Masters in France for Egyptian Students: Admission, Campus France Egypte and Costs in EGP (2027)

Holding, or about to hold, a bachelor’s from an Egyptian university? A master’s in France is within reach, often in English and without French. The work lies in three things: how French schools read your degree and grades, the Campus France Egypte procedure that comes before any visa, and a budget set in euros that your family pays in pounds.

Can you do a master’s in France with an Egyptian bachelor’s degree?

Yes, and there is no single national equivalence to obtain first. Campus France Egypte is clear on the principle: each French institution sets its own admission criteria according to your background and the programme, and only the host institution can accept or refuse you.

Length matters more than the name of the degree. Nuffic, the Dutch ENIC-NARIC centre, describes the Egyptian university bachelor’s as usually four years long, five for some technical programmes; Higher Institute bachelor’s degrees usually take four years too. Some schools may credit a four-year degree with more than the first master’s year, as the AI2 table below shows. A few also ask for an ENIC-NARIC attestation, which Campus France Egypte notes is not an equivalence in itself.

Then comes the platform. Egyptians, and non-Schengen nationals living in Egypt, use Études en France, run by Campus France, for any study stay of 90 days or more. It has two doors:

The 15 January 2027 deadline you may have seen concerns only the candidature door. A student admitted directly by a school follows the pre-consular calendar instead.

How are Egyptian grades such as “Very Good” and “Good” read?

There is no official conversion table. Nuffic explains that Egyptian institutions use different grading systems, that they can vary by faculty, and that the scale is often printed on the back of the transcript. In the one example it gives, a single faculty’s scale, “Very good” covers 72 to 84%; other faculties draw the lines elsewhere. We found no French official source converting Egyptian descriptors into French marks, so be wary of anyone quoting one.

French schools therefore read the transcript as a whole: subjects, percentages, descriptor and trend. Two habits help:

At AI2, admissions reviews your official transcripts, then holds an online interview on your projects, motivation and English before it confirms your entry year in writing. No GRE or GMAT is asked.

Translation, legalisation and English: the paperwork from Egypt

Start these while you wait for your admission decisions: they depend on offices in Egypt, not on the school.

Campus France Egypte’s checklists ask for translations, not legalisation: legalise when a school, the consulate or a French administration asks. No test score yet? Read how to study in France without IELTS.

Campus France Egypte, Études en France and the visa, step by step

Campus France Egypte is a department of the Institut français d’Égypte, attached to the French Embassy, with offices at the Institut in Mounira, Cairo, and at 30 rue Nabi Daniel, Alexandria, open Sunday to Thursday, 10:00 to 17:00, by appointment. Its brochure and the France-Visas page for Egypt give this order:

1. 1
   Get the admission letter

   For a paper acceptance, the letter must mention the start date, the level, the programme and its language of teaching.
2. 2
   Open a “Je suis accepté” file

   On Études en France, select the paper acceptance received outside the platform, then “I am in another situation” and “Other”, describe the programme, and upload the letter.
3. 3
   Pay EGP 2,400 and attend the interview

   Campus France Egypte checks the file, then sends the payment details and a pre-consular interview notice. Payment is by online bank transfer.
4. 4
   Print the attestation, get your CEF number

   Print the “attestation d’acceptation” from Part 3 of your file. France-Visas adds that students need their provisional registration from the Institut français, which carries the CEF number.
5. 5
   Book TLScontact

   Only after the Campus France step. TLScontact receives files in Cairo (Sheikh Zayed City), East Cairo (New Cairo), Alexandria and Hurghada; its service fee is set in euros and paid in cash in pounds.
6. 6
   Wait for the consulate

   The Consulate General of France in Cairo alone decides and needs about ten days at least once a file is complete, so France-Visas advises an appointment at least two months before departure, never more than six months before.
7. 7
   Validate on arrival

   Validate the student visa (VLS-TS) online within three months and pay the €100 tax, according to Service-Public.

TLScontact is the usual route but not the only one: France-Visas notes that applicants may also lodge at the Consulate General in Cairo, by appointment only. Every document of the embassy file is detailed in our France student visa from Egypt guide.

Where an Egyptian degree fits at AI2

AI2, the Applied Institute of Artificial Intelligence, teaches every programme 100% in English on its campus at the Hub Nikola Tesla in Écouen, 22 minutes from Paris Gare du Nord by Transilien line H. French is not required. Your degree sets your entry year:

Three MSc are open: Applied AI and Data Science, Applied AI & Cybersecurity, and Applied AI & IoT. Each awards the AI2 diploma and prepares a professional certification recognised by the French State, registered in the RNCP at level 7, master’s level (EQF 7): RNCP39978 for Data Science and Cybersecurity, RNCP40554 for IoT, both certified by DATAKOO, AI2’s parent company. Curriculum and jury: see the English-taught master’s in AI in France.

What does a master’s in France cost in Egyptian pounds?

Converted at the Central Bank of Egypt’s official rate for 27 October 2026, the latest published when we checked: EGP 62.6558 per euro, the sell rate, which is the side that applies when you buy euros. The pound moves; the euro figures are the ones that count.

A worked example: a four-year bachelor’s holder on the 18-month MSc after scholarship, showing twelve months of resources, needs €11,300 plus €10,530, so €21,830, about EGP 1.37 million, before visa and service fees. On the two-year MSc, the scholarship applies to the first year and the second year’s amount is stated in your admission letter.

The visa minimum, €877.50 a month since 1 August 2026, can be shown through your own bank certificate, a sponsor’s identity and bank evidence, or a scholarship letter: see proof of funds for a France student visa. Fees and payment steps are on AI2 tuition fees 2027, and every international candidate is assessed automatically for the conditional AI2 scholarship.

A timeline for the February, May and September 2027 intakes

Built backwards from the two official windows: Campus France Egypte, from 6 months to 4 weeks before departure, and France-Visas, which advises a TLScontact appointment at least two months before departure. Exact class dates are in your admission letter.

February is tight from today, 28 October 2026, but workable for a complete file: the AI2 letter, then the pre-consular file, the interview and TLScontact all fit in November and early December. If it is not workable for you, May and September keep the same programmes. Fast-Track exists only in February.

Can you work while studying in France?

Never count a future job in your proof of funds.

What happens after your master’s?

Service-Public (verified 1 June 2026) describes a one-year, non-renewable residence card “recherche d’emploi ou création d’entreprise” for non-EU graduates who obtained, in the last twelve months, a licence professionnelle, a Mastère Spécialisé, a CGE-labelled MSc or another diploma at least equivalent to a master’s. You apply at your préfecture in the two months before your student card expires. During that year you can take a job linked to your studies, then move to an employee permit or a Talent card.

AI2 states in its visa guidance that master-level graduates can stay 12 months to look for a job, and its team guides graduates through the file under the rules in force at graduation; as for every applicant, the préfecture examines the diploma you present. Salary thresholds and the order of the steps are in working in France after graduation.

📘 Related guide: Scholarships in France for Egyptian students: official programmes and AI2 scholarships.

Frequently asked questions

Send your transcripts: AI2 admissions replies within two working days, holds an online interview and confirms your entry year, intake, tuition and any scholarship in your admission letter, the document Campus France Egypte asks for.

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