Excellence Scholarships
CORE Graduate Programme
Call for applications from November 06 to January 31
We are pleased to announce the launch of the Excellence Scholarship Campaign for Masters students who wish to attend one of the masters of the Conflicts and Recomposition in a Globalized World (CORE)
About the CORE Graduate programme
The CORE Graduate Programme aims at training students in the fields of social sciences and economics. CORE’s vision and ambition is to expand the frontier of scientific knowledge by creating a multidisciplinary dialogue articulating research and training at the graduate and doctoral levels. Adopting a deep and comprehensive approach, anchored in geopolitics, public and political economics.
The CORE initiative addresses three main issues:
Societies, inequalities and cohesion;
Mobilities and circulation;
Security and safety.
These scholarships are intended for foreign students wishing to enroll in master in Advanced Economics (100% English) or European Studies.
The Master’s in European and International Studies (taught 50% in English) trains social science specialists in contemporary issues across three regions: East Asia, Europe, and North Africa/Middle East, with a focus on regional dynamics and globalization. The European Studies track explores Europe’s specific challenges and global interactions through an interdisciplinary approach involving geography, economics, and history, while emphasizing advanced language skills.
The Master’s in Economics at ENS de Lyon, offered entirely in English, provides a strong foundation in economics with a focus on rigorous research. The two-year program includes core courses in Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Statistics, and Econometrics, alongside advanced electives, seminars, and a Master’s thesis supervised by expert faculty. Students gain practical experience through internships and can broaden their perspectives with courses in public law and regional studies. Graduates are equipped for careers in government, consulting, and finance or for pursuing a Ph.D. in Economics.
This training programme is part of the Graduate+ project involving four French universities on the Lyon – Saint-Etienne site: Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, Université Jean Moulin and Université Jean Monnet.
Graduate+ proposes 15 transdisciplinary thematic programmes of excellence from undergraduate to doctoral level, intensive immersion into the world of research, scholarships for international students as well as scholarships for international mobility.
Scholarship amount
The amount of the scholarship is €1000 per month for 10 months, totaling €10000 per year per recipient.
Eligibility criteria
To be a foreign student, newcomer to a French university and living outside of France at the time of the application (French dual citizenship allowed)
Having obtained a Bachelor degree or 1 year of Master before August 31(deadline) in the field of social sciences and economics or any field related to CORE GRADUATE INITIATIVE
Award criteria
Excellence of the academic background
Internship experiences and technical skills in research
Motivation and consistency of the professional project
Application Procedure
Submissions open: November 6th, 2024
Deadline for applications: January 31th, 2025
Candidates must send their application as a single file in PDF format to the following the link:
To be enclosed with the application:
- Proof of higher education diplomas: Bachelor or Master 1 (180 or 240 ECTS for European students)
- Curriculum Vitae (1 page)
- Motivation letter: 1 page explaining the applicant’s career goals, how this Master’s programme will help the applicant to achieve them and their motivations to join Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1
- Description of studies
- Transcripts of records from Bachelor’s degree on
- If applicable, abstracts of the candidate’s previous work (e.g. dissertation, books, internship reports, scientific articles…).
- Certificate of English level (TOEFL, IELTS, ECRL), except for English native speakers
- Copy of an official identity document
The jury will meet the week of February 24th, 2025 and notifications will be issued on the week of March 3rd, 2025.
Administrative prodecure
In parallel with the above procedure, students should act according to their situation and apply to the training programme on the dedicated national platforms.
These two procedures are independent of each other but compulsory.
Information can be found on the Graduate + website: