The Fulbright/ENS de Rennes Award is a partnership grant in the Fulbright U.S. Student Program’s France offer, run with the École Normale Supérieure de Rennes.
Grantees spend 12–24 months in Rennes on an ENS Rennes master’s in fields such as complex systems engineering, computer science, cybersecurity, water science, ecology, sports science, or environmental, energy and transport economics.
Benefits & funding
- Full tuition waiver for the degree and optional summer school
- About €1,350 a month (estimated, subject to change), plus a €1,200 one-time allowance
- International travel, health insurance and mental-health support
- Second-year funding only if first-year academic requirements are met
- Housing is arranged by the grantee
Eligibility
- US citizens or nationals at the deadline; permanent residents not eligible; dual citizens eligible
- Graduating seniors or bachelor’s holders, degree conferred before the grant starts; no PhD by the deadline
- No residence in France in the year before the grant (9 months counts); not resident abroad for 5 of the past 6 years
- French at high intermediate level recommended; at least intermediate French required by the grant start
- Recent staff of the State Department, USAID, IIE or a Fulbright commission, and their families, are barred
Can you apply?
Here's who can apply
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“Residency in host country NOT permitted in year prior to grant … Applicants who currently hold or will hold a doctoral degree (Ph.D.) by the national application deadline. … Anyone who has resided abroad for five or more years in the six-year period preceding the national application deadline.” Eligibility
Eligible nationalities
USA
Education required
Bachelor Enrolled · Bachelor
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Application process
- 1Contact the ENS Rennes International Office first and get approval.
- 2Apply via the Fulbright U.S. Student online application by the national deadline, including the ENS Rennes invitation letter and a Foreign Language Evaluation.
Program timeline
6 October 2026
2027–28 deadline (closed)
recommendations
End of January
final selections
March–June
1 September 2027
grant starts; orientation in late September
next application opens
Spring 2027