Tunis: The Higher Education and Scientific Research Ministry announced the granting of university scholarships of excellence to students who will pass the 2024 Baccalaureate Exams and wishing to study in France and Germany. It also announced the opening of a number of places at the Preparatory Institute of Scientific and Technical Studies of Tunis (French: IPEST) in some majors.
In a statement, the ministry said that candidates will be selected through a “the Elite Edition” while taking into account the grades they obtained in the 2024 Baccalaureate Exams, according to a differential ranking of the candidates.
The Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research stipulates that candidates must obtain their 2024 baccalaureate diploma in the main session rather than in the re-sit session, with a final score in the baccalaureate equal to or superior to 16 out of 20 for the mathematics, experimental sciences, technical sciences, computer science, economics and management streams, and equal to or superior to
14 out of 20 for the “Arts” stream.
The Ministry will award 80 places in the stream of “Mathematics, Physics and Engineering Sciences” at the Preparatory Institute of Scientific and Technical Studies of Tunis (IPEST), and 40 places in the major “Physics, Chemistry and Engineering Sciences” at IPEST.
It will also give 18 university scholarships to students who will pass their Baccalaureate exams and wishing to study in France (2 scholarships for Arts students at the Sorbonne University and 16 scholarships for mathematics students in the preparatory cycle of engineering studies in France).
The Ministry will also award 17 university scholarships for students who will pass their 2024 Baccalaureate exams and wishing to study in Germany in the following majors: mathematics, experimental sciences, economics, management, technical sciences and computer science.
The Higher Education and Scientific Research Ministry calls on candidates to apply for the scholarships open as part of the 2024 “the Elite Edition” and s
ubmit applications online at the university orientation website from Friday, July 5 to Sunday, July 7.
The results of ‘the Excellence Session’ will be announced on the university orientation website on July 9.
Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse