University in France
Tours, Centre-Val de Loire, France
University profile
The Université de Tours is a public university in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France, created in 1970 and the heir to a teaching tradition in Tours that goes back to the Gallo-Roman period. It welcomes more than 30,000 students, whose studies cover all the main fields of training, from the humanities and law to science, health and engineering. Its president since 29 November 2024 is Philippe Roingeard.
Its components are spread across the cities of Tours and Blois. In Blois, the IUT and the Jaurès and Chocolaterie sites host teaching.
The faculties are Arts et Sciences Humaines (ASH); Droit, Économie et Sciences Sociales; Lettres et Langues; Sciences et Techniques; Médecine (including speech therapy, orthoptics and midwifery schools); Odontologie; and Sciences Pharmaceutiques. They are joined by the Centre d'Études Supérieures de la Renaissance (CESR), the IUT de Tours and IUT de Blois, the IAE Tours management school and the École polytechnique de l'université (Polytech Tours), which offers five engineering specialities.
The university takes part in the Erasmus+ programme with 195 partner universities in 28 European countries and has 110 partners in 27 countries outside Europe. Close to 3,250 international students from 131 nationalities are received each year, more than 10% of the student population (figures 2021-2022). Three degree programmes are taught entirely in English: the Master Planning and Sustainability, the Erasmus+ International Master in Infectious Diseases and One Health (IDOH) and the Erasmus+ International Master in Insects as Solutions for a Sustainable Future (ISSF).
Student life is supported by a student health service (SSE) in Tours and Blois, a sports service (SUAPS), a cultural service with a performance hall, a student life service and a welcome desk for international students that offers tutoring, a buddy system and a cultural programme. The CUEFEE centre teaches French to foreign students.
National registration fees are EUR 178 for Licence, EUR 255 for Master and EUR 630 for engineering degrees. Differentiated fees for non-EU students newly entering are EUR 2,902 for Licence and EUR 3,950 for Master; engineering students are not concerned. Students exempt from the differentiated fees include exchange students under an inter-institutional agreement (Erasmus+ or non-EU, subject to reciprocity), holders of a CROUS grant, apprentices, French government scholarship holders, wards of the nation, doctoral students, refugees and beneficiaries of subsidiary protection, long-term residents, people fiscally domiciled in France for more than two years, CPGE students, engineering students and Erasmus Mundus students. Non-EU newcomers may request a partial exemption (down to the national fee) from the university presidency, within a limit of 30% of non-EU students enrolled in 2026-2027, examined case by case by an exemption commission. Non-EU students already enrolled in 2025-2026 and repeating or continuing a cycle may register with an exemption of right.
The Contribution Vie Étudiante et de Campus is EUR 105, paid to the CROUS through cvec.etudiant.gouv.fr before enrolment. Students holding a higher-education grant are exempt from paying but must still obtain the attestation. Continuing-education trainees are not concerned.
The Eiffel programme of the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs supports the best international Master and doctoral students. The university nominates candidates itself, and applicants cannot apply directly to the ministry. Master scholarships run up to 24 months for M1 entry, up to 12 months for M2 and up to 36 months for an engineering degree; doctoral scholarships last 36 months for first-year newcomers, or 12 to 18 months for others. Age limits for the 2027 campaign are born after 31 March 1997 for Master and after 31 March 1991 for doctorate; French nationals and dual nationals are not eligible, and holders of another French government scholarship are excluded. Master applicants send an application form and supporting documents (identity, CV, diplomas and ranking, three years of transcripts, language certificate, professional project; IAE Master applicants add the Score IAE Message) as two PDFs by email to [email protected] by 2 November 2026 (Score IAE Message by 4 December 2026).
The CampusBourses directory of Campus France lists grants for international students. Students in financial difficulty can contact the university's social workers on 02 47 36 77 00 and the CROUS for grants and allowances. Official page on incoming scholarships.
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View scholarships for Université de Tours →Applicants who are EU, EEA, Swiss, Monegasque or Andorran nationals, hold a French or European baccalauréat, or are enrolled in a French higher-education institution in 2026-2027 apply for Licence 1 through Parcoursup. Non-European students living in Europe submit a prior admission request (DAP blanche) for first-year Licence programmes.
Applicants residing in a country covered by Études en France (the list includes Ghana, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Kenya, Algeria, Morocco, India, China, the United States and many others) must follow that procedure for every year of study, via the Études en France platform and the local Campus France office. For 2026-2027 the campaign opens on 1 October 2026 and the deadline for Licence 1 files is 15 December 2026. For Licence 2 and 3, Master 1 and Master 2, the deadlines are those of the Études en France platform. Stateless persons, refugees, beneficiaries of subsidiary or temporary protection, children of diplomats resident in France and French government scholars follow the Dossier orange.
Create an account on the eCandidat Tours platform and apply only to programmes whose names carry the prefix CI (individual international applications, for example CI_M1 Lettres). Upload the required documents, submit the application before the platform deadline, confirm or withdraw after the response, then complete enrolment by the date in the admission letter. Applications to Master 1 go through the national platform monmaster.gouv.fr.
The minimum French level is B2 of the CEFR for non-francophone students, and some programmes require C1. Under the DAP procedure applicants sit the TCF (tout public) with a written expression test: three multiple-choice papers (listening, language structures, reading) and one writing paper. It costs EUR 75 in 2026, registration closes on 15 December 2026 at 23:59 French time, and the University of Tours sitting is on 27 January 2027. Exemptions apply, among others, to holders of a DELF B2, DALF C1 or C2, or a CUEFEE DUEF B2 or C1, to French baccalauréat holders, and to nationals of specified French-speaking countries.
Doctoral studies are organised through the Collège Doctoral Centre-Val de Loire and its five doctoral schools; the university also runs the HDR (habilitation to supervise research).
All students must first pay the CVEC and present the attestation at administrative enrolment.
University libraries serve Tours and Blois, and the student health service operates at both cities.
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