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Hey everyone, I’m wondering what’s going on with the France Excellence Charpak Master Scholarship 2026.

According to the timeline, interviews were supposed to happen between April 13th and April 30th, but I haven't seen a single person mention getting an invite.

Does anyone know if they scrapped the interview round this year to give results directly, or have they just postponed everything? If anyone has emailed Campus France and got a reply, please let us know!

I am already accepted in a university in Nice and they didnt put "accepté" in campus france yet and the last day is 30 april , idk whats the probleme , i passed the interview scac not gooood not bad , in the middle but i talked good some one help me understand pls

Hello,

I am aiming to get C1 level in French. I want to apply for master programs in mechanical engineering next year in French programs because the tuition fees are very low for French programs compared to English programs but I am a non eu citizen, at least thats what I’ve thought. Do I still have to pay 4000€ per year for a French master program in my case ?

Je prévoyais de postuler pour étudier en France l'année prochaine, mais ils disent qu'ils vont augmenter les frais d'études. Y'a des gens qui disent que c'est pas officiel, que chaque université a sa propre politique, mais cette nouvelle m'a vraiment découragé car je n'aurai pas les moyens de payer ces nouveaux frais. Est ce que je devrais essayer quand même et espèrer une acceptation avec exonération ou bien trouver autre chose ?

In France at the moment for a culinary course. The course of 5.5 months long and I got a 7 month VLS-TS that accounts for a 4 week internship that is facilitated by the institute.

Now the institute is giving me an option of increasing the duration of the internship to 8 weeks OR 6 months. I want to apply for the 6 month option but I'm not sure about the Visa extension intricacies.

How can I go about this? Do I get the internship first and then apply for a visa extension or vice versa? If its visa extension first and then a long internship application then on what grounds will they extend my visa?

Any insights into the timeline for visa extension will also be helpful.

Hi there,

I have completed the campus France interview process and now am in the process of obtaining my Visa.

What I found odd was that there are 2 visa categories

1. Long stay campus France student visa

2. Default France India - long student visa

The CF visa has never opened a single slot - I have been checking diligently for the last 2 weeks every hour but seriously there’s nothing.

Coming from India, long stay masters fall under the EEF procedure only but I am seriously confused how a single slot can’t be opened. What’s also odd is that key cities like Delhi/ Bangalore/ Chennai don’t have this category to begin with, how can this be possible?

I reached out to the consulate but they haven’t helped me on this.

Should I just book a slot on the default category (worried it will be rejected if I do this) or do I just keeping waiting for the CF slots to eventually open?

Any insight at all on this matter would be greatly appreciated by people who are in the same boast as me!

Hello, I'm accepted to this program, and I would love to talk to alumni or current students since I can't find any posts about it anywhere.

‎If you've already received your admission to the University of lille and it's reflected on the EEF portal, particularly for Data Science programme, please drop a comment below. Would love to connect with fellow admitted students.

Has anyone yet received Charpak Masters Interview Invites?

My application for Masters (BME) at Paris Cité has been succesful and I am due to start in September. I was informed that I would have to pay 10k Euros in total.

I am a non-EU resident in France and hold a long-term resident card. Is there any way I could get an exemption on my fees?

Asking for: Clarification into the differences, and experiences in the school

EDIT: Does the school teach only architecture or is it like a normal college?

… am I cooked? there are several programs I haven’t heard a PEEP from and the deadline is in less than a week.

Hey everyone,

I applied to a Master’s program in Economics and Psychology in Paris through the Études en France (EEF) portal. I had also applied to the SMARTS UP Scholarship which is given by University of Paris Cite. Recently, I received an official email saying I’ve been selected for the SMARTS-UP Fellowship for 2026–2027.

However, here’s the issue is my EEF portal shows that I have been denied admission to the program.
At the same time, the scholarship email clearly mentions my program and I’ve already accepted the scholarship (there was a deadline)
I’m in a very confusing situation.

How is it possible to receive a program-specific scholarship but be denied admission?
Has anyone experienced a situation where the rejection was later reversed?

From what I understand, admissions and funding are handled separately, but this feels like a major contradiction.

Would really appreciate any insights, especially from people familiar with SMARTS-UP.

Has anyone heard back from the masters in neuroscience at AMU? I applied with etudes en France in January and still no word.