CROUS bursaries (based on household income)
European students who have studied in France for at least one year are eligible to apply for the CROUS needs-based bursary by completing a Student Social File (Dossier Social Etudiant)(fr.) on the CROUS website from the 15th January. Students are required to apply every year and must complete their application before the 15th May.
For more information about Crous needs based bursaries.
Sciences Po Europe bursary
To compensate for the lack of bursaries and grants that the government awards to European students for the first year of study, Sciences Po has decided to establish a very ambitious social aid policy in their favour. Excluding specific programmes under agreements and One-Year Master's Programmes, European students who fulfill the CROUS eligibility requirements will be eligible to apply for Sciences Po's Europe bursary.
This bursary is only awarded during the first year of study in France. You will be able to apply for the Crous bursary directly with the Paris Crous for your second year of study.
Eligibility requirements
Students from an EU member state country, a European Economic Area (EEA) member country and Switerzerland are eligible to apply for the Sciences Po Europe bursary.
Criteria used for awarding the Sciences Po Europe bursary is identical to those used by the Crous.
Please ensure that you check your Crous eligibility by calculating your Crous level on the Crous website (fr.) before applying to the Sciences Po Europe bursary.
Depending on your parents' gross income and family expense points (points de charge) you will be placed in one of eight levels (0bis to 7) entitling you to a tuition fee waiver and cost of living bursary disbursed in 10 monthly installments from September to June.
Important information: Students are not authorised to accumulate the Sciences Po Europe bursary with any other bursary, grant or scholarship and in particular a bursary, grant or scolarship awarded by a foreign government.
How to apply?
You can submit your application for the Sciences Po Europe bursary as soon as you have been accepted to Sciences Po. The deadline for applications is the 15th May 2019.
The online application form will be open again from the 15th to the 20th June 2019 for students accepted to Sciences Po after the 15th May.
To apply, you will need to:
We will study your Sciences Po Europe bursary application once you have successfully completed your online administrative registration. We may ask you to provide us with additional documents.
We aim to deal with your application within two weeks starting from when you have completed your online administrative registration, only if your application is complete and including all translations.
Please note that we are unable to deal with incomplete applications or applications submitted after the deadline. Your administrative registration will be finalised as a non-bursary holder student and the amount of your tuition fees will be calculated by the administrative registration office.
Financial aid for students without a Crous Bursary
Students without a CROUS bursary whose household income per share is less than €12,583 and whose tuition fees will therefore amount to €0 for the 2019-2020 academic year will receive a financial aid of €370 (roughly 50% of the additional Sciences Po cost of living bursary for the CROUS level 0Bis).
This aid will be disbursed as a lump sum from September 2019 onwards provided that the student’s administrative registration is finalised. It will only be disbursed for years or semesters (50% of the amount) during which courses are attended at Sciences Po or during compulsory internship periods.
