Excellence Scholarships Program - WINGS

Digital Systems for Humans Graduate school provides financial and non-financial support to high-achieving and committed students from all over the world.

Who is eligible  ?

Eligible Master's degree programs:

  • Master Informatique (Computer Science - Fully available in English)
  • Master Electronique, Systèmes de télécommunications (Electronics - in French)
  • Master MIAGE (IT Methods for Business Management - in French)
  • Master Stratégie digitale (Digital Strategy - in French - Joint program with ELMI Graduate School of Economics and Management)
  • Master Droit de la propriété intellectuelle et des nouvelles technologies (Digital Law and Intellectual Property - in French)
  • SKEMA MSc in Digital Business and Artificial Intelligence (in English)

You must:
  • Apply to one of the eligible Master’s degrees (see above).
  • Be of foreign nationality (non French) and enrolled in a study program abroad. Candidates with dual nationality, one of whose nationalities is French, are not eligible.
  • Be under 25 years old at the time of application.
  • Live in France during the academic year for which the scholarship is given. A Wings scholarship cannot be awarded to students who take distance courses from abroad.
  • Commit to doing your final Master 2 internship (and possibly your Master 1 internship) in one of the Digital Systems for Humans Graduate school partner laboratories.
  • Express interest in pursuing a PhD degree following the Master's Degree.

Have you already received a Wings scholarship during your Master 1? The scholarship is renewed in the second year of the Master’s program if you have passed your M1 with an average of over 14/20.
How to apply?
  • Apply for the eligible Master's of your choice
The application process for our Masters is online:
    - Apply for a Master's from Université Côte d’Azur
    - Apply for the SKEMA MSc in Digital Business and Artificial Intelligence
Selection Process
  • The Wings excellence scholarships are awarded by the master’s programs coordinators.
  • The scholarship is effectively awarded if the student completes his/her registration for the planned Master’s degree.
Financial Conditions
  • A Wing Excellence Scholarship consists of an allocation of 8 000 euros to cover your daily expenses, paid in two installments (50% in the first semester and 50% in the second semester, subject to passing the first semester’s exams).
  • Duration : one academic year (M1 or M2), conditionally renewable in M2.
  • Can be combined with other grants up to a maximum of 8 000 euros for all grants per academic year. Example : you are a recipient of a 5 000 euro scholarship from your state. The amount of the Wings scholarship in this case could not exceed 3 000 euros.
  • Please note: tuition fees are not covered by the Wings Program.
  • Scholarship is awarded without consideration of personal or parent income.
Non Financial Support

Awarded students will receive non-financial support through networking events, and opportunities to complete an internship in one of our partner laboratories or in one of the local high tech companies of the French Riviera region.

Meet Flora, recipient of a WINGS excellence scholarship