Financing your studies — Enerlab Academy

Six schemes to finance your studies at Enerlab Academy — depending on your situation (student, employee, job seeker, international student), there is almost always a solution that requires no upfront payment from you.

01 Six funding schemes in France

Identify your situation, identify your scheme.

Work-study (contrat d'apprentissage)

The vast majority of our programmes are available as work-study contracts (contrat d'apprentissage).

Zero tuition fees for you — your employer's OPCO (skills operator) funds the institution directly.

You also receive a monthly salary based on your age.

Professionalisation contract (contrat de professionnalisation)

A scheme for employees retraining or job seekers.

Training costs funded by the employer's OPCO.

Guaranteed pay throughout the duration of the contract.

CPF — French Personal Training Account

Some of our accredited programmes are eligible for the French personal training account (CPF).

Use your accumulated rights to fully or partially fund your training through your CPF account.

Regional and national grants

Need-based grants through the CROUS Versailles-Grand Paris.

Île-de-France regional grants also complement this scheme.

France Travail (the French public employment service, formerly Pôle Emploi)

Job seekers: your France Travail advisor can fund your training through an Individual Training Action (Action Individuelle de Formation — AIF).

Contact your local agency for more information.

Instalment plan

For full-time programmes (without work-study), we offer a payment plan spread over 3 or 10 monthly instalments at no extra cost.

02 Which scheme fits your situation ?

Four profiles, four recommended combinations.

Full-time student — work-study + CROUS grant + APL housing allowance
Employee retraining — CPF + skills development plan + employer funding
Job seeker — AIF from France Travail + OPCO if professionalisation contract
Self-funded — instalment plan over 10 months

03 Grants for international students

Applying from abroad ?

Six schemes can fully or partially fund your studies.

French Government Scholarships (BGF — Bourses du Gouvernement Français)

Awarded by the French Embassy in your country.

Typically cover tuition, monthly allowance, and a return flight.

Apply one year before the start of the academic year.

Eiffel Excellence Scholarship

Reserved for Master's and Doctoral programmes. €1,181/month + allowances + return flight.

Applications submitted exclusively by institutions — Enerlab can apply on your behalf.

Submission in January, results in March.

AUF — Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie

For students from French-speaking countries (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon…).

Short and long mobility programmes available.

Bilateral grants

Algeria: Ministry of Higher Education — Morocco: National Student Welfare Office (Œuvres Universitaires) — Tunisia: Ministry — Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon: subject to annual bilateral programmes.

International organisations

OIF (Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie), Islamic Development Bank (for member countries), African Development Bank.

Day-to-day living support in France

CAF (housing benefit up to €200/month), CROUS (subsidised accommodation and meals), student discounts widely available (museums, transport, cinema).

Enerlab Academy Scholarships: Enerlab Academy does not award direct scholarships for 2026–2027.

A scholarship policy will be introduced at a later date.

04 Speak to our financing advisor

Office hours: Monday–Friday 9:30 am–5:30 pm (Paris time).

Useful links: International admission · International work-study

Study tuition-free.