandidat; for Master 1 it is Mon Master (window 17 February to 16 March 2026). Students from the EU apply through Parcoursup, Mon Master or eCandidat in the same way.
UTLN asks every international student for French at level B2 of the CEFR (400 points minimum on the TCF, or DELF); nationals of states where French is the official language are exempt. The Excellence Master scholarship requires French C1 and, for programmes taught entirely in English, English B2.
Master 1 applications go through Mon Master and applications to Master 2, L2, L3 and professional licences (outside the IUT) go through eCandidat. Each faculty publishes an admissions table and calendar. The IAE recruits selectively after at least a bac+2 on file review, the national SCORE IAE MESSAGE test and possibly an interview.
SeaTech recruits students at bac+2 level by several routes for a three-year engineering programme and is a member of the Concours Commun Polytechnique; it also offers apprenticeship engineering diplomas in Materials and Digital Systems.
The doctorate lasts about three years on average under the direction of an experienced researcher within one of the research units, attached to doctoral school ED 548 'Mer et Sciences' or ED 509 'Sociétés méditerranéennes et sciences humaines'.
Non-EEA students need a long-stay student visa valid as a residence permit (VLS-TS). For students from about thirty listed countries the request is made through the Campus France platform during pre-registration. Students must validate the visa online with the OFII within three months of arrival and attend a medical appointment, and must register with the French health insurance (Assurance Maladie) on arrival. A resource attestation of about 615 EUR per month is required for students coming outside an agreement with UTLN.
The student health service (SSE) operates on the La Garde and Toulon sites and the library network totals five libraries: La Garde, SeaTech, Law Toulon, Economics-Management-Media (EGM) and Law Draguignan.
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