Tuition fees in France for Indian students
What a degree costs to study in France, before the cost of living there. The ranges below are the published national picture; what you will actually pay depends far more on your subject than on your university.
At a glance
| Postgraduate tuition | EUR 3,950/yr for a master's at a public university — the differentiated rate non-EU students pay in 2026-27 (EU students pay EUR 255). Doctoral study is exempt at EUR 398. Grandes écoles and engineering schools set their own |
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| Undergraduate tuition | EUR 2,902/yr for a bachelor's on the same basis (EU rate: EUR 178). Engineering degrees at ministry institutions are EUR 630, except the Écoles Centrales and Mines Nancy at EUR 2,620 |
| Verified fees in our catalogue | 27 universities in France with a fee checked against the institution's own page |
What the range does and does not include
A tuition range is the course fee. It does not include living costs, the visa fee, health cover, or the money you must evidence for the visa — and those together are frequently larger than the tuition itself.
- Subject changes it more than the university does. Business, medicine and some engineering sit well above the range's midpoint.
- The fee is usually per year, so a two-year programme is twice it.
- Fees can rise between years on a multi-year course; ask whether yours is fixed at entry.
Living costs are a separate page: /cost-of-living/france. The two together, plus the visa requirement, are what you actually need to fund.
Getting a real figure rather than a range
- Find your specific programme on the university's own fees page — not a comparison site.
- Check whether the figure is per year or for the whole course.
- Check what it includes: some fees cover bench or lab charges and some bill them separately.
- Use that figure for the loan, since the lender will size against it.
Our university pages print a fee only where it has been checked against the institution's own page, and say when. A figure with no date on it is a figure nobody should budget from.
Tuition fees — FAQs
2 questions
Postgraduate tuition typically runs EUR 3,950/yr for a master's at a public university — the differentiated rate non-EU studen. Living costs are separate and are on our cost-of-living page.
Usually per year, and often in instalments. Confirm the schedule with the university, because it sets your loan disbursement dates.
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Sources
Not re-checked recently — treat the figures as indicative and confirm before you rely on them.