ENS International Selection Scholarships 2027 fund roughly twenty students a year, ten in Sciences and ten in Arts & Humanities, who join the รcole normale supรฉrieure (ENS-PSL) in Paris as normaliens. Winners receive a EUR 1,000 monthly grant for 36 months, plus a furnished room on an ENS campus, study for three years, and finish with a Master's degree and the ENS diploma. Both tracks share one hard deadline: 2:00 p.m. Paris time on 15 December 2026 (8:00 a.m. ET, 5:00 a.m. PT, 6:00 p.m. PKT the same day).
If you have ever dreamed of studying at the Grande รcole that trained Sartre, Buffon, and a long list of Fields Medalists, the International Selection is the door that ENS opens to students whose entire degree so far was earned outside France. This is not an exchange-semester pamphlet. It is a competitive examination with a published calendar, a fixed document list, and a selection rate the school itself puts at 5 to 10 percent.
In this guide, I walk through what the grant actually covers, the exact eligibility rules for the 2027 session, how the two tracks differ in language and testing, the documents you need on OnePSL30, and the country-specific advice for Pakistani, US, and other international applicants. Everything below was checked against the official ENS-PSL international selection pages and FAQ on 22 October 2026.
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| The Rue d'Ulm campus of the รcole normale supรฉrieure in Paris, where International Selection students often live in their first year. |
- Overview and Quick Facts
- Who Can Apply
- How Winners Are Selected
- Funding and Benefits
- Required Documents
- Language Requirements (French and English)
- Costs You Still Need to Cover
- Application Procedure
- Deadlines and Time Zones
- Visa and Residence Permit
- For Pakistani Applicants
- For US Applicants
- For Other International Applicants
- After You Receive an Offer
- Common Mistakes
- Scam Warning Signs
- How to Apply Safely
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Final Words
- Official Links
- Read More
Overview and Quick Facts
The รcole normale supรฉrieure is a French grande รฉcole whose International Selection recruits young graduates of foreign universities into the third year of a licence (bachelor) or the first year of a master's. Selected students become normaliens: they study at ENS and at a partner university at the same time, they are tutored by their department, and at the end of three years they hold a Master's degree in their specialty plus the ENS graduate degree, which requires 72 additional ECTS credits on top of the master's curriculum.
For the 2027 session, ENS has published a single application window for both tracks: 16 October 2026 at 2:00 p.m. Paris time through 15 December 2026 at 2:00 p.m. Paris time. Shortlists, tests, and results then run on separate calendars for Arts & Humanities and Sciences.
| Detail | Information |
|---|---|
| Programme | International Selection (concours), administered by รcole normale supรฉrieure - PSL |
| Host institution | รcole normale supรฉrieure, Rue d'Ulm campus and other ENS sites, Paris, France |
| Degree level | Entry at Licence 3 (third bachelor year) or Master 1, leading to a Master's degree plus the ENS diploma over three years |
| Funding type | Partial funding: EUR 1,000 per month for 36 months plus a furnished room on an ENS campus |
| What is not covered | Registration and student-life fees, travel, personal spending, and the gap between the grant and full Paris living costs |
| Tracks | Sciences (7 disciplines) and Arts & Humanities (18 disciplines); you may apply to only one track |
| Application window | 16 October 2026, 2:00 p.m. Paris time, to 15 December 2026, 2:00 p.m. Paris time |
| Main deadline | 15 December 2026, 2:00 p.m. Paris time (CET) |
| Who can apply | International students under 26 on the opening day, first-time applicants, with at least one year of undergraduate study completed at a university outside France |
| Application route | OnePSL30 platform only; no email or postal dossiers are accepted |
| Number of awards | About 20 places a year: 10 in Sciences and 10 in Arts & Humanities |
15 December 2026 at 2:00 p.m. Paris time is the hard wall for both tracks. In practical terms: 8:00 a.m. ET, 5:00 a.m. PT, 1:00 p.m. UTC, and 6:00 p.m. PKT on 15 December 2026. ENS rejects incomplete dossiers outright, and recommendation letters must be in the system by then too, so treat mid-December as your real finish line, not the opening day of winter break.
Who Can Apply
Eligibility for the International Selection sits in four layers: age, previous application history, time spent in France, and how much foreign university study you can prove. Miss any one of them and the jury never sees your file.
Age and first-attempt rules
For the 2027 session, candidates must be no older than 25 as of the date applications open. In other words, you must not have passed your 26th birthday before the window opened on 16 October 2026. You also must not have applied to the International Selection before; ENS states that dossiers from former candidates are identified by the school and are not transmitted to the juries.
Foreign-study requirement
You must justify at least one year of undergraduate study awarded by a foreign university outside France during the calendar year before applications open, and at least two years of foreign undergraduate study by 1 September following admission. If you are currently in your third year of university, you are exactly the profile ENS describes. Full transcripts for all university coursework are the proof; a partially completed degree is fine, a blank transcript is not.
France-residency rule
ENS caps prior time in France so the prize stays aimed at students coming from abroad. The Arts & Humanities page states that candidates must not have lived in France more than 10 months during the competition academic year (1 September to 31 August) or the year before it. The Sciences page phrases the same idea as not having been registered at a French higher-education institution for more than 6 months in total across those two years. If either number could describe you, read the exact wording for your track on the official page before you spend weeks preparing a dossier.
Note: On rare occasions, the Director of ENS may authorise an application from a candidate whose academic background outside France is non-standard. That is an exception path, not a loophole, and nothing on the official pages suggests it can be requested in advance.
Who cannot apply
- Anyone who turned 26 before the application window opened on 16 October 2026.
- Anyone who submitted an International Selection application in a previous year.
- Applicants whose entire degree so far comes from a French university, or who exceed the France-residency caps above.
- Applicants trying to file to both tracks at once: ENS allows one track per candidate only.
- Anyone who plans to submit by email or post. Only complete dossiers on OnePSL30 count.
You can check how your previous grades convert with our free CGPA calculator before you start the form.
How Winners Are Selected
Selection is a two-step competition, not an admissions lottery. First, the jury screens dossiers. Then shortlisted candidates sit remote tests. Test marks, not dossier prestige alone, determine the final list.
Step one: dossier screening
The jury reads your CV, motivation letter, transcripts, diploma, and, for Arts & Humanities, the research project with its bibliography. ENS publishes no fixed formula, but the FAQ is blunt about difficulty: the selection rate varies between 5 and 10 percent from year to year.
Step two: remote written and oral tests
Shortlisted candidates are invited to tests held by videoconference. Arts & Humanities candidates sit one written test and two oral tests between 15 and 26 February 2027. Sciences candidates sit their tests between 3 and 19 March 2027, with a personal invitation emailed after the shortlist. There is no fixed reading programme for the competition; the jury evaluates analysis, conceptualisation, synthesis, and the fit of your project. Calculators and personal documents are forbidden in the tests.
Practical takeaway: Your motivation letter and research project are the only parts of the dossier where you control the tone. Spend more time on those than on formatting your CV. Our guide to writing a winning motivation letter covers the structure that works for competitive European scholarships.
Funding and Benefits
The award is a monthly living grant plus campus housing, not a tuition coupon. That distinction matters when you budget for Paris and when you prepare visa paperwork.
EUR 1,000 per month
Selected students receive a monthly grant of EUR 1,000 for 36 months. ENS confirms the duration in its FAQ. The first payment covers September and October together and arrives in October 2027; later payments run monthly between the 5th and the 10th.
Room on an ENS campus
Admitted students can request a furnished room. The ENS FAQ puts the rent at EUR 315 a month. Rooms are allocated by the student delegation; first-year students are usually housed on the Rue d'Ulm campus, and the dormitory closes in August.
Master plus ENS diploma
Three years of study let you validate a Master's (M1 and M2) plus 72 additional ECTS for the ENS graduate degree. Enrolment in a Master's is compulsory, at ENS or a partner university, and so is the ENS graduate degree for International Selection students.
Fees and Paris gap
Registration fees, the student-life contribution (CVEC), travel, insurance, and personal spending stay on you. The grant is generous for a student, but Paris is expensive, so plan a small buffer beyond the EUR 1,000.
Important: Gap years are allowed (up to two, annual or biannual), but the grant is not paid during a gap year or gap semester. The ten-year public-service commitment that some French scholarships carry does not apply here: ENS states that International Selection students receive a grant rather than a salary and do not become civil servants.
Required Documents
Everything is uploaded to your personal space on OnePSL30 after you complete the initial form. ENS requires the documents below, and the order matters. An incomplete dossier is rejected without review, and no paper dossier by post will be processed.
Application form and CV
The platform form, plus a CV in French or English (for Sciences candidates, English is fine). Do not include identity documents in the dossier; ENS asks you not to.
Diploma and transcripts
Your high school diploma and full university transcripts. They must be in French or English; ENS also accepts Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese without further translation.
Motivation letter
One to three pages, Times New Roman, 12 pt, 1.5 line spacing. Science candidates write in French or English. Arts & Humanities candidates write in French, except Economics, Linguistics, and Cognitive Studies, who submit in both French and English.
Recommendation letters
Two to four letters, requested from your referees directly through OnePSL30 by entering their email addresses in the designated fields. Referees choose their own format. Use professional email addresses; ENS warns candidates against iCloud addresses, for both applicants and referees.
Research project and bibliography
A research project of at most three pages (around 10,000 characters with spaces) presenting a defined topic, a problem statement, hypotheses, and your sources, plus a bibliography of up to ten books or articles that shaped your intellectual path. Written in French, with English allowed for Economics, Linguistics, and Cognitive studies.
Study plan in the motivation letter
Sciences candidates specify one major discipline as mandatory and one optional minor, and set out their study plan: courses, research themes, and department interests, in French or English.
Write the motivation letter to the department you chose, not to a generic scholarship committee, and keep it within the one-to-three-page window after formatting.
Note: Applications sent by email will not be processed. Once your initial form is validated, the platform sends instructions for uploading the complete file as attachments. Double-check that every required item is attached before you hit submit; there is no partial review.
Language Requirements (French and English)
ENS does not ask for IELTS, TOEFL, DELF, or any other certificate for the International Selection itself. What it asks for is the ability to follow the track you chose, and the two tracks are not the same.
| Area | Arts & Humanities | Sciences |
|---|---|---|
| Language of instruction | Courses are in French | Courses are in French or English, depending on the department |
| Practical level | Roughly B1 French to follow classes and sit tests; no official diploma demanded | No official language level required |
| Motivation letter | French; both French and English for Economics, Linguistics, and Cognitive studies | French or English |
| Research project | French; English allowed for Economics, Linguistics, and Cognitive studies | Not required |
| Test language | Oral exam and interview in French; English may be used as needed | Candidates may use English in the remote tests |
Two practical consequences. First, an Arts & Humanities applicant who cannot comfortably read a French article will struggle in the dossier and in the tests, certificate or not. Second, a strong Sciences applicant from an English-medium university can run the entire competition in English and pick up French in the free courses ENS offers to international students from the start of the academic year.
Note: If you are also applying to English-taught Master's programmes elsewhere, keep those test scores ready for the other application, but do not expect ENS to ask for them. This competition runs on transcripts, letters, and live tests.
Costs You Still Need to Cover
French public higher education keeps tuition low because the state subsidises it, but students still pay registration fees and the national student-life contribution. Plan for these line items alongside your Paris rent and daily spending.
| Item | Approximate cost |
|---|---|
| Monthly grant received | EUR 1,000 for 36 months |
| Campus room rent (if allocated) | About EUR 315 per month, furnished |
| Student-life contribution (CVEC) | About EUR 105 per year across the PSL system for 2026/27 |
| Registration fees | Set by French decree for public institutions; confirm your exact amount at enrolment |
| Non-EU differentiated master's tuition | PSL master's pages currently list EUR 3,950 per year for non-EU students not holding an exemption; whether International Selection normaliens remain exempt should be confirmed with ENS before you budget |
| Food, transport, phone, personal | Paris student budgets commonly run EUR 900 to 1,200 per month beyond rent |
The tuition question deserves its own sentence. ENS's FAQ says that in French public universities tuition is paid by the state and students pay registration fees, and cognitive-science pages note that non-EU master's students have historically been exempted at ENS, but also that a May 2026 decree caps how many non-EU exemptions an institution may grant, starting at 30 percent for 2026/27. International Selection students are a distinct status, and the official pages I checked on 22 October 2026 do not spell out the fee treatment for normaliens admitted through this concours. Email ENS before you accept an offer rather than discovering the number in September.
Our scholarship deadline tracker helps you line this application up with other French and European deadlines on one calendar.
Application Procedure
There is one route: the OnePSL30 platform, linked from the official ENS international selection page. You cannot complete the dossier by email, and you cannot send it by post. Follow the flowchart, then the detailed steps under it.
Age under 26 on the opening day, first-time applicant, at least one year of foreign university study behind you, and France-residency limits respected. If one rule fails, no formatting trick will save the dossier.
Pick Sciences or Arts & Humanities, never both. In Sciences, select one major from Biology, Chemistry, Earth Sciences, Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, or Cognitive Sciences, with an optional minor. In Arts & Humanities, pick a single discipline from the published list of eighteen.
Applications opened on 16 October 2026 at 2:00 p.m. Paris time. Use a reliable email address (not an iCloud address) and keep the same address for correspondence throughout the competition.
Form, CV, motivation letter, diploma, transcripts, and, for Arts & Humanities, the research project with bibliography. Follow the required formatting: Times New Roman 12, 1.5 line spacing, one to three pages for the letter.
Enter two to four referees' email addresses in the OnePSL30 fields so the system requests their letters directly. Ask them weeks in advance; a missing letter makes the whole dossier incomplete.
Everything, including referee letters, must be in the system by 15 December 2026 at 2:00 p.m. Paris time. ENS recommends starting well before the final days, especially for referee coordination. Incomplete dossiers are rejected.
Arts & Humanities tests run 15 to 26 February 2027; Sciences tests run 3 to 19 March 2027. All candidates receive an email either way. Log in on time with a stable connection, because the tests decide the final list.
Admission results are published online and emailed: Arts & Humanities from 9 March 2027, Sciences from 26 March 2027. Admitted students then receive an invitation letter, a visa attestation, and the administrative checklist for the September 2027 intake.
Deadlines and Time Zones
ENS sets every deadline in Paris time. In December, that means Central European Time (CET, UTC+1). If you are applying from the United States, Pakistan, or anywhere outside Europe, convert the 2:00 p.m. cutoff before you plan your week, and remember that referee letters must land by the same minute as your own uploads.
| Milestone | Official time (Paris) | ET | PT | PKT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Applications opened, both tracks | 2 p.m., 16 Oct 2026 (CEST) | 8 a.m., 16 Oct | 5 a.m., 16 Oct | 5 p.m., 16 Oct |
| Hard deadline, both tracks | 2 p.m., 15 Dec 2026 (CET) | 8 a.m., 15 Dec | 5 a.m., 15 Dec | 6 p.m., 15 Dec |
| Arts & Humanities shortlist | From 21 Jan 2027 | From 21 Jan | From 21 Jan | From 21 Jan |
| Sciences shortlist | From 27 Jan 2027 | From 27 Jan | From 27 Jan | From 27 Jan |
| Arts & Humanities tests | 15 to 26 Feb 2027 | Same dates | Same dates | Same dates |
| Sciences tests | 3 to 19 Mar 2027 | Same dates | Same dates | Same dates |
| Arts & Humanities results | From 9 Mar 2027 | From 9 Mar | From 9 Mar | From 9 Mar |
| Sciences results | From 26 Mar 2027 | From 26 Mar | From 26 Mar | From 26 Mar |
Submit at least two days before 15 December and chase your referees in November, not in the last week of the term. ENS specifically warns candidates to plan ahead on recommendation letters; a late referee letter is still an incomplete dossier.
Visa and Residence Permit
Winners who need a visa apply for the French visa long sรฉjour pour รฉtudes. The sequence ENS publishes looks like this:
- Spring 2027: Admitted candidates receive an invitation letter, a visa attestation by email and/or post, a list of documents to prepare for administrative registration (translated and certified diplomas, translated birth certificate, ID photos), and information about French lessons.
- Summer 2027: Apply for the study visa at the French consulate or through the Campus France procedure that applies to your country, and prepare the registration file ENS lists.
- September 2027: Administrative registration at ENS, scholarship setup, and the residency permit (titre de sรฉjour) dossier if you need one.
- October 2027: First scholarship payment covering September and October, then monthly payments between the 5th and the 10th.
Consulate appointments in South Asia and parts of Africa routinely take longer than students expect. Wait for the visa sticker in your passport before committing to flights, and keep the ENS invitation and attestation in your hand luggage as well as online.
If your country routes master's applications through the รtudes en France platform, our Campus France application process guide explains the pre-consular steps; confirm with ENS which procedure applies to normaliens, since the concours result is what triggers your file.
For Pakistani Applicants
Pakistani students are not restricted by any nationality list here. The International Selection is open to any international student who meets the academic and residency rules. What matters from Pakistan is paperwork discipline and timing, not citizenship.
Practical points that matter specifically from Pakistan:
- Transcripts and attestation: Order sealed transcripts and any HEC attestation in October, not December. ENS wants full university transcripts, and French consulates later want certified translations of your diplomas.
- French visa timing: After the March 2027 result, the long-stay student visa process from Pakistan can take several weeks. Start the Campus France and consulate steps the week your invitation arrives.
- Time zone: The deadline converts to 6:00 p.m. PKT on 15 December 2026, which is workable for you, but referee letters from professors on winter break are not guaranteed. Ask referees by mid-November.
- Money in France: Show a realistic Paris budget alongside the EUR 1,000 grant when asked about funds, and open a plan for sending money without punitive bank fees.
- French is learnable: Even if you win through the English-friendly Sciences track, book the free French courses ENS offers international students from day one; life in a French lab and a French city gets easier fast.
If your CGPA sits near the borderline of what you think ENS expects, look at the upward or downward trend across years rather than a single transcript page.
For US Applicants
US applicants compete on the same rules as everyone else: under 26, first attempt, foreign undergraduate study, and the France-residency caps. American four-year Bachelor's degrees satisfy the "two years of undergraduate study by enrolment" requirement comfortably; the question is whether your transcripts and letter tell a story the jury can read quickly.
- No IELTS detour: Sciences track needs no English certificate, and your US degree removes any lingering doubt about language. Spend that preparation time on the research fit instead.
- French still matters for Arts: If you are applying in history, philosophy, or literature, B1-plus French is the real entry ticket, even without a DELF on file.
- Calendar fit: The 2 p.m. Paris deadline is 8:00 a.m. ET and 5:00 a.m. PT on 15 December: an early-morning submission on the US East Coast and a pre-dawn one on the West Coast. Plan for it the night before.
- Financial aid culture: There is no FAFSA equivalent and no separate scholarship form after the concours. The grant decision comes with admission, in March 2027.
- Comparing options: US students often weigh this against other generous international awards. The Eiffel Excellence Scholarship is the closest French comparison, though it is structured differently.
For Other International Applicants
Applicants from Africa, South and Southeast Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East make up most of the International Selection cohort, by design. The workflow is identical everywhere, but a few steps deserve extra attention.
Grading scales
Juries compare transcripts across dozens of national systems. If your university uses a percentage scale, a 10-point scale, or a "division" system, attach the official grading key so the jury can interpret your results without guessing. A CGPA conversion is useful for your own estimate, but the transcript plus its official key is what ENS actually reads.
Document languages
Diplomas and transcripts must be in French or English; Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese are accepted too. Anything else needs a proper translation arranged before the December deadline, not after.
Cognitive Studies as a bridge
Cognitive Sciences appears in both tracks. If your background mixes psychology, linguistics, computer science, or neuroscience, check both departments' pages before choosing, because the curriculum and the test expectations differ, and you must still pick a single track for the application.
Alternatives worth tracking
If France is one of several countries on your list, compare this with other European and French awards, such as the Eiffel Excellence Scholarship above and Nordic options like the SDU Danish Government Scholarship, before you finalise your shortlist.
After You Receive an Offer
The March result is the beginning of the administrative marathon, not the end of it.
- Read the email fully: Results are published online and emailed to every candidate, admitted or not. Admitted students receive the invitation letter, visa attestation, and registration checklist in the following weeks.
- Translate and certify: Diplomas and birth certificates often need sworn translations for the September registration file. Start this in April, not August.
- Visa first, flights second: Apply for the visa long sรฉjour pour รฉtudes as soon as your attestation arrives.
- Administrative registration in September: Complete enrolment, set up the scholarship, and file the titre de sรฉjour paperwork if required.
- Housing: Request your ENS room early; first-year students are usually housed on Rue d'Ulm, and allocation runs through the student delegation, not an automated portal.
Note: Keep every PDF (the result email, invitation, attestation, translations, and later the scholarship paperwork) in one folder you can access from your phone at the consulate and at the border.
Common Mistakes
- Applying to both tracks: ENS allows one track per candidate. A double application is a single invalid one.
- Ignoring the referee deadline: Your dossier is incomplete until all recommendation letters are in the platform, and the same 15 December, 2 p.m. cutoff applies to referees.
- Treating the letter as a generic essay: The motivation letter must name your discipline, department, courses, and research direction. A letter that could apply to any university wastes your only narrative space.
- Forgetting the Arts research project: Arts & Humanities candidates need the three-page research project with bibliography in French (with the English exceptions listed above). Missing it equals rejection.
- Expecting an English certificate requirement: There is none to prepare for Sciences, but also no English test score to hide behind if your written work is weak.
- Underbudgeting Paris: EUR 1,000 a month plus a EUR 315 room helps enormously, but registration fees, the CVEC, and daily life still need a plan.
- Waiting for the visa to start paperwork: Certified translations and consulate appointments take weeks; begin the week your result arrives.
Scam Warning Signs
ENS runs the International Selection through its own OnePSL30 platform, linked from ens.psl.eu. Nobody at ENS charges a fee to "register" you for the concours, and no agent can buy you a shortlist place.
- "Guaranteed admission" agents: A 5 to 10 percent selection rate cannot be purchased. Anyone promising a seat is lying.
- Requests to pay by wire or crypto: Application fees are not part of this process. Hang up.
- Personal email domains: Real ENS communication comes from ens.psl.eu or psl.eu addresses. Free-mail "officers" are impostors.
- Social-media middlemen: ENS does not recruit through WhatsApp agents or Facebook comments. Start only from the official page linked at the end of this guide.
How to Apply Safely
- Start on the official ENS international selection page and follow its OnePSL30 link. The window opened on 16 October 2026 and closes on 15 December 2026.
- Verify the calendar, document list, and eligibility wording on that same page within a week of submitting; ENS updates pages between sessions.
- Never send passport scans, transcripts, or money to an individual who contacts you about this scholarship on social media.
- If an email claiming to be from ENS asks for payment or uses a free mail domain, report it to the addresses listed on ens.psl.eu and delete it.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the deadline for ENS International Selection 2027?
Applications for both the Sciences and Arts & Humanities tracks open on 16 October 2026 at 2:00 p.m. Paris time and close on 15 December 2026 at 2:00 p.m. Paris time. That converts to 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time, 5:00 a.m. Pacific Time, and 6:00 p.m. Pakistan Standard Time on 15 December. Incomplete dossiers are rejected, so submit early. Last checked: 22 October 2026.
How much is the ENS International Selection grant?
Selected students receive a monthly grant of EUR 1,000 for 36 months, plus a furnished room on one of the ENS campuses. The ENS FAQ states the room rent is EUR 315 a month, and rooms are allocated by the student delegation, with the first year usually on the Rue d'Ulm campus in Paris.
Who can apply to the ENS International Selection?
International students under 26 on the opening day of applications, applying for the first time, who completed at least one year of undergraduate study at a university outside France in the year before applications open, and who will have at least two years of foreign undergraduate study by 1 September after admission. You must not have lived in France more than ten months across the competition year and the year before it. ENS admits about ten students in Sciences and ten in Arts & Humanities each year.
Do I need French or an English test score to apply?
No official language certificate is required for the Sciences track, and Sciences applicants may answer written and oral tests in English; courses there are taught in French or English depending on the department. For Arts & Humanities, courses are in French, and you need roughly a B1 level to follow classes and sit the tests, though ENS does not demand an official French diploma. High school diplomas and transcripts must be in French or English (Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese are also accepted).
Final Words
The ENS International Selection is one of the few routes in Europe that pays you a real stipend to study at a world-class research school from your third bachelor year or first master year. It is also brutally selective, single-attempt, and unforgiving of incomplete files. Check the age rule against 16 October 2026, pick your one track and discipline early, recruit referees in November, and treat 2:00 p.m. Paris time on 15 December 2026 as a hard wall.
If this guide helped you, explore more scholarship walkthroughs on Study Abroad with Arbaz, use our free CGPA tool to sharpen the dossier, and share the deadline tracker with a friend applying to France. Questions about a specific discipline or document are welcome in the comments; I read them.
Official Links
International selection (main page, OnePSL30 link, calendars)
ens.psl.eu international selection
FAQ about International selection
ens.psl.eu International Selection FAQ
ENS admissions overview
ens.psl.eu admissions
Concours reports and past subjects
ens.psl.eu past International Selection reports
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Ready to Apply for ENS International Selection Scholarships 2027?
Read the official ENS pages, confirm your eligibility, and submit your complete dossier on OnePSL30 by 2:00 p.m. Paris time on 15 December 2026.
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Published: October 22, 2026
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