France Excellence Master Scholarship 2024

Pakistani applicants with outstanding academic records have a number of funding options for their studies in France: France Excellence Master Scholarship 2024:183 scholarship programs offered by the French government, universities, or companies are listed on the Campus Bourses scholarship search engine on the Campus France Pakistan website.

Awarding Country: France

Eligible Countries: Pakistan

Program Level: Masters (1-2 years depending on the Program)

Programs:

MSc Process and Bioprocess Engineering / Track Project Management for Environmental and Energy Engineering

(The Objective of the Master of Science is to form leaders or supervisors capable of managing complex engineering projects in the domain of the environment and energy conversion system within an international context. PBPE/PM3E offers a balanced program of management skills and engineering techniques for environment and energy projects. The technical part of the course concentrates on technology and process engineering as well as process modelling, simulation, and control. A significant part of the program is also devoted to social sciences for project managers.

Link: https://www.imt-atlantique.fr/en/study/masters/msc/pbpe-pm3e

Materials Science and Engineering Masters – Biorefinery and Biomaterials Program

(The aim of the 1-year Master’s Program in Biorefinery and Biomaterials (masters 2) is to train professionals specializing in the problems of biomass valorization, in particular through the development and improvement of processes allowing its transformation into biomaterials, chemical products, or energy sources).

Link: https://pagora.grenoble-inp.fr/en/education/master-biorefinery-biomaterials#page-presentation

International Master’s Program in Agriculture Sciences (IMAS)

(The research-oriented international Master’s program in Agriculture Sciences (IMAS) covers the fundamental aspects of plant and environmental sciences, food chemistry, food processing, microbiology, human nutrition & consumer science. The IMAS program aims to train (i) future researchers to promote the sustainable production, transformation, and consumption of safe quality plant food; and (ii) future managers in innovation for the agro-food industry with experience of research).

Link: https://implanteus.univ-avignon.fr/en/international-masters-degree-in-agricultural-sciences-imas/

One-Health Emerge Master’s Degree

(The One Health – Emerge 2nd year program (EX-Man-Imal) is an additional and complementary degree whose objective is to offer students (doctors, pharmacists, veterinarians, scientists, food-processing engineers) technical training, as well as to offer professionals advanced skills in public health issues. Engineered by a pedagogical team of over 80 experts: research professors from a variety of disciplines (agronomy, medicine, veterinary studies, biology, pharmacy, law, economics), and numerous professionals from the same fields, the program benefits from the support of each partner’s research units.

To cope with new issues of Public Health and Food Safety in a globalized, industrialized society with an increasing number of stakeholders and complex regulations and production chains, this program will train new managers to deal with the complexity of health issues linked to food production and processing and emerging infectious diseases, as part of a One Health approach.)

Link: https://www.oniris-nantes.fr/formations/les-masters/man-imal

Eligibility Requirements:

Be a Pakistani National
Maximum age 28 at the time of application
4 years HEC recognized Pakistani University Bachelor Degree with CGPA of 3.0 out of 4 minimum.
There should not be more than 2 years after the completion of the undergraduate degree.
Have applied for admission at a French-eligible institution
Knowledge of French is an asset but not mandatory

Application Process:

Students must apply directly to the French university, through the Etudes en France platform; please note that for IMT Atlantique and INP Pagora, you must also apply on their own application system(detailed information on the Master Program website).
The deadline for application is January 31st2024 (closing date of the EeF platform).
Please note that on the Etudes en France platform you can apply to up to 7 French universities program in 1 single application, but only the 4 degrees listed are eligible for the “France Excellence – Climate Change” scholarship awarded by the French embassy in Pakistan.
Fees apply for the Etudes en France platform (30 000 PKR); it can be reimbursed upon request to Campus France Pakistan only if you are awarded the “France Excellence for Climate Change” scholarship.

Selection Time Line and Procedure:

Opening of the application process: 23^rd of October 2023
Information webinar: Beginning of November
Deadline of the application: 31^st of January, 2024
Announcement: May 2024

Award Details:

Tuition fee coverage
Monthly living allowance of 860 euros
Return air ticket
Student visa and application fee waiver
Free French classes before departure to France
Assistance in finding affordable student accommodation

Official Link: France Excellence for Climate Change Master Scholarship | Campus France