Eligibility requirements
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.).



