• Description:

     Émile Boutmy scholarship

    Sciences Po created the Émile Boutmy scholarship, named after the founder of Sciences Po (1871), in order to welcome the very best international students from outside the European Union. 

    The Émile Boutmy scholarship fund benefits from the generous support of its sponsors (benefactors, companies, and foundations) who are eager to allow the most deserving international students to study at Sciences Po. Private sponsors can be in direct contact with scholarship holders during official organised events.

    Eligibility requirements
    To be eligible for the scholarship, students must be: first time applicants, from a non-European Union state, whose household does not file taxes within the European Union, and who have been admitted to the Undergraduate or Master's programme.

    Students who are not eligible are:

    Swiss and Norwegian applicants, since they may be entitled to CROUS scholarships
    Candidates who have dual citizenship, one of them being an EU citizenship
    Candidates from Quebec for master’s degree (since they may take advantage of sliding scale fees same as European applicants). Candidates from Quebec for a bachelor’s degree are eligible
    Candidates for the Joint Master in Journalism and International Affairs and for the Master in journalism
    Master’s level dual-degree candidates, unless you are applying for one of the following programmes:
    the dual degree Sciences Po/Fudan University with the concentration Europe-Asia in Global Affairs (only applicants with Chinese nationality)
    the dual degree Sciences Po/Peking University (only applicants with Chinese nationality)
    Ph.D. programme students (thesis)
    Candidates for the 1 year Master's programmes
    Bachelor dual degree candidates (unless as part of a specific agreement)
    Exchange students
    Candidates applying via the French graduate admission procedure
    The Émile Boutmy scholarship may not be combined with other scholarships apart from exceptional cases decided by the jury (Eiffel scholarship, AEFE scholarship, BGF...).

    Selection Criteria
    This scholarship is awarded based on merit and according to the type of profile sought for this programme. Social criteria may also be taken into account.

    Amount and length of the scholarship

    Bachelor's degree programme
    The Émile Boutmy scholarship is awarded to students arriving at Sciences Po for their first year of studies.

    The Émile Boutmy programme can take several different forms:

    A tuition grant of €14,720 per year for the three years of the undergraduate programme.
    A tuition grant of €9,500 per year for the three years of the undergraduate programme.
    A tuition grant of €6,500 per year for the three years of the undergraduate programme.
    If you do not validate your academic year, your scholarship will be lost.
    Deadlines
    Deadline for undergraduate programme (applicants from foreign secondary schools): 4 March 2025
    Deadline for undergraduate programme (applicants from French secondary schools): to be confirmed
    Deadline for master programme: 1 December 2024
    No application requests will be accepted after the deadline.

    If you have been granted a scholarship and decide to defer your admission, your scholarship will be lost.

    During the year abroad (third year of the undergraduate programme): scholarship recipients will retain their tuition fee grant.

    The Émile Boutmy scholarship is automatically renewed if the student chooses to continue their graduate studies at Sciences Po.


    Masters level
    The Émile Boutmy scholarship is awarded to students arriving at Sciences Po for their first year of study.

    The Émile Boutmy programme is a tuition grant of €13,100 per year, for each year, which covers part of the tuition fees for the two years of the Master's degree programme.

    Émile Boutmy scholarship holders already at Sciences Po: the amount awarded through the scholarship is determined at the time of admission. It may be recalculated on a yearly basis, in accordance with tuition fee increases, when applicable.  

    If you do not validate your academic year, your scholarship will be lost.

    If you have been granted a scholarship and you decide to defer your admission, your scholarship will be lost.

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