PHILFRANCE-DOST SCHOLARSHIPS
Please make sure to double-check your documents before submitting them.
Applications that do not follow these instructions (such as having incorrect/incomplete files) will be discarded.
DOST requirements
- Completed DOST Application Form
- Available for download here
- Birth certificate
- Endorsement from two former professors in college (For MS applicant) or from two professors in the MS program for applicants pursuing a PhD program
- If employed at the time of application submission, please include these two additional documents:
- Recommendation from Head of Agency
- Permission to take a leave of absence (LOA) while on scholarship
- If employed at the time of application submission, please include these two additional documents:
- Medical certificate as to health status and fitness to study from a licensed physician with his/her PRC license number indicated
- Valid NBI Clearance
- Budgetary requirements (with supporting document for bases of rates used)
- Available for download here
- Re-entry plan, narrative
French Embassy requirements
- A CV (maximum of two pages) detailing your academic, professional, and leadership experience
- An academic essay no longer than 500 words, explaining your reasons for wanting to study in France and how your experience and degree will benefit the Philippines and Filipino society
- NB: Essays exceeding the word limit will be discarded along with the application. Be advised that we ask for an academic essay, not a cover or motivation letter.
Common requirements
- A certified true copy of the official transcript of records (university-level grades)
- A copy of the program of study or study plan (your chosen program’s curriculum or academic calendar) for its duration
- This is usually available on the website of the French HEI. You can also ask for a copy from their admissions team or program coordinator
- Letter/s of acceptance or proof of a completed application to Master’s or PhD degree programs, issued by the French public university where you applied to
- Letter/s of acceptance: Digital copy or screenshot of acceptance email
- Proof of a completed application: Screenshot of the automated email confirmation upon successful submission of your application or a screenshot of the onscreen notification (on the HEI's online application portal) of your completed application
- Important note for PhD applicants:
- In applying to Doctoral schools in France, it is common for candidates to contact a laboratory/department or a professor directly through email
- As an alternative proof of application, we accept PDF copies of your correspondences provided that it states their interest in your proposal or approval in supervising your research work.
- In applying to Doctoral schools in France, it is common for candidates to contact a laboratory/department or a professor directly through email
Document formats:
- Word (.docx) format
- Re-entry plan
- Academic essay
- PDF format
- All the other documents
- Kindly reduce the size of your PDFs, the maximum file size for each PDF is 2 MB.
Important points to remember:
- The online application form is only accessible through a desktop web browser and is not available on mobiles and tablets.
- Additional documents (such as letters of recommendation) submitted without the Embassy requesting them, will not be accepted.
- Any attempt to unduly influence the decision-making process (such as intervention by third parties) will result in the dismissal of the candidate’s application.