Higher education scholarships based on social criteria are awarded according to a national scale which takes into account the resources of the student’s family and the number of charge points.

Load points are assigned:

• depending on the distance between the family home and the institution where the student is registered at the beginning of the school year;
• for each other dependent child of the family, student or not.

Four additional points are now awarded:

• students with disabilities with an entitlement opening notified by the Commission des droits et de l’autonomie des personnes handicap (CDAPH);

• students who regularly and frequently assist a parent with a disability to carry out activities of daily living; and who are not employed for such assistance.

These four points can now allow non-grant students, who previously exceeded the resource limits, to be eligible for the scholarship on social criteria; and grant students to have their scholarships increased in value.

How to benefit?

To apply for the four load points:

• students applying for the first scholarship must go to the site messervices.student.gouv.fr before 31 December 2023. A student will be able to apply after this date if their situation changes.
• students who are already on scholarships need to update their situation in their student social record.