Master's Scholarships in France at the University of Paris 2021-2023
Applicant criteria
- Both
Opportunity criteria
Opportunity description
The University of Paris invites international students to apply for the MIEM Excellence Scholarship program for the academic year 2021-22. This program aims to promote the internationalization of master’s programs and facilitate the arrival of the best international students in order to create a pool of excellence for the recruitment of future doctoral students.
The university is thus developing this program to train international scientists who are experts in their field and future academic or senior managers in their country of origin or in France. It also aims to train future highly qualified professionals who will participate in the economic and social development of their country of origin.
Study Field and Scholarship Amount:
91 scholarships will be awarded to students admitted to the courses listed in the call for applications. The scholarships are distributed as follows:
- Faculty of Sciences: 35 scholarships of 8,000€ each
- Faculty of Health: 28 scholarships of 10,000€ each
- Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences: 35 scholarships of 8,000€ each
- IPGP: 7 scholarships of 10,000€ each
This scholarship cannot be combined with another scholarship. It is awarded for one year, non-renewable, and with no possible deferral.
Eligibility Criteria:
Only students applying to the short-listed masters are eligible for a MIEM scholarship.
They must also meet the following criteria:
- Be of foreign nationality and newcomers to French universities;
- Hold a foreign baccalaureate or national diploma certifying the end of secondary education (it corresponds to the international level CITE/ISCED 3);
- Students applying for the 1st year of Master (Master 1) must hold a foreign degree equivalent to a French Bachelor’s degree;
- Students applying for the 2nd year of Master must hold a foreign degree equivalent to the French Master 1;
Students corresponding to one of the statuses listed below are not eligible for the MIEM scholarship:
- Foreign holders of a French baccalaureate who have studied abroad;
- Foreign students who hold a French National Diploma of Higher Education and/or whose last diploma was obtained in France;
- Binational/national candidates, when they have French nationality, are not eligible.
In addition to these general criteria, each master’s degree will apply its own selection criteria.
The candidate will only be declared a laureate in the MIEM scholarship program once he/she has been officially admitted to the chosen master’s program.
About the University of Paris:
The University of Paris, metonymically known as the Sorbonne, was the main university in Paris, France, active from 1150 to 1970, with the exception of 1793–1806 under the French Revolution. In 2019, the University of Paris V and University of Paris VII merged to form a new University of Paris, leaving the number of successor universities at 11. In 2017, the University of Paris IV and University of Paris VI merged to form Sorbonne University.
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