Émile Boutmy Scholarship 2027

This schoalrship is for Undergraduate and Master's students.

Sciences Po created the Émile Boutmy scholarship, named after the founder of Sciences Po (1872), 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.

• Table of Content
• About Sciences Po
• Émile Boutmy scholarship Undergraduate Scholarship
• Aim and Benefits of Émile Boutmy scholarship Undergraduate Scholarship
• Requirements for Émile Boutmy scholarship Undergraduate Scholarship Qualification
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

Émile Boutmy scholarship Undergraduate Scholarship

Aim and Benefits of Émile Boutmy scholarship Undergraduate Scholarship

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

Bachelor's Programme:

• The Émile Boutmy scholarship entitles students to either a total exemption or an exemption of €9,500 from tuition fees.

Master's Programme:

• The Émile Boutmy scholarship entitles the recipient to a €18,500 exemption from tuition fees for each of the two years of the Master's programme.

Requirements for Émile Boutmy scholarship Undergraduate Scholarship Qualification

• To be eligible for the scholarship, students must be: first time applicants to Sciences Po, 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's in Journalism and International Affairs and for the Master's in journalism
• Master’s level dual-degree candidates, unless you are applying for one of the following programmes:
  • the dual degree in Journalism Sciences Po/Columbia University
  • 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 any other scholarship awarded by Sciences Po and its partners (Mastercard, CARE, Fondation de France/René Seydoux, China Scholarship council, etc);
• may be combined with external scholarships (Eiffel, AEFE, French government scholarships, etc.). 

Application Deadline

How to Apply

Bachelor's Programme:

• Applicants from foreign secondary schools
  • Applicants from foreign secondary schools must indicate that they are applying to the Émile Boutmy scholarship in the “Financial information” section of their Sciences Po application.
• Applicants from French secondary schools

  • Applicants from French secondary schools must contact the Admission Office by completing the online form, once their application has been validated on Parcoursup.

Master's Programme:

• Master's level candidates must indicate that they are applying to the Émile Boutmy scholarship in the “Financial information” section of their Sciences Po application.
• Applicants must also attach, if applicable, their language test.

Candidates currently in deferral (Undergraduate College and Master's level)

• Requesting a deferral of enrollment will result in the loss of the Emile Boutmy scholarship, if it was awarded upon admission. It is not possible to apply for, nor reapply for the scholarship the following year.

Deadlines:

• Deadline for undergraduate programme (applicants from foreign secondary schools): January 13, 2027 (results in April).
• Deadline for undergraduate programme (applicants from French secondary schools): April 1st, 2027.
• Deadline for master programme: 18 October (1st committee, results before December 20) or 29 November (2nd committee, results before March 2).

For further information regarding the Boutmy scholarship, please contact the Student Services Centre.

For more information, kindly visit Sciences Po scholarship webpage.