For all students enrolling in a Master's degree

The ENS de Lyon and its partners offer scholarships for excellent international students to enrol in its Masters programs in STEM, Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences:

• Ampère Scholarships of Excellence
  • Master's programs concerned: all Master’s programs
  • Amount: €1,000 per month for one academic year (renewable under conditions)
• GRADUATE + Scholarship
  • ENS de Lyon offers a scholarship for the best international students selected for a Master’s degree in the Graduate initiatives CORE, DynLifeSys, MathInfi, PACE and Master’s programmes, either in Master's degree first year or Master's degree second year.
  • Amount: €1,000 per month for 10 months
  • Scholarships funded within the framework of the French government’s SFRI programme. 

Application process and deadlines

Various grants and contracts can help students fund their PhD.

• Doctoral contracts
  A doctoral contract is a three-year employment contract under which an institution selects and hires a student to undertake doctoral studies. There are no conditions in terms of age or nationality.
  More information on the doctoral schools's websites
• Co-funding for doctoral studies
  International doctoral students wishing to enrol in a doctoral program at the ENS de Lyon can apply for the doctoral co-funding program of ENS de Lyon. This program can provide a co-funding of up to 50 percent of the amount required for enrolment. This scholarship is granted by the ENS de Lyon for the duration of the doctoral program (3 years maximum). In the case of internationally co-directed doctoral theses (cotutelles internationales), the scholarship will only be paid during the months of presence at the ENS de Lyon.
  Call of proposal
• CIFRE (Industrial Convention for Training through Research)
  The CIFRE convention works as follows: the student is recruited and employed by a company on a permanent or fixed-term contract, with no conditions regarding nationality or area of research, to carry out a research assignment. His or her work is supervised by an academic research laboratory at the same time, the student is therefore enrolled in the doctoral school to which the laboratory is attached.
  Doctoral students benefiting from the CIFRE convention devote 100% of their time to their research, divided between the company and the academic laboratory. They benefit from dual academic and professional training.
  See the National Association of Technological Research (ANRT) website for more information.
• Foundation and association grants
  These are common in medical research. Candidates must apply for funding themselves. The funding usually requires the signature of an employment contract between the institution (or research institution) and the doctoral student.
• Research grants
  This type of funding, awarded to a team to support a research project, involves an employment contract between the institution (or research institute) and the PhD student. To find out more, visit the doctoral schools' and research laboratories' websites.

For all students enrolling in a Master's degree or in a PhD

• The Eiffel Excellence Scholarship Program helps French higher education establishments attract top foreign students into their Master’s and PhD courses. For other grants offered by the Ministry, students should contact the French embassy's cultural department in their country.
  More information on Campus France
• Foreign students can browse for more scholarships using Campus France’s Grant search engine.

If you are recruited through the competitive entrance exam, you will benefit from the specific "Normalien" status:

• For citizens of the European Union or the European Economic Area: €1,500/month salary for 4 years
• For students from other countries, the best candidate in each "série de concours": €1,000/month grant for 4 years

Cecile de Witt-Morette program for female students in IT and Mathematics

Cécile De Witt-Morette scholarships are awarded to female students admitted to the ENS de Lyon degree (direct admission) in Computer Science and Mathematics.

The Cécile De Witt-Morette Scholarship amounts to €1,000 per month for the entire period of study for the ENS de Lyon degree, i.e. a maximum of 4 years, subject to compliance with the study plan and study regulations.
It can be combined with a scholarship based on social criteria.