Scholarships and exchange programs

RESULTS HORIZON Excellence Scholarships program 2023-2024 (Tuesday June 27, 2023-24)

The Horizon Excellence Scholarships Award Commission for the year 2023-24 met on June 22, 2023. The minutes were validated on Tuesday June 27, 2023. Consequently, the candidates whose files were selected in the Master 2 to which they applied, were all informed by email of the results of this Commission.

28 applications from candidates from countries participating in the Horizon Scholarship program were selected for Master 2 and were studied by the Horizon Excellence Scholarship Award Commission. The latter selected the 9 best who will benefit from the Scholarship.

These 9 winners have 7 days, from the sending of the email, to confirm their participation (deadline: Friday July 8). Once this participation is confirmed, the Winners will be supported in their efforts by the International Relations Department (DRI) of the University of Reunion.

If you ever applied for the Horizon Excellence Scholarship but have not received an email from the DRI of the University of La Réunion, this means that your application was unfortunately not accepted..

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY :

• Biology and health
• Ecological transition
• Mathematics and digital
• Engineering and engineering sciences

HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES:

• History French Language and Civilization
• Law and Political Science
• Economy Management

You have been selected as an ERASMUS student by your university to come and study in Reunion, you must then complete our application form which you can download below.

• Le application form
• Study contract (provided by your home university)
• Request for university accommodation

You must attach university transcripts from previous years.

Students who do not study French at their university must provide a letter from their professor attesting that they have a sufficient level to take courses in French. Please note that level B1 is required to join the University of Réunion.

In addition, the International Student Guide in exchange program provides you with practical information.

III.1. Accommodation

 a) In student housing (CROUS of Reunion)
You have been warned! : we cannot guarantee obtaining a place in a university residence.
When submitting your application, if you have asked us for accommodation in a university residence, we will send you all the documents relating to accommodation. You will then have to return to the DRI (no part must be missing):

• Le accommodation contract signed : North campus (Saint Denis) ou South Campus (Buffer)
• Le CROUS internal regulations signed
• The Annex to the internal regulations relating to sanctions and disciplinary measures
• Charter for the use of IT resources (Internet) of the CROUS
• Payment for the room in university residence : upon your arrival in Reunion Island you will have to pay 3 months' rent (€237) + a deposit (€280 for accommodation at the Cité Internationale on the North Campus / €185 for accommodation at the Cité du Tampon on the South Campus) + 20 € administration fees
• You must join a provident insurance (water damage/fire): Mutual LMDE or Mutual VITTAVI 

 b) Accommodation excluding university residence
If no university room is available or if you do not want to be accommodated in a university residence, for students on the North/South campus, you can

• contact real estate agencies in Saint-Denis;
• consult the websites of local newspapers.
• consult the addresses of hotels in Saint-Denis and Le Tampon on the Réunion Island Tourism (IRT) website 

III.2. Arrival: Arrival Announcement Form

The DRI takes care of your transfer from the airport to the CROUS or city center of Saint Denis. You have been warned! : no refund can be made if the transfer is made outside the framework established by the DRI.

 Please complete the form 'Arrival Announcement' :  

• students arriving in the 1st semester must return it by email before 1er July 
• students arriving in the 2nd semester must return it by email before 1er december

Incoming students as part of an Erasmus mobility are subject to the same assessment procedures as students from the University of Reunion.

At the end of each semester, as soon as the jury's deliberations have been formalized, the grades are transmitted to the International Relations Department which will be responsible for transmitting them to your home university.

If you have any questions on this subject, do not hesitate to ask the manager of the Europe division or the Administrative Manager of the International Relations Department.

Telephone (+262)262 93 83 22 or (+262)262 93 83 47 

Fax: (+0262)262 93 83 20

• You are a student at an American university, member of the ISEP network;
• You pay registration fees at your home university and not at the University of Reunion

We can provide you with accommodation in a university residence. For this, you must send us back as soon as you are admitted to our university:

• la housing application form in university residence (CROUS)
• le hosting contract of the CROUS 
• the signed internal regulations of university residences and Annex of special conditions
• the charter for the use of CROUS IT resources (Internet) signed

This must be done within the following deadlines:

• at the latest June 1st, if you arrive for the year or in the 1st semester (fall session)
• at the latest November, 1st, if you arrive in the 2nd semester (winter session)

You must contact the department responsible for BCI exchanges in your university.
You will have to complete an electronic application form after the department responsible for exchanges at your university has given you a personal access code.

All information about the online application is available on the BCI website.

This form must be edited and submitted, accompanied by all the documents required by the BCI file, to the department responsible for exchanges at your university.

Visa application

If you are admitted to the University of Reunion as a BCI student, you must go, with the letter of acceptance that you have received, to the French Embassy or Consulate closest to your city in order to complete your visa application.

• Accommodation in university residences on the NORD campus – Moufia

If you want accommodation in a university residence, you must provide the DRI with: 

•  the university accommodation application form
•  the signed housing contract
•  the internal regulations of university residences and Appendix of special conditions
•  the charter for the use of CROUS IT resources (Internet)

no later than June 1 for students arriving for the year or the 1st semester (fall session)

no later than November 1 for students arriving in the 2nd semester (winter session)

• Accommodation in university residences on the SUD campus

There is no availability of accommodation in university residences.

• Arrival Announcement

Students admitted to the University of Reunion (year – semester 1 or 2) must return the form quickly, by email. 'Arrival Announcement' if you would like a taxi to pick you up from the airport on the day of your arrival.

You must contact the department responsible for PPI exchanges in your university.

The department responsible for exchanges sends the University of Reunion a list of nominated students registered in the following programs:

1st cycle (Baccalaureate)

• in biology (6 students maximum per year)
• in economics, political science and international relations (6 students maximum per year)
• in anthropology and sociology (5 students maximum per year)

Duration of the exchange: 1 semester or 1 year.

Undergraduate doctorate in medicine (2 students maximum per year)

Upon receipt of the list, the University of Reunion will send you a link to apply online on its application platform and attach the requested documents:

• Copy of passport
• All academic transcripts
• Cover letter
• Letter of recommendation
• The study contract
• The list of courses you plan to take
• ID photo
• Birth certificate

If you wish to be accommodated at Crous (university accommodation for students):

• Provide the documents requested for this purpose on the platform

Visa application

If you are admitted to the University of Reunion as a PPI student, you must go, with the acceptance letter that you will have received, to the French Embassy or Consulate closest to your city in order to complete your visa application.

Accommodation in university residences on the NORD campus – Moufia

 If you want accommodation in a university residence, you must provide the DRI with: 

•  the university accommodation application form
•  the signed housing contract
•  the signed internal regulations of university residences and Annex of special conditions
•  the charter for the use of CROUS IT resources (Internet) signed

no later than June 1 for students arriving for the year or the 1st semester (fall session)

no later than November 1 for students arriving in the 2nd semester (winter session)

Accommodation in university residences on the SUD campus

There is no availability of accommodation in university residences.

Arrival Announcement

Students admitted to the University of Reunion (year – semester 1 or 2) must return the form quickly, by email. 'Arrival Announcement' if you would like a taxi to pick you up from the airport on the day of your arrival.

You are a student at the University of Meiji

• You must be selected by your university. It is the International Relations Department of your university that sends us the list of nominated students.
• You pay the tuition fees at your home university and not at the University of Reunion Island.
• The bi-lateral agreement allows for a maximum of two (2) students, either graduate or undergraduate, each year.

   Two (2) one-semester exchange students are counted as one (1) one-year exchange student.

WARNING:

At the University of La Réunion, the academic year is defined as follows:

• one year: August to July
• semester1: August to December
• semester 2: January to June-July (depending on the course)

Students can come to study for 1 or 2 semesters (the academic year runs from August to June):

•  first semester (autumn): mid-August to mid-December
•  second half of the year (winter): mid-January to end of June

1. If you arrive between Monday and Friday, the DRI will be able to pick you up from the airport. As soon as you know your arrival date, please complete and submit the form 'Arrival Announcement' to help us organize your welcome at the airport. This should be done before:

•  july 1st if you're arriving for the first semester (starts in August)
•  Dec 1st if you're arriving for the second semester (starts in January)

2. A welcome day is organized every year for international students to introduce them to the campus and the university services.

For 2^rd consecutive year, the International Relations Department of the University of Reunion launches its REUNION program for students from ten partner universities of the program.

Le MEETING program (Regional Exchange University Indian Ocean) is an ambitious program from the University of La Réunion which aims to strengthen inter-university partnerships in the Indian Ocean region.

This is a large-scale supervised mobility program for the benefit of students and staff of universities in the Indian Ocean.

The operation REGIONAL EXCHANGE UNIVERSITY INDIAN OCEAN (MEETING) is co-financed by the European Union as part of the INTERREG V-Indian Ocean cooperation program.

This program allows students from the establishments listed below to benefit from funding for their mobility for a period of ten months to complete a year of License 2, License 3, Master 1 or 2 at the University of Reunion.

To the 2022-2023 academic year, partner establishments of the program are the following :

• MAURITIUS:
  • University of Mauritius
  • University of the Mascarenes

• MADAGASCAR:
  • Catholic University of Madagascar
  • Higher Institute of Technology of Antananarivo
  • University of Antananarivo

• COMOROS:
  • University of Comoros

• SEYCHELLES:
  • University of Seychelles

• KENYA:
  • Kenyatta University

• MOZAMBIQUE:
  • Eduardo Mondlane University
  • Mozambique Pedagogical University

The files of students eligible for this scholarship will be studied after the application campaign. As a reminder :

• The application campaign for students of countries applying the CEF procedure (see list of countries) has been closed on January 1, 2022.
• Applications from students countries not applying the CEF procedure (see list of countries) are open from April 1 to May 03, 2022 and are done on the platform e-candidate (dates and conditions of registration here).

The selection will be made by a selection committee according to the following criteria: academic excellence, motivation, suitability of course/project, level of diploma.

The Network of Excellence of University Leaders in Governance and Management (Dg2 Network) brings together 13 universities from 8 countries spread across 4 continents.

Here is a list of partner universities offering courses this year (list subject to change during the year):

• University of Reunion – France
• Laval University – Canada
• University of Geneva – Switzerland
• University of Strasbourg – France
• University of Côte d’Azur (IAE Nice) – France
• Universidad del Rosario – Colombia
• UNESP Universidade Estadual Paulista Julio de Mesquita Filho – Brazil
• University of Hamburg – Germany
• University of Bordeaux – France

You want to study a course at the University of Reunion

Here are the courses we offer for 1rd semester (September to December) of the 2023/2024 academic year:

• History of China: from the Neolithic to the Qing dynasty

The general objective of this WEU will therefore be to show the construction of the Chinese empire, on the basis of several regional and Asian cultures, and the construction of successive dynasty, each having had an impact on Chinese civilization.

• Develop your digital culture

Determine your personal profile in terms of digital uses assessed on 16 skills. Progress by studying and applying the uses of digital technology through interactive and fun exercises on the national pix.fr platform.

• Introduction to Chinese society today

The general objective of this UEO is to give students basic knowledge about contemporary China and to cultivate their critical and intercultural spirit. Through various aspects of today's Chinese society presented in this course, students are invited to make comparisons and reflect on their own culture and society.

• Chinese literature: from classics to science fiction

The general objective of this UEO is to give students as wide a range as possible of the history of Chinese literature, from the classical era to the contemporary era. In the first part, “ancient and classic literatures” aim to provide keys to understanding Chinese thought through literature. By retracing the history of “modern and contemporary literature”, the second part will lay the foundations for women's literature, political literature and the evolution of science fiction literature in China.

Here are the courses we offer at 2nd semester (February to May-June) of the 2023/2024 academic year:

• Confucianism and Taoism, philosophies to rediscover
• Chinese literature: from classics to science fiction
• Introduction to Chinese society today
• History of China: from the Neolithic to the Qing dynasty
• Serial decryption
• Waste management and environmental issues
• Develop your digital culture
• Korean language learning

1. The courses offered are entirely remote and do not involve any activity requiring the physical presence of students at the host university.

2. They are only accessible to regular students registered in one of the universities that are members of the eMobi@Dg2 virtual mobility consortium.

3. The Dg2 Network offers 106 courses

4. 09 fields of study

YOU WILL FIND ALL THE COURSE OFFERS  HERE

1. Apply

Before you start filling out the form, make sure you have:

• A letter of approval from your university for all courses chosen (e.g. by the faculty, department or program director)
• A valid ID
• Your most recent transcript
• An assessment of your language skills if necessary

2. Complete the online form

Complete the form via this link

⇒ After completing your form, please send it along with supporting documents to the person responsible for eMobi@Dg2 virtual mobility at your home university and to the DG2 referent at the host university.

3. Reunion University Referents