What support can a student receive?

Verified 25 September 2026 - Public Service / (Prime Minister)

If you are a student, you can, depending on your situation, benefit from certain aids.

Tableau - Aid to which a student may be entitled

Situation

Maximum age

Allocation Type

Amount of annual aid

Accumulation possible

Conditions

Student who encounters material difficulties in pursuing his studies

28 years, except in exceptional cases

Scholarship on social criteria (BCS)

Up to €7,602

  • Merit Aid
  • Talent Scholarship
  • Support for international mobility
  • One-off emergency assistance

Conditions for the award of the BCS

Scholarship student who obtained the mention Very good to the Bac

28 years, except in exceptional cases

Merit Aid

€900

  • Scholarship on social criteria
  • Support for international mobility
  • Emergency aid

Conditions for granting aid on the basis of merit

Student who received a high school scholarship the previous school year and who accepted on Parcoursup an admission proposal outside his academy of residence

No

Mobility aid Parcoursup

€500

  • Scholarship on social criteria
  • Merit Aid
  • Support for international mobility
  • Emergency aid

Conditions for granting mobility aid Parcoursup

Student preparing for a public service competition in a Talent Preparation or a Talent Path

No

Talent Scholarship

€5,000

  • Scholarship on social criteria

Conditions for awarding Talent Scholarships

Student wishing to follow a higher education abroad or do an international internship

28 years, except in exceptional cases

Support for international mobility

Up to €4,000

  • Scholarship on social criteria
  • Merit Aid
  • Annual emergency aid

Conditions for granting mobility aid

Student experiencing financial difficulties

35 years

Emergency aid

Up to €6,335

If it is an annual aid:

  • Support for international mobility
  • Merit Aid
  • Specific one-off aid
  • In the case of one-off aid:

    • Scholarship on social criteria
    • Support for international mobility
    • Merit Aid

Conditions for the award of the annual specific aid and the specific one-off aid

Scholarship student, just obtained his license, who wishes to enroll in Master 1 in another region

No

Mobility aid for enrollment in Master 1

€1,000

  • Merit Aid
  • Talent Scholarship
  • Support for international mobility
  • One-off emergency assistance

Conditions for granting mobility aid in Master's degree

Please note

You can also benefit under conditions local aid or allocations, but also according to your situation of a housing assistance.

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