What Scholarship Recipients Say:

"When I was admitted to the Master’s in Human Rights Law at Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, I prepared myself to face the impossible: international tuition fees that most students from the Global South simply cannot afford. But then came the surprise. As a non-EU student, I learned that my tuition would be only €330 per year."

Tuition Reduction for Non-EU Students (Free Tuition) Master’s in Human Rights Law

— Rodrigo Tadeu Guimarães Jales

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"I started with Campus France, obsessively reading every page in both English and French, taking notes like my life depended on it—because, in many ways, it did. I searched for real stories from international students and found blogs, videos, and Instagram posts from others who had made the journey. I asked strangers on LinkedIn for advice."

Tuition Reduction for Non-EU Students (Free Tuition) Master’s in Human Rights Law

— Rodrigo Tadeu Guimarães Jales

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"That conviction is what led me to study law. First in Brazil, at the Federal University of Minas Gerais, and later, across the ocean, in France, where I pursued a Master’s in Human Rights Law at Sorbonne."

Tuition Reduction for Non-EU Students (Free Tuition) Master’s in Human Rights Law

— Rodrigo Tadeu Guimarães Jales

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Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University Scholarship Recipients

Rodrigo Tadeu Guimarães Jales

Master’s in Human Rights Law

Brazil

Tuition Reduction for Non-EU Students

Rodrigo Tadeu Guimarães Jales from Brazil is currently a Master’s graduate in Human Rights Law from Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, where he studied with a symbolic free tuition scholarship. As the first in his family to attend university, Rodrigo’s journey from the favela of Caetano Furquim to one of the world’s top legal institutions exemplifies extraordinary resilience and purpose-driven ambition. The drastically reduced tuition fee of €330 per year was not formally labeled a scholarship, but for Rodrigo, it represented an act of educational justice that opened the door to global legal discourse.

Explore his story and learn how he secured this full tuition scholarship.

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