Study Free in France 2024-2025 | Fully Funded IDEX Master Scholarships at the Université Paris-Saclay for International Students

Study on a Fully Funded Scholarship at a Top French University. Applications are now available for the IDEX Master Scholarship at France's Université Paris-Saclay. The IDEX International Master's Scholarships Program will cover your travel and visa costs, as well as a stipend of 10,000€ per academic year. These scholarships are granted for one or two years to students participating in a Master's degree at Université Paris-Saclay.

Admission to a Master's program does not guarantee students a scholarship. Only students who receive an email from Paris-Saclay University inviting them to apply for the Paris-Saclay University IDEX scholarship will be eligible to apply. As an international student, you will have the possibility to work in France while you study. Following the conclusion of your degree, you can apply for a Job Seeker Visa and remain in France to look for job.

Financial Benefits:

1. Stipend: €10,000 yearly.
2. Travel allowance: Up to €1,000 to cover visa charges and travel expenses (varies according to the student's home country).
3. All scholarships and travel subsidies will be awarded to candidates upon their arrival in France.
4. No advance payments will be made.

Eligibility criteria:

1. Become an international student.
2. Be accepted into a Master's program at Université Paris-Saclay.
3. The applicant must be a master's student.
4. Candidates with a three-year hiatus in their studies are not eligible to apply.
5. demonstrate outstanding academic achievements.
6. During the evaluation process, participants had to be 30 years old or younger.

 ineligible:

1. All students who have been or who are enrolled in a French higher education institution during their studies, except international students enrolled in a French higher education institution abroad.
2. Students who have interrupted their studies for more than 3 consecutive years.
3. Students receiving any other type of funding whose amount exceeds 650€ per month.
4. Together with UNHCR (the UN Refugee Agency) and backed by MEnS association (Migrants dans l'Enseignement supérieur / Migrants in Higher Education), Paris-Saclay University is implementing a bonus system for refugee students or students with subsidiary protection within the framework of the IDEX  scale of scholarships.
5. If you are concerned by this status, please indicate it in your statement of purpose as soon as you submit your application to the master's degree.

Programmes / Fields:

1. All academic fields are eligible.
2. All Master’s programmes for which Université Paris-Saclay is accredited, except for vocational training, are eligible.

Application timeline:

1. Candidate selection deadline by the training manager: April 30, 2024
2. After being selected, deadline for applying for the scholarship: May 03, 2024
3. Deadline for the reception of the recommendations from the 2 referees, and closure of the call: May 07 2024
4. Announcement of the results: end of June 2024

Pre-selection Process:

1. Admission to a Master’s programme does not automatically entitle students to a scholarship.
2. For more information, please see the Eligibility criteria.
3. Students eligible for a Paris-Saclay University IDEX scholarship will be selected by the admission panel among those students admitted to a Paris-Saclay University Master’s programme
4. Only students who receive an email from Paris-Saclay University inviting them to apply for a Paris-Saclay University IDEX scholarship will be able to submit an application.
5. No unsolicited application is possible.

Selection of laureates, evaluation criteria:

Reminder: admission to a Master’s programme does not automatically entitle students to a scholarship.

The selection of laureates is the responsibility of a jury composed of experts from the faculties, component-institutions and associated universities of Paris-Saclay University. The evaluation criteria take into account the following elements:

1. Academic level,
2. Personal project,
3. Specifically for students admitted in an M2 programme: well-argued motivation to pursue a thesis in a laboratory of Paris-Saclay University.

Amount and payment of the scholarship:

1. The amount of the Université Paris-Saclay scholarship is 10,000€ per year. It is paid by Université Paris-Saclay for the duration of the academic year, and for a period of 10 consecutive months (September to June).
2. A maximum of 1,000€ for travel and visa expenses can also be awarded depending on the candidate’s country of origin.
3. Laureates will receive their scholarship as well as travel expenses only upon arrival in France and once they have enrolled in the programme to which they were admitted.
4. No advance payment can be made.

Course Attendance and academic mobility:

1. Selected students must follow the programme for which their scholarship was awarded in one of the faculties, component-institutions and associated universities of Paris-Saclay University.
2. The scholarship can be suspended in case of repeated absence without due justification.
3. The scholarship will be suspended, without possibility for deferment, during the period of time the student attends courses in an institution outside Paris-Saclay University (in France or abroad).
4. Payment of the scholarship will be continued within the frame of compulsory mobility required by some Paris-Saclay University programmes, or international university exchange programmes between Paris-Saclay University and its partners (double degree with compulsory mobility, Erasmus Mundus Joint Master’s Degrees…). This compulsory mobility cannot be carried out in the student’s country or institution of origin.
5. Payment of the scholarship will be suspended for any student mobility outside compulsory mobility.
6. Placement years are authorized but not funded.

Internship:

1. Internships in research laboratories must be done in one of the Paris-Saclay University research laboratories. Outside this framework, the scholarship will be suspended throughout the period of internship with no possibility for deferment.
2. Internships in companies must be carried out in France.
3. The scholarship will be suspended if internship wages exceed 700€/month.

Results:

1. All applicants to the scholarship programme will be informed by email of the jury’s decision.
2. Upon receiving the confirmation email, students will have 8 days to accept or refuse the scholarship. If students fail to respond within this timeframe, they will be deemed as having refused the scholarship.
3. Paris-Saclay University reserves the right to refuse or cancel the scholarship awarded if the information provided by the candidate proves to be false.

How to Apply:

1. Candidates must first be admitted to Paris-Saclay University's Master's program.
2. The candidates are not required to apply separately for the scholarship.
3. Admission to a Master's program does not guarantee students a scholarship.
4. Only students who receive an email from Paris-Saclay University inviting them to apply for the Paris-Saclay University IDEX scholarship will be eligible to apply.
5. The admission jury will recommend candidates for scholarships.

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