20 top Georgian students given rare chance to study in France

Twenty of Georgia’s top academic students will be given the opportunity to earn a Masters degree at one of 320 French universities and tertiary institutions following a bilateral deal between Georgia and France. 

Today the French Embassy to Georgia signed a joint memorandum with Campus France – an international French public agency for education – which stated the Georgian and French governments would together finance the studies of 20 top Georgian students in French higher education institutions.

The memorandum was signed under the framework of the Georgian Government-initiated International Masters and Doctorate Programs of Georgia’s International Education Centre (IEC). 

This was the first time Campus France has signed an agreement with a state agency. 

IEC executive director Nino Chelidze signed the agreement on behalf of Georgia while France was represented by France’s Ambassador to Georgia Reno Salens. 

France and Georgia signed a memorandum about cooperation in the field of high education. Photo by the Georgia's International Education Centre. 

The contest conditions were jointly drafted by the IEC, Campus France and the French Embassy to Georgia. 

Students will be selected by a special international commission. If selected, Campus France and IEC will financially and technically support the students with scholarships to attend French tertiary institutions. 

Georgia’s IEC was established in 2014 by an initiative of Georgia’s Prime Minister Irakli Garibahsvili. The aim of the IEC was to provide quality foreign and domestic education for Georgian students. Since its establishment the IEC has financed the foreign studies of 200 Georgian students.

Meanwhile Campus France is a public institution under the protection of France’s Foreign and Education Ministries. It cooperated with more than 320 educational institutions in France and supported international educational exchange programs.