You will need at least €750 per month if you are to enjoy reasonable living conditions in Paris. You will therefore need to seek sources of finance. You should begin looking for a scholarship well in advance (at least a year before coming to France). Scholarship amounts depend on your level of studies. Postgraduate students, engineers and researchers receive larger scholarships.
You should begin by looking at scholarships awarded by the French government and by your country of origin.

FRENCH GOVERNMENT SCHOLARSHIPS

// Foreign Ministry scholarships:

French government scholarships for foreign students are invariably awarded by the Foreign Ministry. They concern priority areas of training that relate to needs expressed by foreign governments. They are aimed primarily at postgraduate students and postdoctorands.
Beneficiaries are selected on the basis of academic, and not social, criteria.

For details of scholarships available in your country, contact the Cooperation and Cultural Affairs department of your local French embassy.
List of French embassies and consulates >>
Applications are to be submitted in September/October of the year preceding your departure.

In France, you will enjoy the status of boursier du gouvernement français. You will be required to pay neither university registration fees nor the student medical insurance (sécurité sociale) premium.

// Foreign Ministry excellence scholarships:

A number of excellence scholarship programmes have been set up in order to enable French third-level institutions to enrol the best foreign students.

These include:
- the Eiffel programme, which is aimed at the best foreign students wishing to continue their studies in France at Master's or Doctorate level in the engineering sciences, economics & management or law & political science.
For further information >>
The Eiffel programme is managed by Egide >>
- the Major programme, which is aimed at foreign former pupils of French lycées abroad.
For further information >>

Your application for these scholarship programmes must be presented only by the French institution that has given a commitment to enrol you for the next academic year.

// Education Ministry scholarships

While the "social criteria" scholarship awarded by the CROUS is essentially aimed at French students, they also concern:

- students from EU Member States and European Economic Area (EEA) member countries, on condition that :
> or they have been studying or working in France for at least one year (documentary evidence : a student card or a work contract of the  previous year).
> or they can give proof of the fact that one of the parents (i.e.
father, mother or legal guardian) received incomes in France.

- foreign (non-EU) students who have been resident in France for at least two years AND whose tax household (i.e. father, mother or legal guardian) has been in France for at least two years.

For further information, see the page Les bourses sur critères sociaux >> (in French)

Applications are made by creating an online Dossier Social Etudiant >> (in French)

SCHOLARSHIPS AWARDED BY YOUR GOVERNMENT OR BY A PUBLIC INSTITUTION IN YOUR COUNTRY


This type of scholarship concerns the vast majority or foreign students with scholarships in France.

The non-availability of the desired course of study in your country is often taken into consideration.

Contact your country's Education Ministry for a list of the scholarships awarded by your government.

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