Prerequisites
The required level to apply for an M2 course is 4 years of higher education (equivalent to 240 ECTS) at a university or engineering school in the fields of agronomy, economics, geography or sociology.
Depending on your level in the two fields indicated below, you may have to follow prerequisite courses before the beginning of the academic year:
For the CGAT, CDVALES and ECODEVA Masters, knowledge of the French language is required since all courses are taught in French. No student who is completely new to the French language will be accepted for a Master (M2).
- For non-French speaking students, the minimum level required is B1.2 (having taken at least 400 hours of French lessons), according to the criteria of the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) for languages. Those with a level below B1.2 must take intensive French language refresher courses on site during the summer preceding their training. These courses are given by the French Foreign Language Center (CFLE) of the institute (certified ISO 9001 and labeled Qualité FLE).
- French-speaking students (outside of France) must follow the distance training offered in French as a Foreign Language from July. This training will be tested in September.
Advanced knowledge in economics is essential because economics is a central component of the CIHEAM Montpellier Masters.
The prerequisite courses in economics, required for all students who have taken no or very little courses in economics during their initial training, are organized remotely from July, then in class in September.
CIHEAM grants
Access to grants depends on whether you are a citizen of a CIHEAM member state: Albania, Algeria, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Lebanon, Malta, Morocco, Portugal, Spain, Tunisia or Turkey.
You can benefit from a full or partial scholarship.
The full scholarship
It does not apply to French students who automatically benefit from a partial grant. For other CIHEAM countries, depending on the number of scholarships available, you may benefit from a full scholarship awarded by the selection committee, according to the ranking of your file.
CIHEAM Montpellier will take care of:
- Training costs
- Reimbursement of the Student and Campus Life Contribution (CVEC): https://cvec.etudiant.gouv.fr/
- Health and hospital insurance
- Accommodation at the CIHEAM Montpellier residence (single room in a double studio – possibility of accommodation in a single studio with the student paying the additional cost)
- dditional allowance for subsistence costs.
You will take charge of:
- Registration fees: 243 euros
- The round trip
- Meals.
The partial scholarship
Nationals of a CIHEAM member country who are admitted without a full scholarship automatically benefit from a partial scholarship which covers training costs.
You will take charge of:
- Registration fees: 243 euros
- Student and Campus Life Contribution (CVEC): https://cvec.etudiant.gouv.fr/
- Health and hospital insurance (allow around 150 euros for insurance in France)
- The round trip
- Subsistence costs: accommodation, meals and other miscellaneous costs.
You cannot benefit from a CIHEAM Montpellier scholarship. We strongly advise you to find a scholarship from the French cooperation or from an international organization that covers the cost of your training. To do this, you should contact the cultural advisor of the French Embassy in your country (Scientific and Technical Cooperation Mission) and the offices of other national and international organizations such as the examples below:
www.afd.fr/en
www.giz.de/en/
www.sfere.fr/en/
www.campusfrance.org/en/bursaries-foreign-students
www.auf.org/
www.francophonie.org/
www.banquemondiale.org/
Please note, scholarship applications very often have to be submitted several months in advance. We advise you to send us an application as soon as possible.
If your file is deemed admissible by the selection committee, we will send you a provisional admission which will be requested by the funding organizations. Final admission will be issued to you in June, on condition that your application is definitively validated by the final selection committee.
How to apply?
Applications 2021-2022 are closed. Next application campaign: early 2022.
To apply, you must put together an application file by following the two following steps:
- It is mandatory to complete the Application form online (once the entry is complete, you will be able to access the paper printout of your form)
- Print this completed form and send it by post with the documents below.
Documents constituting the application file:
- Completed application form
- Cover letter, explaining your professional project and the reasons why you want to follow a Master course at the CIHEAM Montpellier
- Curriculum vitae
- Authenticated photocopy of your highest university diploma.
Your diploma must be accompanied by an official translation in French or English if it is not already in one of these two languages. If you will only obtain your diploma at the end of the current academic year, you must provide the details of the courses followed to date together with a statement from your Course Director indicating the date on which the diploma should be obtained.
- Authenticated photocopies of the transcripts of records from your years of higher education.
Your transcripts of records must be accompanied by an official translation in French or English if they are not already in one of these two languages.
- Certificate of French language competence for foreign applicants (mandatory for non-French speakers – highly recommended for French speakers)
- If you are a civil servant working for your government: hierarchical authorisation
- Birth certificate in French.

Application to be sent to:
CIHEAM Montpellier
Service Enseignement et Scolarité
3191 route de Mende - CS 43999
34093 MONTPELLIER CEDEX 5 - FRANCE
The application must be sent sufficiently early to ensure it is received in good time by the Education and Admissions Department.
Applications 2021-2022 are closed.
Selection methods
Admission is on file (distance or face-to-face interviews are also possible).
A selection committee made up of teacher-researchers from CIHEAM Montpellier examines the application files and proposes a classification according to the quality of the files (marks obtained, course followed, skills acquired, etc.).
Candidates meeting the required academic criteria will be invited according to the number of places available.
In the event of withdrawal, new candidates will be called from a waiting list.
Steps in the application / selection process:
M2 programmes

Campus

Socio-cultural life

Montpellier
