It is essential for the students to have applied for admission at a France institution, before applying for the scholarship. For admission procedure, please contact your nearest Campus France office in India or refer to the website of the institution of your choice.

To be considered for the scholarship, you must submit an application on online scholarship platform http://ifi.scholarship.ifindia.in/ along with the scans of following documents:

• Passport size photograph
• Copy of the passport
• Curriculum Vitae (maximum 2 pages).
• Copy of admission/acceptance letter from the French higher education institution.
• Scanned copies of marksheet and passing certificate of Higher Secondary School (XII) and Secondary school (X)
• French language certificate, if any (DELF /DALF)
• Letter of recommendation (optional)

NOTE:

1. If you have not received the acceptance letter from the French institution before the deadline, you can attach an email correspondence to show that you are in the process of getting the letter or will get it after the scholarship deadline.

2. If you are submitting applications to two or more universities, be sure to fill out the scholarship application form with information about your top choice.
There should only be one online application per applicant. The submission of multiple online applications will result in disqualification.

3. Applicants who have not yet taken their 12th grade final exams are required to provide information about their midterm.

4. All the above documents must be in pdf or jpeg format (word, rtf, odt, txt, msg documents, zip folders, screenshots or scans of social media are NOT acceptable). Applications submitted without required documents, or incorrect documents, will be rejected. 

The French Embassy is not obliged to respond to candidates whose applications are incomplete or not considered for the scholarship award.