2023 Call for applications : ENS/CSC Scholarship Programme : CALL OPEN

ENS - China Scholarship Council (CSC)

Doctoral scholarship program

Call for applications will be open from December 01st 2022 to February 01st 2023 (extention to February 15th 2023)

Under the framework agreement between the group of the 4 French Ecoles Normales Supérieures (ENS) and the China Scholarship Council (CSC), ENS Rennes launches the 2023 PhD call.

2023 step by step calendar :

• Call for applications – open from December 01st 2022 to February 15th : click here for application procedure 

• Pre-selection phase by the ENS group between February 20th and February 26th 2023.

• Pre-selected candidates must apply online through the CSC platform specifically for the ENS-CSC Scholarship Program
  http://apply.csc.edu.cn. (派出渠道：与法国高师集团合作奖学金).

• Results published in June / July 2023.

• In July, the International Office at ENS Rennes will contact each successful candidate in order to prepare his/her arrival for September 2023.

Eligibility terms and conditions :

• The scholarship is for a maximum period of 4 years.

• Candidates must be of Chinese nationality, be residing in China and must not be employed outside China at the time of application.

• Successful scholarship candidates commit to returning to China upon completion of the Full PhD or visiting PhD stay.

• Candidates must fulfill all admission and selection requirements put forth by ENS Rennes; they must prove to have a very good level in English and for certain domains in Human Sciences a very good level in French (B2 or C1 level).

• Full and visiting PhD students will be hosted within one of ENS Rennes’ partner laboratories:http://www.ens- rennes.fr/laboratoires-partenaires/.