Cambodia & Cooperation : France Excellence Scholarship Campaign (ex-BGF) 2025-2026

The French Embassy in Cambodia is pleased to announce the opening of the “France Excellence” Scholarship campaign for the 2025-2026 academic year.

Previously known as “BGF” (Bourses du Gouvernement Français), this prestigious program is open to all Cambodian students and young researchers wishing to pursue their studies in France, in Master's and Doctorate programs, in French or English.

Around sixty scholarships will be awarded as part of this campaign, for new laureates and scholarship renewals.

For the 2024-2025 academic year, 56 Cambodian students have benefited. Candidates can apply in any field of study, with a particular focus on law, human and social sciences, health, agroecology and the environment, engineering and the arts.

As part of its partnership approach, the French Embassy has also developed co-financed scholarships with Cambodian institutions: scholarships co-financed with the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport (MoEYS) or with the Cambodian Academy of Digital Technology (CADT) are offered to train Cambodian students and researchers in the fields of science, technology, engineering, mathematics (STEM) as well as computer science and telecommunications.

More than 170 Cambodian students are currently studying in France, thanks to various scholarship and funding schemes: France Excellence Scholarships, France Excellence Eiffel Scholarhips, Erasmus+ program or the Specialized/in-depth Medical Training Diploma (Diplôme de Formation Médicale Spécialisée/Approfondie, DFMS/DFMSA). Since 2014, more than 1,200 Cambodian students have benefited from scholarships to pursue their studies in France.

The French Embassy strongly encourages Cambodian students to seize this opportunity to study in France to enrich their academic and professional careers. Studying in France, at one of the world's leading universities or academic institutions, is the assurance of benefiting from one of the best and most accessible higher education systems in the world.

In 2023-2024, over 430,000 foreign students, including more than 800 Cambodians, were enrolled in French higher education, making France one of the world's leading host countries for foreign students.

The deadline for applications is Sunday, January 26, 2025. Candidates are invited to download and carefully read the application form and information leaflet available on the websites of the French Embassy in Cambodia and Campus France Cambodia. For all questions relating to studying in France, students can contact Campus France, the French agency dedicated to promoting higher education and assisting with mobility to France.

Contact details:

Campus France Cambodia :

Language Center of the French Institute in Cambodia, #218, street 184,

Phnom Penh

Phone: 076 268 8782

Email: campusfrance@ifcambodge.com

www.cambodge.campusfrance.org  et www.facebook.com/campusfrancecambodge

French Embassy in Cambodia: https://kh.ambafrance.org/