Financing your training

Financing your Master's degree

Master's students may be eligible for certain financial aid managed by the institution or by the Ministry of Higher Education and Research. CampusFrance provides a permanent listing of training aid schemes.

This is the case for scholarships based on social criteria (BCS), CROUS scholarships, scholarships for internships abroad, including the CIERA internship scholarship and the Fondation Ledoux scholarships, CNOUS international mobility aid, and Erasmus + mobility scholarships.

It is also advisable to find out about the funding schemes provided by the Occitanie Region.

AgroParisTech encourages students to apply for support from other institutions that have their own scholarship programmes.

These may include, among others

  • the secretariat of the GloFor consortium (GloFor Erasmus+ MSc programme only) as part of the Erasmus+ programme.
  • Master's scholarships from the Martine Aublet Foundation to finance exclusively field research of approximately one month in Africa, Asia, Oceania, the Middle East, the Indian Ocean and the Amerindian, Latin and Caribbean Americas. The disciplines concerned in connection with G-ENV programs are anthropology and sociology.

For international students

There are several ways to finance your studies. The CampusBourse platform offers a catalogue of all the possible schemes.

Financing your specialised Master (in French)
When applying for a Specialized Master's degree, it is possible to finance all or part of the training costs.

Find all the information you need to finance your MS course
Financing your PhD

Essential tools for seeking doctoral funding

Before looking for doctoral funding, check whether the doctoral school you are interested in requires a minimum funding rate in order to enrol. This is especially the case if you are studying in the exact sciences. This amount is indicated on the school's page in the directory of doctoral schools.
Consult the list of possible funding for your doctorate in the Campus Bourses catalogue. Depending on the case, your doctorate may be financed by your host institution, by a company or by your country or university of origin.
Finally, the French National Association of Doctors (ANDès) publishes an annual guide to doctoral funding in which you can find more information about funding your doctorate.

Doctoral contract

The doctoral contract is funded by the Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation. It is awarded following a selection process specific to each doctoral school (for schools linked to the G-ENV group, see the GAIA, Abies and EDEG procedures for example).

Doctorates funded by your home country

Some countries have PhD funding programmes such as the Conacyt scholarships in Mexico, the ProFas B+ programme in Algeria and the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan. To find the one that suits you, consult the list of doctoral funding programmes or contact the Campus France office in your country of origin and your government.
The amount of the scholarships varies according to the country that grants them. They range from 900 to 1,500 euros per month. In any case, check with your doctoral school that the proposed funding is sufficient. If not, the host laboratory will have to find additional funding for your position.
In addition, some French institutions have 50% of the funding for a PhD and are looking for partners willing to pay the remaining 50%.

PhDs funded by your company

In partnership with the National Association for Research and Technology (ANRT), the CIFRE scheme (Industrial agreements for training through research) allows young researchers to be hired by a company or public authority to conduct their research in conjunction with a university team.
The company or public authority then finances your doctorate via a private law employment contract. It pays you a minimum salary of about 1,800 euros net per month for three years. This is a good opportunity to gain research experience in a company.

EU-funded PhDs

Set up under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions, the joint European doctorate provides 36 months of funding. It is aimed at foreign students who are enrolled in a PhD programme at a European higher education institution that is a member of a consortium of at least three institutions from three different countries. The application for funding should be addressed to the coordinating institution.

Martine Aublet Foundation doctoral scholarships

The Martine Aublet Foundation offers doctoral research grants to students enrolled in postgraduate studies in a French higher education institution or in co-tutorship with a foreign university.

Eiffel scholarships

The Eiffel scholarship programme is a tool developed by the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs to enable French higher education institutions to attract the best foreign students to master's and doctoral degree programmes.
It is designed to train future foreign decision-makers in the private and public sectors in priority fields of study and to stimulate applications from students from emerging countries aged 30 or less for the master's level and from emerging and industrialised countries aged 35 or less for the doctorate level.

Financing your Master
Head of Studies of the Graduate school
depmontpellier @ agroparistech.fr

Financing your Specialised Master
Head of Studies Executive
executive @ agroparistech.fr

Financing your PhD
Head of doctoral studies
ABIES contacts