Partially Funded ENS Scholarships for Bachelor's and Master's Students in France

ENS offers partially funded international scholarships for Bachelor and Master students. The Ecole normale supérieure aims at varying its students’ profiles and incorporates students to be enrolled in the 3rd year of bachelor (license 3) or 1st year of master (master 1), coming from all over the world and from all disciplines. The competitive examination of the International selection is intended to young graduates in Arts & Humanities as well as Sciences, who justify at least of one year undergraduate studies in a foreign university and distinguish themselves with outstanding results. ENS opens 10 positions in Sciences and 10 positions in Arts& Humanities.

The examination takes place in 2 steps:

First: Selection based upon application.

Second: Oral and written exams (Arts&Humanities) or oral exams only (Sciences) for shortlisted candidates.

• Joining ENS through the competitive examination of the International selection gives access to training of excellence, through contact with exceptional researchers, in a privileged training and research environment. Integrated to the community of the normaliens, international students continue your studies at ENS and at the university at the same time.
• You will benefit from a 1000 euros/month grant for 3 years and from a room on one of the ENS campuses.

• Candidates must be under 26 when they apply (must not have reached their 26th birthday).
• Candidates must not have lived in France for more than 10 months during the academic year of the selection (September 1st – August 31st) or the previous year.
• Candidates must justify at least one year of undergraduate studies awarded by a foreign university (outside France) during the calendar year preceding the start of applications.
• Candidates justify at least two years of undergraduate studies in a foreign university (outside France), on the 1st of September following admission.

About ENS:

At the same time a French grande école and a university, the Ecole normale supérieure provide Paris, at the heart of the Quartier Latin, excellent training through research, leading to various teaching and research professions, and contributes to training through research the senior executives of public administrations as well as of French and European companies. The ENS also defines and applies scientific and technological research policies, from a multidisciplinary and international perspective.

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