France offers public higher education with nationally set, state-subsidised tuition. For 2026-27, non-EU students at public institutions under the Ministry pay EUR 2,902 per year for a bachelor's degree, EUR 3,950 for a master's and EUR 398 for a doctorate, with exemptions for long-term residents, refugees and some others. Private institutions typically charge far more.
Non-EU students normally apply via the Etudes en France platform (if resident in a listed country) or the university's own portal, and many programmes set their own windows, often between October and June. Master's applications in English-taught tracks usually require B2-C1 English.
Students need a long-stay student visa (VLS-TS) and proof of at least EUR 615 per month in resources. The visa must be validated online within three months of arrival. Students may work up to 964 hours per year, and master's graduates may stay 12 months to seek work.
Scholarships include the Eiffel programme (applied for through institutions), university schemes such as Paris-Saclay's EUR 10,000 award, and waivers for French government scholarship holders. This dataset covers eight universities; fields not verifiable from official pages are null.
