Can a student combine the scholarship on social criteria with a job or other assistance?

Verified 22 May 2026 - Public Service / Directorate of Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)

If you are a student, you can combine the higher education scholarship on social criteria with certain financial aid and certain jobs. Here are the possibilities.

You can accumulate the scholarship on social criteria with the following aid:

  • Scholarship awarded by a local authority

On the other hand, the stock exchange on social criteria is not cumulative with the following aid:

  • Scholarship from a ministry other than higher education
  • Support for continuing training or professional integration
  • Stock exchange of a foreigner government.

In principle, you can combine your scholarship on social criteria with a professional activity. To do this, you must respect the obligation to attend classes and exams.

However, this cumulation is impossible if you have any of the following:

  • You are a civil servant
  • You have passed a boarding school competition (in medicine for example)
  • You are registered with France Travail (formerly Pôle emploi)
  • You are on an apprenticeship, professionalization or individual training leave.

FYI  

You can accumulate the scholarship on social criteria with a civic service contract.

Yes, you can combine the scholarship on social criteria with a mandatory internship, paid and integrated into your training course.

Accumulation is possible even if this internship is full-time.

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