For applying to the following Master Degrees operated by the University of Franche Comte on Besançon, Belfort and Montbéliard Campus :

• Advanced Mathematics
• ENERGY EE
• ENERGY ITE
• SMART MECHANICS
• SIS

The application opening date depends on the Master Degree and is referred on the online registration platforms.

For all these Master Degrees please note that if you have a 4 year Bachelor Degree a direct admission in the second year is possible but not automatic. The head of the Master Degree will evaluate the possible waivers he can grant you with.

you need to apply via the online platform :

eCandidat

You must create an acount and you will receive an email (in French) giving you your login and password for the ecandidate platform.

Once on the eplatform you must fill your personnal informations, current address, high school diploma… thanks to the links on the left of the webpage. Fill only what is compulsory!.

When completed, click on the Degree programs (left panel) and you will access to the online application by selecting the Master Degree in the main window on the right. For that please refer to the table below giving you the correspondances between the above Master Degrees acronyms and the ecandidate used title of the degree :

Once your application and supporting documents have been submitted online, the files are sent to the Master Degree committee which will review it.

After the committee has made an admission decision, an official letter of notification is sent to the applicant.

EUROPEAN COUNTRIES ACCEPTED CANDIDATES :

If you are from one of the countries below :

you do not need to apply for a visa and thus if your are accepted, the next step which is optionnal is to apply for an on campus accomodation.

The CROUS offers single rooms, small studios, residences and furnished apartments (take a virtual tour of the accommodation), all exempt from housing tax and entitling you to housing assistance (APL and ALS). It also offers accommodation in private homes (Lokaviz).

OUTSIDE CEF COUNTRIES ACCEPTED CANDIDATES :

If you are NOT from one of the countries above or below :

The second step is to apply for the visa.

If you are accepted, you must take an appointment with the local French embassy to obtain your visa. This process can take long and we advise you to start the next step in parallel if you wish to obtain an on campus accomodation.

The CROUS offers single rooms, small studios, residences and furnished apartments (take a virtual tour of the accommodation), all exempt from housing tax and entitling you to housing assistance (APL and ALS). It also offers accommodation in private homes (Lokaviz).

FOR CEF COUNTRIES CANDIDATES :

students coming from a Campus France country : you will be required to make your visa application on the « Etudes en France » website following the 3rd option « I am accepted ». Download here the guide with the instructions for Campus France procedure to follow.