Background information 2024
ENS Group - China Scholarship Council (CSC)
The framework agreement between the ENS France group (Ulm, Paris-Saclay, Lyon, Rennes) and the China Scholarship Council allows for the funding of up to 20 thesis scholarships per year. The objective of this program is to encourage the best Chinese students to come and do a thesis or a research stay in one of the laboratories of the ENS group.
All fields in correlation with the teaching and research departments at the Ecole normale supérieure de Rennes.
There are two scholarship schemes:
- Thesis grant (36 to 48 months): single degree in France or co-directed joint thesis.
- Research residency grant (6 to 24 months): single degree in China with an international component (co-direction for example) and an invitation to carry out a research residency in a French institution.
Application file should consist of :
- Detailed CV of the candidate (with level of English and/or French),
- Letter of motivation from the candidate in English or French,
- Copy of the candidate's passport,
- CV of the French thesis director signed,
- Thesis proposal signed by the thesis director (form),
- Letter of acceptance signed by the thesis director with a description of the proposed thesis topic and the context of the cooperation. This letter must be approved by the Director of the laboratory and the Director of the Graduate School.
- Letter of motivation from the candidate in English or French,
- Copy of the candidate's passport,
- CV of the French thesis director signed,
- Thesis proposal signed by the thesis director (form),
- Letter of acceptance signed by the thesis director with a description of the proposed thesis topic and the context of the cooperation. This letter must be approved by the Director of the laboratory and the Director of the Graduate School.
Applicant Eligibility Requirements
- The scholarship is for a maximum of 4 years. Its amount is 1350 €/month.
- Co-supervision and co-direction of a thesis are preferred. In the case of a cotutelle, the scholarship is paid for the periods when the Chinese doctoral student is in France.
- Applicants must be of Chinese nationality, reside in China and not have a job outside China at the time of application.
- Candidates who have been awarded the CSC scholarship are committed to return to China after the defense of the thesis or after a post-doctoral stay abroad (after agreement from the CSC).
- Candidates must meet the admission and selection requirements of ENS Rennes and of the relevant doctoral school; they must demonstrate a very good level of English and, for candidates in the humanities and social sciences, a very good level of French (B2 minimum, C1 recommended).
- Candidates must be hosted in a doctoral school attached to ENS Rennes.
- Co-supervision and co-direction of a thesis are preferred. In the case of a cotutelle, the scholarship is paid for the periods when the Chinese doctoral student is in France.
- Applicants must be of Chinese nationality, reside in China and not have a job outside China at the time of application.
- Candidates who have been awarded the CSC scholarship are committed to return to China after the defense of the thesis or after a post-doctoral stay abroad (after agreement from the CSC).
- Candidates must meet the admission and selection requirements of ENS Rennes and of the relevant doctoral school; they must demonstrate a very good level of English and, for candidates in the humanities and social sciences, a very good level of French (B2 minimum, C1 recommended).
- Candidates must be hosted in a doctoral school attached to ENS Rennes.