Paris Cite University

Université Paris Cité aims to promote access for international students who wish to undertake their academic studies at the master’s level and for those pursuing research projects at the doctoral level. We offer several types of scholarship programmes. The criteria and eligibility requirements for each programme may be different depending on your situation.

The Eiffel excellence programme managed by France’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development, enables top international students to benefit from financial support, allowing them to enrol in Master degree and PhD programmes.

The SMARTS-UP programme, financed by the SFRI call (Structuring training through research in initiatives of excellence) at Université of Paris, aims to promote the internationalization of Master’s programmes and facilitate the admission of the best international students. Within this framework, it is intended to finance incoming mobility grants for 2025-2026 to enable the University Research Schools (EUR) to welcome international students in the various Masters programmes.

Université Paris Cité is taking part in the national DuoDay initiative on 19 November by creating pairs made up of a person with a disability and a volunteer staff member for a day of mutual discovery. A different perspective on disability The 9th national edition of...

For the first time, Université Paris Cité has reached 57th place worldwide in the Shanghai Ranking (ARWU), its highest position since its foundation. It also remains the fourth-ranked university in France. The latest Shanghai Ranking, or Academic Ranking of World...

Thanks to the support of the SMARTS-UP Graduate Schools programme, Federica Namor, a PhD student at the Saint-Louis Research Institute (IRSL – Université Paris Cité/Inserm) and Marie Robert, a young doctor from the Center for Research on Inflammation (CRI – Université...

As part of the strategic partnership between Université Paris Cité (UPCité) and the University of Toronto (U of T), supported by the Initiative of Excellence (IdEx), a third joint research call for proposals was launched in 2026.Université Paris Cité – University of...