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Eiffel Scolarship of Excellence

 The call for application for the 2026-2027 Academic Year is now open

International Students, please apply now !

For more information about the France Excellence Eiffel Scholarship procedure, please consult the following link.

Eiffel Excellence Grant

Presentation

The France Excellence Eiffel scholarship is a programme developed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to enable French higher education and research institutions to attract the best foreign students to enrol in their master's and doctoral degree programmes.

For more information about the France Excellence Eiffel Scholarship, please consult the following link.

Bordeaux INP is a grouping of six public engineering schools, each specialized in one or several specific fields of study :

  • ENSC : Cognitive Engineering
  • ENSEGID : Environment, Georesources and Sustainable Development Engineering
  • ENSEIRB-MATMECA : Electronics, Computer Science, Telecommunications, Mathematics and Mechanics
  • ENSMAC : Materials, Food Science and Chemical Engineering
  • ENSPIMA : Aeronautical Maintenance
  • ENSTBB : Biotechnologies

Find out more about Bordeaux INP Schools and their course programmes

Calendar

  • October 1st 2025

The call for application for the 2026 campaign is launched.

  • Before November 23, 2025 - 12 AM (French Time)

Applications must be submitted using the following online form. 

The supporting documents to be attached and the cases of ineligibility are specified below.

[IMPORTANT!] Candidates should submit only one application for a single French Higher Education institution. Any candidate whose application is submitted by more than one institution will automatically be disqualified and therefore not processed by the Campus France services.  Bordeaux INP only accepts applications for the Master’s level.

  • End of November - Early December 2025
Applications for the France Excellence Eiffel Scholarship are examined by the Bordeaux INP International Committee, which will select the applications it wishes to submit to Campus France.
Only applications with an average score of at least 15/20 will be forwarded by Bordeaux INP to Campus France.
 
  • Mid-December - Early January 2026
Candidates will be notified whether or not they have been selected by Bordeaux INP.
Applications accepted by the institution will move on to the final stage of the application process and be submitted to Campus France.
 
  • Mid-April 2026

Campus France informs Bordeaux INP whether or not the applications submitted have been selected for the France Excellence Eiffel Scholarship. Applicants are informed afterwards of the results by Bordeaux INP.

Apply now

ALL DOCUMENTS ARE MANDATORY
1 PDF file per document

Any application that is incomplete or submitted after November 23, 2025 - 12 AM (French Time) will be rejected.

  • Required supporting documents

     

    • A resume written in french or in english with information about academic performances (2 pages)
    • All useful information regarding the degree (dates) and about grading, prizes... Such dates should be certfied by the university/professors
    • A description of the professional project in french or in english which may be substantiated by the advice of external experts from the industry (2 pages)
    • Copy of the document of education with the list of studied courses and academic records from your university (3 last years)
    • Copy of the last degree obtained
    • Copy of the national passport showing first name and last name, date of birth, number
    • For non French speakers, a copy of an official diploma in french (DELF, DALF or TCF)
  • Ineligibility Cases

     

    • Candidates must not be older than 29 during the 2026 call for application, i.e. they must have been born after 31 March 1996
    • Bi-national candidates with french citizenship
    • Foreign students recipients of french government scholarships Students who were not selected following an earlier application
    • Candidates who already benefited from an Eiffel grant
    • Only applications submitted by Bordeaux INP are admissible Off-site training courses (relocated abroad)
    • Candidates put forward by several french universities 
    • Apprenticeship or professionalisation contracts
    • The Eiffel grant can not be combined with any other grant from the french government, Erasmus + or AUF.
    • No change in the programme fixed is allowed
    • Uncomplete applications
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