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Enhance your career prospects: ParisTech encourages bright, ambitious students to apply for a “Diplôme d’ingénieur” (Master’s degree in Science and Engineering) at the most prestigious French Grandes Ecoles (engineering graduate schools), a unique opportunity for an international career, or for pursuing a PhD.
This admission program, called the “9+9 program” in China, allows you to candidate simultaneously to 7 of ParisTech schools for admission into a 2-year education program at master level (“Diplôme d’ingénieur”).
ParisTech Grandes Écoles in the 9+9 international program:
Agricultural engineering - applied mathematics – automatics Bioengineering & biophysics Chemistry - chemical engineering – civil engineering - computational biology - computer science Data science Earth sciences - economics & social sciences - environmental engineering - electrical, electronic & photonic engineering - energy & nuclear engineering - executive engineering Finance – food engineering - forest engineering Industrial & production engineering - information technology & telecommunications Life sciences Management - materials science & engineering - mechanical engineering Neuro-science Optical sciences – offshore engineering Physics Renewable energy - robotics Statistics Transport Urban planning
Please note that the ParisTech China Admission Program is open to students with a bachelor degree from any university in China (partner or non-partner university). For students from Hong Kong and Macau, please refer to this page for application.
The admission program is a 4-step process: online application, scientific test, interview, admission by a ParisTech school. Some schools might add a 5th step (scientific interview, after the interview and before the admission). Each step should be satisfactorily completed to move on to the next one.
For students from partner universities, you may need to contact the International Office of your home university to inform them about your application.
Step 1- Application
Submit your online application form to ParisTech.
List of required documents for application:
Only complete applications, submitted before the deadline, will be considered.
Step 2- Selection procedure and scientific test
After review of the application files by the jury, eligible students will be asked to take an online scientific test.
Step 3- Interview
Candidates who successfully pass the test will be called to an interview.
Additional scientific interview for Mines Paris - PSL (compulsory) and other schools (upon request).
If you are successful in the interview, you will be invited to rank the ParisTech schools which are ready to admit you by preference. More information about ParisTech schools are available here.
Step 4- Admission
Last, by end of November you will be informed of the outcome of your application and to which ParisTech Grande École you have been admitted.
If you are not fluent in French, you should be ready to start learning French as soon as possible.
Date |
Step |
1 June 2023 |
Opening of on-line application |
21 September 2023 |
Application deadline |
27 September 2023 |
Mock test Same schedule plan as for the scientific test on September 28. |
28 September 2023 |
On-line scientific test (in an exam center)
Part I: 15:00 - 16:30 (Beijing time) Break: 16:30 - 17:00 Part II : 17:00 - 18:30 |
16-20 October 2023 |
Interview period |
End October – Beginning of November |
Scientific interview (if requested) |
17 November 2023 |
ParisTech Admission Board |
18 November 2023 |
Publication of the results |
ParisTech Schools |
Tuition fees* |
AgroParisTech |
DD and partner universities : 1765€ in the 2nd year / 4290€ in the 3rd year |
Arts et Métiers Sciences et Technologies |
601€ DD : 0€ |
Chimie ParisTech - PSL |
DD : 0€ individual applicants: 3570 € per year (1785 € per year for CSC scholarships recipients) |
Ecole des Ponts ParisTech |
3240 € (tuition) + 1000€ (fees) per year |
ESPCI Paris - PSL |
DD: 0€ individual applicants: 150 € |
Institut d’Optique Graduate School |
2900 € per year (the regular rate for non-European students is 5000 € per year) |
Mines Paris - PSL |
Tuition fees for individual applicants (non-European nationality): 6050 euros |
*Index 2019-2020. Tuition fees and others are subject to annual review
Double degrees (DD): admitted students pay tuition fees at home university.
There is a fee waiver in public institutions for Eiffel and BGF scholarships recipients.
The full yearly training cost per student can amount up to €18,000, and is largely subsidized by the French government or the city of Paris (for ESPCI Paris – PSL).
*Please note that the living cost and the overseas travel expenses are just indicative and may vary depending on students.
To cover living and travel costs, students are strongly encouraged to apply for funding schemes provided either by the French or the Chinese Governments, especially through the Eiffel or the CSC-ParisTech scholarship programs. Additional scholarships may be granted by industrial sponsors or by the foundations of ParisTech Grandes Écoles.
During their stay at ParisTech schools, students have compulsory internships. Most internships are paid, allowing students to benefit from another source of income.
Long-term students visa also allows them to work part-time during their studies. Last, students can benefit from housing allowance from the French government.
To learn more: Our help desk
Consult scholarship opportunities here
and watch her interview after two years in France (2022)
All videos are also available on Bilibili
LI Yaxuan, coming from Sichuan University, student at Chimie ParisTech – PSL (2023)
Jingjing, Chinese student at Mines Paris - PSL, comes from Shanghai Jiao Tong University (2023)
Jing, student from Tongji University, at AgroParisTech (2022)
Jinghua, student from Tongji University, at Ecole des Ponts ParisTech (2022)
Pengyu, student from Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SPEIT), at Mines Paris - PSL (2022)
Yinuo, student from Beijing University of Chemical Technology (BUCT) at Mines Paris - PSL (2022)
Yunly, student from Tongji University, at Ecole des Ponts ParisTech (2022)
Read the interview of Shanping Zhang, alumna from Arts et Métiers (2021)
Inquiries for a specific School should be sent to the relevant School's coordinator of student's international mobility.