Postgraduate Scholarships to France

The French Embassy provides a limited number of postgraduate scholarships (Master, DESS, DEA).

Educational selection will be carried out based on the incoming application documents, then through a personal interview at the French Embassy.

The criteria are focused on:

1. The educational background of the candidate and the field you wish to study;
2. Personality;
3. Motivation.

 
The areas that receive priority from the French Government to receive scholarships are:

1. Engineering;
2. Public Health and Medicine for infectious diseases (AIDS, TB, Dengue Fever);
3. Political Science, Social Science, and Law;
4. All applications included in the framework of university cooperation projects that are still valid.

Requirements to take part in this scholarship:

1. Must have at least an S1 degree certificate;
2. For civil servants, nominations must be submitted officially related to the cooperation project;
3. For those who are not civil servants, nominations should be included in a wider collaboration process, submitted to the Embassy by the French agency or its Indonesian partners;
4. A good command of the French language is required to continue studying in France, this scholarship award will be accompanied by a French language course and taking the DELF exam, which must be taken before going to France. Participants who do not pass the exam will not receive the scholarship.

For more information and to obtain forms, contact:

French Embassy
Cooperation & Culture Section
Jl. Panarukan no. 35
Menteng, Jakarta

Tel. 021-31931795
Fax.021-3103747
Email: [email protected]

The completed form by the candidate must be returned to the French Embassy before 30 September 2004.

Here are a number of sites that contain a lot about education in France

– EGIDE (in French and English): http://www.egide.asso.fr
– French Ministry of National Education, Higher Education and Research:
http://www.eduation.gouv.fr
– European Commission: http://www.eurydice.org
– CNOUS (in French): http://cnous.fr
– Magazine website devoted to education (in French):
http://www.letudiant.fr
– Documentary resources site on teaching and education in France
(in French): http://www.cidj.asso.fr

Those wishing to continue their education in France at their own expense can obtain information and various requirements through the EduFrance Office:

Agence EduFrance: http://www.edufrance.fr
Jakarta: [email protected]
Surabaya: [email protected]