If you are from Tunisia and looking for scholarships in order to study in France, please take a look at this article.

We also invite you to check these websites out:

• CampusBourses, which is a scholarship search engine handled by Campus France,
• The ESSEC’s Registrar office website, especially if…
  1. If you are a student in a French lycée accredited by the Agence de l’enseignement français à l’étranger (AEFE), you might apply for the France Excellence-Major scholarship,
  2. If you have a valid residence permit, have been living in France for at least the past two years and have been part of a French tax household for at least the past two years, use the simulator of the CROUS bourse, as you might eligible to it.

• Scholarships granted by the French government
  • Scholarship programme "grandes écoles"

Scholarships granted by the French government

Scholarship programme "grandes écoles"

This scholarship programme, which is handled by Campus France and the French Institute in Tunisia, is made for Tunisian students who attended a preparatory class ("classe préparatoire") in Tunisia or in France and who are now admitted in a French Grande école such as ESSEC.

Costs covered by the scholarship:

This scholarship includes:

• a €875 monthly allowance,
• payment for social security and additional health insurance ("mutuelle").

The scholarship is granted for 36 months.

Application requirements:

To be eligible, applicant must:

• be a Tunisian citizen. Students with both Tunisian and French citizenships are not eligible,
• have passed ESSEC entrance exams,
• have been last academic year...
  • in 2nd year in a preparatory class ("classe préparatoire") in Tunisia,
  • in a preparatory class ("classe préparatoire") in France.

Application submission and timetable:

Applications file must be printed out and filled out in two paper copies. Supporting documents must also be printed twice.

The application file must contain:

• the application form, to be completed (see attached document),
• enrolment certificate from last academic year, 
• the grades report from last academic year,
• the document attesting of your rank at the admission exam
• admission letter from ESSEC,
• a copy of the first page of your passport,
• a copy of your birth certificate (in French),
• your resumé (CV).
  

Applications files must be submitted three times:

• paper form: the application form and its supporting documents must be printed out twice and sent to the following address:

Institut Français de Tunisie

Coopération universitaire

20-22 avenue de Paris

BP-180

Tunis 1080 Cedex

• digital form: a digital copy of the application file must be sent in one single PDF document to Mrs. ANNABI (imen.annabi@institutfrancais-tunisie.com) 

L'Institut français de Tunisie insists that incomplete applications or late applications will not be proccessed.

Applications are generally to be submitted from mid-July to mid-August.

More information on the application itself and the supporting documents to submit will be available by the time the applications open.

Useful links for further information:

Link to the Institut français de Tunisie website

Link to Campus Bourses' webpage on this scholarship programme