French Embassy in Ghana Scholarship for Masters Students 2025-2026

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.

In France, a Master’s program usually lasts two years (M1 + M2). The fields of study include: 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.

Scholarship of French Embassy

• The scholarship covers two academic years if the scholar is admitted in M1, and one academic year if the scholar is admitted in M2.

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Eligibility for French Embassy

• 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;
• 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).

French Proficiency is not a requirement for application (except for Masters in FLE French as a Foreign Language).

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Application

Applicants are required to submit combined softcopies 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)
• 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)

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