CVEC Contribution
In order to enrol in higher education you must produce proof of CVEC payment, unless you are exempt (see below). CVEC is your annual contribution (€103 in 2024/25) to student and campus life. The CVEC contribution applies to double degree students, but not to executive education students or students on a semester or year exchange programme.
- To pay your CVEC contribution and obtain proof of payment: https://cvec.etudiant.gouv.fr/?_locale=en
- See the FAQ: https://www.etudiant.gouv.fr/en/do-you-have-pay-cvec-contribution-955
Who has to pay the CVEC?
- Students enrolled in the general engineering programme and in the degree apprentice programme in partnership with ITII
- as a student
- as an apprentice
- on a double degree course (outgoing mobility at another French or international institution)
- on an exchange (to another French or international institution)
- Students enrolled in a Bachelor programme
- Students enrolled in the Foundation Master programme
- Students enrolled in the Fast-track programme
- Students enrolled in a Master's programme (*NB there are some specific provisions for international students on incoming mobility programmes)
- On academic and work placement mobility (in another French or international organisation)
- Students enrolled in a PhD programme (*NB there are some specific provisions for international students on incoming mobility programmes)
- Students enrolled in an Advanced Master's (Mastère spécialisé ®) programme
NB: students in receipt of French government scholarship (CROUS or Campus France) must request a CVEC exemption certificate as they are exempt from paying it.
Who is exempt?
- Executive education students
- Recognition of prior learning and experience (VAE) courses,
- Contrat de professionnalisation (professional training contract),
- Executive Education interns
- Incoming mobility students meeting the following condition:
- accepted as part of an international academic partnership (including Erasmus Mundus) who do not pay tuition fees to the school (in accordance with the partnership agreement)
- Trainee civil servants
- Students with military status
- Drop-in students