Deadlines for this scholarship
An award closing is only the first of the dates that matter. After it there is the deposit that keeps your place, the unconditional offer the funder wants to see before it pays, and a last day to arrive and register. Where the funder publishes none of these, the row says so — a blank is what the official page actually says, not something we have left out.
| Stage | Date | Standing |
|---|---|---|
| Apply to the scheme by Act on this one | 06 Jan 2027 | 9 weeks left |
| Latest arrival / enrolment | 30 Nov 2027 | Still open |
Who can apply
All foreign nationalities (dual French excluded); Pakistan, India, Bangladesh and Gulf students eligible if a French institution nominates them, master's candidates aged 29 or under.
What the award is
The French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs scholarship for studying a master's in France, now run by Campus France under the single name France Excellence Eiffel and covering both master's and doctorate tracks. Students cannot submit their own file: a French higher-education institution must deposit the candidate, so the real first step is to get the school to nominate you before the Campus France cut-off of 6 January 2027, and master's applicants must be 29 or younger. The official 2026 regulations PDF (https://tz.diplomatie.gouv.fr/files/tz/files/Relations%20franco-tanzaniennes/regulations_eiffel_program_2026_envf.pdf) sets the master's allowance at EUR 1,200 per month from 1 January 2026 for up to 12 months in M2, 24 months in M1 or 36 months in an engineering programme. Official source: https://www.campusfrance.org/en/france-excellence-eiffel-scholarship-program (checked 29 October 2026). In full: , social security cover and French language classes; tuition not paid but government scholars are exempt from tuition charges.Where these dates came from
Campus France 2027 call opens October 2026 and the deadline for reception of applications by Campus France is 6 January 2027 included, results from 12 April 2027 - https://www.campusfrance.org/en/france-excellence-eiffel-scholarship-program (checked 30 October 2026). Only French institutions submit, so candidates have no published own cut-off (the internal university deadline is earlier and unpublished) and cas_deadline is blank; the 2027 rules PDF (https://www.campusfrance.org/system/files/medias/documents/2026-10/reglementation_bourse_eiffel_2027_EN.pdf) fixes the funded start between 1 September and 30 November 2027, non-postponable, and states tuition and fees are NOT paid by Eiffel, hence no tuition date.
Deadlines move. Always confirm on the funder's own page before you book anything — the link above is where we read it.
