Campus France Benin calendar 2027: pay by 15 November, file by 20 November

Information checked on 6 October 2026.

The Campus France Benin calendar 2027 comes down to a five-day gap: 15 November 2026, the last day to pay the 70,000 FCFA procedure fee, then 20 November 2026, the last day to submit your file for the first time. On the date of this article, just over six weeks remain. This article gathers the dates published by the Espace Campus France Benin for the September 2027 intake, compares them with the previous cycle and offers a month-by-month plan from October 2026 to your arrival in France. For the full procedure, from recommendation criteria to the visa, start with our Campus France Benin guide.

A word on vocabulary first: Campus France Benin calls this campaign « procédures 2026-2027 » because it runs across those two years. It does prepare the 2027 intake, in other words the 2027-2028 academic year.

Campus France Benin calendar 2027: the official dates

These dates apply to the standard « Je suis candidat » application, the one for programmes connected to the Études en France platform (the online platform of Campus France, the French government agency for international students): schools of architecture, BUT (three-year technology bachelor's), licence (bachelor's), master's and engineering schools.

The Espace's web page showed 15 December for a while for the last submission after corrections, but both the PDF calendar and the official visual Campus France Benin posted on Facebook on 28 September 2026 set 10 December 2026. That is the date that counts. The same visual adds that after 31 May 2027 the campaign is closed for good, and no pending step is accepted.

What has changed since the previous cycle

The calendar for the 2026 intake (2025-2026 campaign) used the same dates for the standard application. The differences lie elsewhere, and one of them matters a lot.

The big change concerns the « Je suis accepté » pre-consular procedure: its deadline moves six weeks earlier, from 31 July to 15 June, deferred intakes included. A student admitted to a BTS (two-year vocational diploma) through Parcoursup (the French higher-education admissions platform) or to a private school can no longer wait until midsummer. To compare these dates with other countries, see our Campus France calendar 2027-2028.

Fees and French test: what the calendar implies

The 70,000 FCFA is paid at a Société Générale du Bénin branch, with your BJ number and an ID document; in Parakou, at Orabank. The fee is not refundable. Then scan the receipt and add it in the « Cursus » section of your file, on an « Autre activité » line titled « quittance de paiement ». Without it, the adviser cannot process the file. The full budget, including tuition fees and the CVEC (the compulsory student life contribution), is in our article on Campus France fees.

Good news for your schedule: Beninese applicants do not need to fit a TCF or DELF (French language tests) in before submitting, since French is Benin's official language. Another deadline does count, though: Campus France Benin requires every school report issued after 2019 to be verifiable on Educmaster. Check this in October, not on the eve of 20 November.

Month-by-month plan from October 2026

Reading this in October? Here is the realistic order.

Parcoursup, private schools, Campus Art: the 15 June date

Not every application follows the standard calendar.

• BTS, BTSA, DCG, CPGE (preparatory classes), IFSI (nursing school): application compulsory on Parcoursup. For reference, in 2026 the wish list was open there from 19 January to 12 March; the 2027 dates are still to be confirmed.
• Non-connected programmes (private schools) and Campus Art (art, design, architecture): apply directly to the institution or through Campus Art.
• In all these cases, once admitted, you go through the « Je suis accepté » pre-consular procedure on Études en France. Campus France Benin may then ask for a fee and an interview. Submission deadline: 15 June 2027, deferred intakes included.

After 31 May: the visa calendar

Campus France Benin's calendar ends with the final choice; the visa calendar begins. Three official markers frame it:

• the API must be signed and stamped by Campus France Benin before the visa application;
• appointments are booked with Capago, the official visa centre of the French embassy in Benin, and confirmed by an online prepayment within 72 hours;
• France-Visas advises allowing at least 15 days between lodging a long-stay visa application and departure, a delay that grows in busy periods.

A student who confirms in early May can have the API signed straight away and apply for the visa in June, with room to spare. One who confirms on 31 May and aims for an early-September start is cutting it fine, as summer concentrates the applications.

Four calendar mistakes to avoid

Following the calendar with those who lived it

Official dates tell you when; those who did the campaign last year know how long it took to get an interview slot in Cotonou or a Capago appointment in July. On Compatri, the Beninese community of the city where you hope to study brings together students already settled there: find it from the Beninese in France page and join before you leave. The « African students » group also connects, beyond a single city, those preparing the same intake.

Compatri is not a Campus France or government service and does not replace the official source: only the dates published by Campus France Benin are binding.

Official sources

• Campus France Benin: standard application calendar 2026-2027
• Campus France Benin: procedures calendar 2026-2027 (PDF)
• Campus France Benin: procedures calendar 2025-2026, 2026 intake (PDF)
• Campus France Benin: the standard application procedure 2026-2027
• Capago Benin: official visa application centre for France