France Excellence Charpak Bachelor scholarship

Étudiants

Pays concerné(s)

Inde

This programme is designed for Indian students who want to pursue a full time bachelor’s degree programme at one of the French higher education institutions.

LEVEL/FIELD OF STUDY

Undergraduate programs in all subjects

BENEFITS

Monthly living allowance of 860 euros
Student visa waiver
Etudes en France fee waiver ore reimbursement
Social security
Accommodation assistance (priority access to crous residencies, subject to availability)

The scholarship is awarded for the entire length of the Bachelor’s programme.

ELIGIBILITY

To be eligible for the Charpak Bachelor scholarship, you must:

be an Indian national or an OCI card holder
be 23 years old maximum at the time of application
have never before studied at an educational institution in France
have completed secondary school in India
have applied for an eligible bachelor’s programme with a start date of 1 September 2024

APPLICATION PROCEDURE

It is essential for the students to have applied for admission at a French institution, before applying for the scholarship. For admission procedure, please contact your nearest Campus France office in India or refer to the website of the institution of your choice.

To be considered for the scholarship, you must submit an application on online scholarship platform http://ifi.scholarship.ifindia.in/ along with the scans of following documents:

Passport size photograph
Copy of the passport
Curriculum Vitae (maximum 2 pages).
Copy of admission/acceptance letter from the French higher education institution.
Scanned copies of marksheet and passing certificate of Higher Secondary School (XII) and Secondary school (X)
French language certificate, if any (DELF /DALF)
Letter of recommendation (optional)

NOTE:

1. If you have not received the acceptance letter from the French institution before the deadline, you can attach an email correspondence to prove that you are in the process of getting the letter or you will get it after the scholarship deadline.

2. If you are submitting applications to two or more universities, be sure to fill out the scholarship application form with information about your top choice.
There should only be one online application per applicant. The submission of multiple online applications will result in disqualification.

3. Applicants who have not yet taken their 12th grade final exams are required to provide information about their mid-term examination

4. All the above documents must be in pdf or jpeg format (word, rtf, odt, txt, msg documents, zip folders, screenshots or scans of social media are NOT acceptable). Applications submitted without required documents, or incorrect documents, will be rejected.

The French embassy is not obliged to respond to candidates whose applications are incomplete or not considered for the scholarship award.

SELECTION CRITERIA

Your application will be selected on the basis of your academic excellence, as well as the consistency and quality of your statement of purpose. There is no CGPA/percentage cut-off for the scholarship.