Application Deadline: 30th April 2025
Applications are now open for the 2025/2026 French Embassy in Ghana Master’s Degree Scholarship Programme. Within the framework of academic cooperation and student mobility between France and Ghana for the 2025-2026 academic year, the French Embassy in Ghana is offering full Scholarships to Ghanaian students at Master’s levels on a merit and needs basis.
Note that in France, a Master’s program usually lasts two years (M1 + M2). The scholarship covers two academic years if the scholar is admitted in M1, and one academic year if the scholar is admitted in M2.
Eligibility criteria:
- French Proficiency is not a requirement for application (except for Masters in FLE French as a Foreign Language).
- Be fully committed to take up a course of study in France for the academic year 2025-2026 and 2026-2027 for the full master program in France (M1 and M2)
- Have Ghanaian nationality and reside in Ghana
- Under 30 years old
- Hold a Bachelor’s degree for a Master
- Have completed National Service
- First Class or Second-Class Upper applications will be given priority consideration
Fields of Study:
- STEM, Mathematic, ICST, Health, Environment and Sustainable Development, Archaeology and Heritage studies, Cultural and Creative Industries, Agriculture and Food Industry, French as a foreign language.
Application Procedure
- Applicants are required to submit combined soft copies of their application file by email, the combined documents must be named: Name-Surname_2025_Master.pdf
- The subject of the message should include Name-Surname-2025-Master of the applicant.
- An acknowledgement of receipt of a complete application will be sent to applicants via email.
The application file should contain the following:
- Copy of your international passport data page (valid for a minimum of two years)
- Recommendation letter from your university (not mandatory but strongly recommended)
- Application form to be downloaded and filled (typed): Application-Form-2025-2026
- Cover letter of the student (maximum of 1 page) detailing the student’s motivation and highlighting how the desired course will support the student’s career development.
- Copies of full Undergraduate transcript (in one or 2 documents maximum)
- Admission letter with a French university for a master’s degree.
- Detailed Curriculum Vitae (3 p. max)
- Documents describing the financial situation of the applicant (certificate of scholarship for studies in progress, pay slips or bank statements of students or parents)
Application Timeline:
- 30th April 2025 : deadline for application
- From May to June 2025: Interview for scholarship recipients
- July 2025: As soon as selected, start of the visa application process.
- September/October 2025: Beginning of the 2025/2026 academic year, departure for France.
Applications are to be sent in a single pdf file to: [email protected]
For More Information:
Visit the Official Webpage of the French Embassy in Ghana Master’s Degree Scholarship Programme