Tuition fees

All French and foreign students enrolling in undergraduate studies at a French university must pay this fee before beginning the registration procedures with their university. A proof of payment number is issued to each student after payment.

The payment procedure is completed on a dedicated website: messervices.etudiant.gouv.fr

Students who are exempt from paying this fee are:

• Scholarship students or beneficiaries of a yearly allowance granted within the framework of specific annual aid
• Refugee students
• Students benefiting from subsidiary protection
• Students registered as asylum seekers with the right to remain in the country
• Trainees enrolled in continuing education.

Scholarship students who have received their conditional grant allocation are automatically detected on the cvec.etudiant.gouv.fr website, and can download their proof of CVEC payment at the end of the procedure online, without paying the fees in advance or at a later date.

If you become eligible for CVEC exemption during the academic year, you can get a refund of the fee paid. To do so, and for the current academic year, you just have to apply for it as from September 15th, 2021. This also applies to those who paid the CVEC in advance but ended up failing the baccalauréat exam and were therefore not admissible.

You must have paid all your registration fees to obtain a refund (in the event of payment in three instalments, the refund will only be possible after the last instalment) if:

• you are a scholarship student or you signed an apprenticeship or professional training contract but you were unable to prove that status at the time of registration: the refund of your tuition fees is granted, with no deduction for registration-related processing costs. You will be asked to provide proof of your change of status (scholarship notification, apprenticeship contract, professional training contract).
• you cancel your registration for a national diploma before September 30th of the academic year (cf. the President's decision). The refund of your tuition fees will be granted after a deduction of 23€ for processing costs.
• you successfully passed a competitive exam after the effective date of the first day of classes and you request a refund during the first semester.
• you are suffering from a serious or long-term illness, preventing you from attending your university course regularly. The refund of your tuition fees will be granted upon presentation of all the relevant supporting documents  allowing the university to assess your situation and after the President's decision. A deduction of 23€ will be applied for processing costs.
• you have been granted gap-year status. That status entitles you to register at a reduced rate by obtaining a partial refund of your tuition fees after your administrative registration. That refund, for the 2022/2023 academic year, is 57€ for a Bachelor degree and 84€ for a Master degree.