France-South Africa Scholarship Programme 2026 – YOA

Deadline: October 8, 2026

Applications are invited for the France-South Africa Scholarship Programme 2026. The France-South Africa Scholarship Programme is directed to college students who intend to study in universities or larger training establishments in France for his or her Master’s diploma or PhD.

Campus France is an company of the French Ministries of Europe and Foreign Affairs and of Higher Education, Research and Innovation. Its objective is to advertise French Higher Education and facilitate tutorial worldwide mobility and trade. The Campus France South Africa workplace assists candidates in figuring out study programmes aligned with their tutorial background and private mission. The central Campus France company in France is liable for managing all points of scholarships for chosen laureates.

Scholarship

• The scholarship supplies a month-to-month allowance to pursue research in France (protecting residing bills). It additionally consists of social safety protection for the entire keep in France, precedence entry to lodging in CROUS pupil residences and one spherical-journey air ticket to France. The full scholarship doesn’t embody tuition charges.
• The month-to-month allowance granted is roughly 900€ for grasp college students and 1 850€ for PhD college students.

Eligibility

To be eligible for the France-South Africa Scholarship Programme, candidates have to be:

• Born on or after 1 January 1997.
• A citizen of South Africa, Lesotho or Malawi. 
• Dual French residents aren’t eligible.
• Have achieved a minimal common of 60% of their most just lately accomplished diploma.
• For Master’s candidates: plan to enrol in a French larger training establishment to pursue a Master’s diploma. Applicants aren’t required to have secured admission on the time of submitting their scholarship application.
• For PhD candidates: plan to pursue a PhD at a French larger training establishment and have recognized a potential supervisor or analysis laboratory in France. Applicants aren’t required to have a proper admission supply on the time of submitting their scholarship application.

Selection Process

Applicants shall be shortlisted on the premise of the standard of their file. Candidates whose functions have been pre-chosen shall be interviewed. In order to establish grant recipients, the Advisory board will take into account:

• The candidate’s abilities and benefit as indicated by his/her tutorial document {and professional} background.
• The high quality of his/her study mission, its coherence along with his/her background, in addition to the readability and high quality of his/her future profession plans.
• For PhD candidates, the Advisory Board will favour PhDs underneath co-supervision and dedication of South African and French supervisors shall be decisive.
• The stage of proficiency in international languages and its adequacy with the chosen study programmes.

Application

The application file is to be submitted on-line solely and should embody:

• A whole application kind (on-line).
• A passport copy (or ID if passport is just not but accessible).
• An up-to-date CV that additionally states the candidate’s complete tutorial historical past.
• A canopy letter explaining motivations and pursuits within the deliberate tutorial mission.
• Copies of all earlier tutorial diploma certificates.
• University transcripts (tutorial marks) of a minimum of three years of research.

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For extra data, go to France-South Africa Scholarship.