You have to send an application through the ecandidat platform of Aix-Marseille University.

• If you are a citizen of a country in the following list, you have to send an application through Etudes en France or Campus France List of countries:Algeria, Argentina, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gabon, Georgia, Ghana, Guinea, Haiti, India, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Ivory Coast, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Laos, Lebanon, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Morocco, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Peru, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates, United States, Vietnam.

• If you are a citizen of a country not included in the previous list, you have to apply through the ecandidat platform of Aix-Marseille University.

• Step 1: Payment of the CVEC

To register at AMU, you must pay the CVEC in advance. Make the payment of 92€ and download your certificate as soon as possible. You will need it to complete your administrative registration.

Link: https://cvec.etudiant.gouv.fr/

• Step 2: Administrative Registration (AI)

The administrative registration can be done online. Check the deadline on the "schooling" pages of your component's website. It will allow you to obtain your AMU student card (Izly) and to access all university services.

Link: https://apo-primo.univ-amu.fr/iaprimo-web/ident1.jsf

• Step 3: Pedagogical registration (PI)

It is mandatory and is done in France upon your arrival. This is the final step that allows you to choose the courses you will take during the semester and which will be examined. The registration calendar differs from one component to another.

Link: https://www.univ-amu.fr/fr/public/composantes-facultes-ecoles-instituts

Students from outside the European Union must pay different registration fees from those of French and European students:

The amount of the fees :  €3,770 for a Master's degree.
A partial exemption from the differentiated registration fees will be applied for nationals of the

countries listed here : https://www.univ-amu.fr/en/public/tuition-fees-non-eu-students

The 2022/2023 fees will correspond to the amount of the registration fees paid by French or European students (as an indication: 243 € in Master)

For information concerning the payment of your registration fees:
https://www.univ-amu.fr/en/public/registration-fees-cvec-financial-aid

CMB only accepts a limited number of students: 10 students for the CMB Computational Biology major and 10 to 15 students for the CMB Mathematics major (CMB Mathematical modeling and CMB Mathematics and Statistics). These figures apply for the M1 and M2 years (i.e. a maximum of 25 students in the M1 year and of 25 students in the M2 year).

CENTURI Scholarships

Students can apply to a CMB scholarship :

• Until April 15 for students using the Etudes en FRrance procedure
• Until June 15 for students using the e-candidat procedure

CMB Scholarships are granted on academic results to students who are not already enlisted to Aix-Marseille Academy.

Eligibility conditions:

• students at the Master level (from 2023)
• not have been enrolled in a higher education institution in France
• not be French

Students will be selected on the basis of academic excellence.

Two scholarships will be awarded to CMB Master students for the University year 2023-2024. Aix-Marseille University will finance you up to €10,000 for one academic year and reserve a room for you in a CROUS university residence(provided you complete the necessary procedures within the allotted time). For the 2023/2024 academic year, the application for the TIGER master's excellence scholarship is made automatically when you apply (via the Etudes en France or eCandidat platforms) 

Students are expected to realize an internship in their M1 year and another one in their M2 year. Internships can be done in laboratories or companies. The duration of M1 internship is around 6 weeks starting mid-April. The duration of M2 internship is about 5-months starting at the beginning of January.

In France, interns who do an internship lasting two months or more must receive a stipend from the host institution (company, laboratory, etc.). The minimum amount of this stipend is around €550 / month.

“Internship grants » can also be awarded by CMB for students doing an M2 internship abroad, provided that students apply to other sources of funding and that the application is supported by the heads of the CMB Master’s program.

- Can I give the reasons why I applied to the CMB program in English rather than in French as requested? Yes

-  A French translation is required for the transcripts of higher education. Can I provide an English translation? Yes, transcripts in English are also accepted.

-  The CMB Master's degree is taught in English. Do I have to provide a French language test result (TCF DELF (or DALF), TEF, TEFI)?  No, such a test is not necessary.

Students with at least a Bachelor's degree in biology who have already completed a course in mathematics, statistics and/or computer science.

Basic Mathematics and Statistics skills are required to register for the 2^nd year of our Master’s program. These basic skills are described in the contents of our Master 1 courses.

Link to the AMU Administrative services contacts: https://www.univ-amu.fr/en/public/tuition-fees-non-eu-students