2022 École normale supérieure de Lyon Master Scholarships in France

The École normale supérieure de Lyon is one of the best educational schools in the world, and this educational institution is famous for its scholarships and financial aid for foreign students to help them finance their studies in France. École normale supérieure de Lyon Master Scholarships call for application for international students is open now!

All You Need to Know about École normale supérieure de Lyon Master Scholarships 2022

The École normale supérieure de Lyon (also known as ENS de Lyon, ENSL or Normale Sup’ Lyon) is a public postgraduate school in France. Like most French universities, this major school is devoted to research, education, and training of teachers, professors, scientists and some public administrators.

The school consists of two academic units – Arts and Sciences – with a campus near the confluence of the Rhone and Saône rivers. According to the 2016 Times Higher Education World University Rankings, ENSL was the fifth best ‘small university’ in the world.

At the moment, the École normale supérieure de Lyon has around 3000 students, with a very advanced level in scientific research.

École normale Scholarships Program Areas

Ampère Scholarships of Excellence

• Master’s programs concerned: all Master’s programs in Exact Sciences, the Arts, and Human and Social Sciences (except FEADéP Master’s programs). Consult the rules related to the Ampère scholarship (document on the right)

MILYON Scholarship 

• Master’s programs concerned: Advanced Mathematics and Foundations of Computer Science

École normale supérieure de Lyon Scholarships BENEFITS

Amount: 1,000€ a month during one or two academic years.

École normale Scholarships Eligibility

The ENS de Lyon and its partners offer scholarships (Ampère & MILYON Scholarships) for excellent international students to enrol in its Master’s programs.

For each Master’s degree, it is indicated if it is open for international students.

All information about language proficiency requirements (French and/or English) are available on this page

Please read carefully the masters description.

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Required Documents

Documents that candidates have to upload in the application form..

• All candidates: 
  • Two referee letters from professors who have close knowledge of your work – if you are not able to upload the letters, they can be send by the professors by email to ampere.scholarship@ens-lyon.fr (with your name and the Master’s chosen clearly written in the name of the document)
  • Motivation Letter
  • Curriculum Vitae
  • Certificate of diplomas and degrees already obtained (ex: Bachelor degree) –  those documents are accepted only in French or English. If  the document is in another language, you have to provide a translated document in French or English, certified officially
  • University academic transcript of records : those documents are accepted only in French or English. If  the document is in another language, you have to provide a translated document in French or English, certified officially
  • For the running year : proof of enrollment : those documents are accepted only in French or English
• If you are applying for a Master’s program in the Arts, Humanities, Languages or Social Sciences:
  • a summary of your research project in French (3 pages minimum) – except for Master in Advanced Economics (in English)
    the reasons underlying the choice, the justification in relation to previous research in the same field (whether personal or not), methodological direction, an indicative bibliography, a list of personal publications or participations in colloquia (if applicable)
  • a certificate of proficiency in French and/or English:
• If you are applying for admission in Exact Sciences:
  • a certificate of Proficiency in English and/or French 

All information about language proficiency requirements (French and/or English) and documents to provide are available on this page – no exceptions accepted on this subject

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How to apply for École normale supérieure de Lyon Master Scholarships 2022

1. Complete and submit the online application form: ONLINE FORM
   Incomplete applications will not be considered – it is the responsability of the student to check that all requested documents are uploaded
   
   Please note: this form allows you to candidate for admission in a master with a scholarship of excellence. You do not have to apply via CADENS. 
2. Application review : all applications are reviewed by the admission committee of the ENS de Lyon. No results will be given by phone. 
    
3. Admissions and enrolment : if your application is accepted, you will receive a letter of pre-enrolment and the steps to be followed for enrolment.

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