The Émile Boutmy scholarship: Eligibility, Deadline & How to Apply

Sciences Po created the Émile Boutmy scholarship, named after the founder of Sciences Po (1871), in order to welcome the very best international students from outside the European Union. 

The Émile Boutmy scholarship fund benefits from the generous support of its sponsors (benefactors, companies, and foundations) who are eager to allow the most deserving international students to study at Sciences 

The Émile Boutmy scholarship is awarded to students arriving at Sciences Po for their first year of study.

The Émile Boutmy programme is a tuition grant of €13,100 per year, for each year, which covers part of the tuition fees for the two years of the Master's degree programme.

Émile Boutmy scholarship holders already at Sciences Po: the amount awarded through the scholarship is determined at the time of admission. It may be recalculated on a yearly basis, in accordance with tuition fee increases, when applicable.  

If you do not validate your academic year, your scholarship will be lost.

If you have been granted a scholarship and you decide to defer your admission, your scholarship will be lost.

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

Applicants who are applying via Sciences Po’s online application platform must indicate that they are applying for the Émile Boutmy scholarship in the “Financial information” section of their Sciences Po application if the application deadline has not passed.

If you are applying via Parcoursup please complete this form.

If you are currently in deferral you can apply by email before the application deadline (at: admissions@sciencespo.fr) if you are in one of the following situations:

• you did not apply to this scholarship in your application form
• you had applied and obtained this scholarship last year but lost it due to your deferral

This scholarship is awarded based on merit and according to the type of profile sought for this programme. Social criteria may also be taken into account.

Master's level candidates must indicate that they are applying to the Émile Boutmy scholarship in the “Financial information” section of their Sciences Po application.

Please note that we might ask applicants to provide proof of income and documents explaining their family situation (e.g. income tax return for both parents, payslips, divorce certificate, unemployment benefits, documents related to alimony, child support or retirement pensions, death certificate...). Applicants must also attach, if applicable, their language test.