Campus France works in relation with several institutions to make our services a reality.
THE FRENCH EMBASSY TO KENYA & SOMALIA
The Department for Cultural Action and Cooperation (SCAC) works in close collaboration with Campus France Office of Nairobi, in promoting of higher education, supporting and advising individuals wishing to pursue their studies in France, and facilitating contact between French and Kenyan universities for signing cooperation agreements to support student mobility.
SCAC offers scholarships for Master’s degree and Doctorate studies only, with the primary objective of supporting the Kenyan university teaching body to attain PhD level. Scholarships for professional masters programs can be granted on condition private co-funding can be raised.
For more information on the activities of SCAC in terms of university cooperation, visit the of the French Embassy To Kenya And Somalia website.
Cultural & Training Institutes
ALLIANCE FRANÇAISE NAIROBI, MOMBASA & ELDORET
Founded in 1949. It has grown into one of the largest in Africa offering French language courses to thousands of students annually. We offer a steady progression allowing our students to meet both their personal and professional objectives. The Alliance Française is the only accredited institution in Kenya for international and professional French language certification. It is also the only officially recognized institution in Kenya for certified translations.
The institution offers a rich program of annual activities showcasing local and international Arts and encouraging creativity. It supports the production and presentation of artistic works, across all disciplines that reflect the diversity, aspirations and contradictions of our contemporary society and open up space for dialogue
SCIENCE PO
Founded in 1871, Sciences Po is France's leading university in the social sciences. It offers a three year undergraduate degree that includes a year abroad at one of 470 partner universities. Its 7 graduate schools offer a choice of 30 master's degrees taught entirely in English as well as PHD programmes. Sciences Po hosts 42 dual degrees with partner universities, including Columbia University in New York, the London School of Economics and Peking University. Sciences Po Executive Education offers customized programmes that facilitate professional development in a wide range of careers.
47% of the 13,000 students at Sciences Po are international students representing 150 nationalities. Sciences Po offers various financial assistance programmes to students in need. Currently 27% of the student population are scholarship holders.
Sciences Po graduates possess unique profiles which are highly sought by leading recruiters. About 90% of Sciences Po graduates are hired within six months of graduation and 35 % start their career abroad.
For more information:
- Undergraduate studies: http://www.sciencespo.fr/en/education/undergraduate-studies
- Graduate studies: http://www.sciencespo.fr/en/education/graduate-studies
- Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program: http://www.sciencespo.fr/students/en/fees-funding/financial-aid/mastercard-foundation
- Boutmy scholarships: http://www.sciencespo.fr/students/en/fees-funding/financial-aid/emile-boutmy-scholarship
Research institutes: Trainings in research in partnership for development
The IRD (Institut de recherche pour le développement) is a French research organism, original and unique on the European development research scene.
Emphasizing interdisciplinary, the IRD has focused its research for over 65 years on the relationship between man and its environment, in Africa, Mediterranean, Latin America, Asia and the French tropical overseas territories.
Its research, training and innovation activities are intended to contribute to the social, economic and cultural development of southern countries.
The French Institute for Research in Africa (IFRA NAIROBI) was established more than 35 years ago. It coordinates multi-disciplinary research programmes in social sciences in East Africa (Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Burundi and Rwanda, as well as DRC (Kivu) and South Sudan).
Its objectives are to increase understanding of contemporary dynamic in East Africa, to contribute to disseminating knowledge in social sciences, to provide training in research for French and East African students, and to strengthen institutional partnership and collaborations between French and East African academic and research institutions.
IFRA has a well-established capacity to conduct expertise in social sciences, notably sociodemographic studies, studies on the living conditions and households’ resource management, studies on new consumption, or urban mapping (access to water).
IFRA’s library, merged with the BIEA library since 2009, gives access to collections in English and in French. It has more than 15,000 books and 60,000 periodicals, more than 200 thesis and press reviews that can be accessed in its 150m2 floor.
IFRA provides support to research for French and East African students and researchers.