Join EIGSI How to join EIGSI from abroad

If you are already studying in France, even if you are not French, the standard admission routes (Parcoursup, competitive exams) apply to you directly. This is also the case if you attend a French high school abroad (you apply through Parcoursup), or if you completed your preparatory classes in France before applying to EIGSI (you go through the standard competitive exams).

Three partner preparatory schools welcome you, in Benin, Cameroon and Côte d’Ivoire. If you complete your preparatory cycle there, you benefit from facilitated admission to EIGSI after your two years: admission at bac+2 level, joining the 3rd year of the engineering cycle in France.

Around thirty students join the school this way every year. Your main contact is the programme coordinator at your institution, who works directly with EIGSI; you can also contact our school beforehand.

If you are nominated by SNIM (Société nationale industrielle et minière de Mauritanie), a long-standing EIGSI partner, you join the school directly after the baccalaureate, through a simplified procedure.

In both cases, you will also go through Campus France to validate your level of French and complete your administrative formalities.

Whatever your intended entry level (after the baccalaureate, at bac+2 or another level), you apply through Campus France or through admission on application, and you can join EIGSI in any year of the programme.

Once your enrolment is confirmed, you join the same welcome scheme as students from partner preparatory schools: campus life, support for international students, housing solutions. Only the admission route differs, not the support once you are here.

If you are nominated by SNIM, you can join either the La Rochelle or the Casablanca campus.

If you come from a partner preparatory school, you currently join La Rochelle only. The Casablanca campus also welcomes its own international students.

Joining EIGSI from abroad is a big step, for you and for your loved ones, especially if you come from a partner preparatory school. EIGSI makes sure to give you and your family all the reassurance you need:

• A full presentation of the school and its programme
• Clear information about your living conditions (welcome, housing, catering, climate, safety)
• Help with your administrative formalities: residence permit application, social security registration, supplementary health insurance, opening a bank account

If you are applying outside a partnership, visit the Campus France website to start the process.