Emile Boutmy Scholarship for Non-European Students

Paris Institute of Political Studies is an educational institute for higher studies, which is also known as science Po, its located in France. It’s a research university with research programs in social science and humanities in France.

Science Po has innumerable scholarships for both at home and international students that includes Pakistani students. Science po is looking forward in training students to serve both public and private sector.  

Science Po has six campuses with huge intake capacity that makes enough room for Pakistani students their campuses are as follow

Dijon: That focuses on Central and Eastern Europe

Reims: Africa or North America

Le Havre: That focuses on Asia and the Pacific

Nancy: That focuses on German –French region

Menton: That focuses on Mediterranean and Middle East.

Poitiers: Latin America, Spain and Portugal

Study programs

 Courses- Courses include the core social science courses.

1. Economics

2. Humanities

3. Sociology

4. Political Humanities

5. Law

6. Political Science

7. Politics & Government

8. History

Level:

both bachelors and masters grade.

Host country:

France

Host institute

Science Po

Benefits

Bachelor’s degree program:

The Emily boutmy is provided to each student for their first year of their student.

1. €7,300 per year additionally €5000 per year for the first three years of undergraduate program.

2. €3,000 per year for the first three years that would be a tuition grant.

3. €7,300 or €5,000 per year as a tuition grant.

4.  Surprisingly great 19,000€ would be granted for those Pakistani students selected by the jury.

5. During the year of studying abroad the students will be granted a tuition fee and also living expenses.

Master’s degree program:

Emily boutmy would be awarded for first year of study in following forms.

1. €10,000 per year for tuition fee of two years of master’s study.

2. €5,000 per year for tuition fee for two years of master’s study.

Conditional offer admissions students: will get all the above benefits if they haven’t applied for Emily boutmy scholarship in their application they can apply later, also those students who had applied last year but their admission got delayed due to deferral.

• ► Student must belong to a non-European union countries citizen i.e. the students can apply for the scholarship.

• Pakistani students who are applying for the first time.

• Pakistani exchange students can’t apply for the scholarship.

• Dual degree students can’t apply.

• Ph.D. program Pakistani students can’t apply.

• Dual citizenship Pakistanis also can’t apply.

• Only those students who have passed eligibility for science po as follows- who have done one of the following diplomas –

1. Foreign diploma which has been obtained abroad

2. French baccalaureate which has been obtained abroad

3. Foreign diploma that has been obtained in France.

Pakistani Students who have qualified for language requirements of the campuses they seek admissions in –

1. DIJON CAMPUS: English AND French (400 to 500 points on the TCF)

2. LE HAVRE CAMPUS: English TOEFEL (100), IELTS (7).

3. NANCY CAMPUS : French (400to 500points on TCF), English (TOEFL 90 IELTS 6)

4. MENTON CAMPUS: French (400 to 500 points on TCF), Arabic (level 3), English (TOEFEL 100).

5. POITIERS CAMPUS: French (400 and 500 points)

6. RIEMS CAMOPUS: English (TOEFL 100 IELTS 7).

How to apply?

In order to apply for the Emily Boutmy scholarship all the above criteria must be fulfilled. The Pakistani candidate needs to first make sure they fill in all the criteria requirements for Science PO admissions.

Documents needed

1. Pakistani student for admissions in science Po must have following documents :

● CV or Resume

● Academic details of last three years of secondary school education.

●Passport issued by the GOV of Pakistan.

● Transcripts verified by the Higher education commission of Pakistan .

●Proof of language proficiency as per the campus.

●Two recommendation letters.

●Letter explaining why Pakistani student wants to study in Science Po.

● The complete application form

2. In the application form itself the student must mention that they want to avail to avail Emily boutmy scholarship to avoid confusion with other scholarships.

Nationality required: students belonging to NON European Union countries which includes Pakistan can apply for the scholarship.

Application procedure

The application procedure is a two-step process and follow guidelines for undergraduate and graduate program.

1. The Pakistani students’ needs to upload all the required documents on official website.

2. The Pakistani student must wait for the interview that is the step two of the admission process.

Note: The Pakistani student won’t be automatically considered for the Emily boutmy scholarship it’s a must to mention on the application form.

Deadlines and dates

→ For undergraduate program: 8th April

→ For master’s program: 3rd January

No of awardees:

220

Question 1

Can Pakistani student apply?

Answer:

Yes Pakistani student can apply because Pakistan is not a part of European Union.

Question 2

Does Pakistani student need to give additional entry level exam for admission?

Answer:

Yes student needs to give entry test for admission in main campus but same is not required for regional campuses.

Question 3

Is this scholarship renewable?

Answer:

Yes the Pakistani student need snot to apply again and again once applied and qualified grants will be awarded each year of studies in the science Po

Question4

Is the Emily boutmy scholarship given to top students?

Answer:

Yes the Emily boutmy scholarship is awarded to meritorious students, but still the jury is to decide which student will get the grant, a good recommendation letter would come to rescue and great hold over French language would give Pakistani student an edge over other student hence increasing chances of admission to the science Po.Proper consultation would help get a better idea of the whole course.

Question 5

Can PhD students from Pakistan avail this scholarship?

Answer:

No the theses students can avail this scholarship.

Question 6

is French necessary for this scholarship?

Answer:

Yes French is very important for admissions in all campuses of science Po, not just French score of 400 to 500 TCF score is needed but other languages like Arabic, English and German proficiency are needed for admissions in various campuses and the need of language varies with course requirements.

Question 7

Is proof of financial need must?

Answer:

Yes since it’s a need and merit based scholarship.

Question 8

Does studying at science Po guarantee a high paying job after completion of education from the institute?

Answer:

Emily boutmy scholarship is proved by the science Po with the help of generous funding from big companies like L’Oreal, total and many more, hence providing a way for the deserving international student to study in such a world class environment hence employment after completion is guaranteed.