Paris Institute of Political Studies
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Paris Institute of Political Studies Background and History

The Paris Institute of Political Studies is commonly called Sciences Po in French. It was built in the late 19th century to develop a new class of French politicians after the French defeat in the Franco-Prussian War. Sciences Po is a prestigious and prominent educational organization in the social sciences in France.

In the mid-1990 Sciences Po started the internationalization of the school curriculum and student body and began an ambitious reform agenda to equip its students for the private sector. It also established a special admission process for underprivileged applicants.

Paris Institute of Political Studies Programs Courses and Schools

Sciences Po has a University College, six professional schools, and a Doctoral School. The Undergraduate College grants a three-year Bachelor of Arts degree with a multidisciplinary foundation in humanities and social sciences with an emphasis on civic, linguistic, artistic, and digital training.

Sciences Po's seven schools also offer one and two-year Master's and PhD programs. All graduate programs are delivered on the Sciences Po campus in Paris. Sciences Po also offers dual Master's programs with international partners. Students registered in these dual degree programs spend one year at Sciences Po in Paris and one year at the partner university.

Research at Sciences Po includes economics, law, history, sociology and political science. It also covers many interdisciplinary topics such as cities, political ecology, sustainable development, socio-economic and globalization.

Paris Institute of Political Studies Campuses

Sciences Po has seven campuses in France. These are the Paris campus, Dijon campus, Normandy, Le Havre campus in Normandy, French Riviera campus in Menton, Nancy campus in Lorraine, Poitiers campus the historic city of Poitiers, and Reims campus in Champagne.

The Paris campus is spread across several buildings clustered around the Boulevard Saint-Germain in the 6th and 7th districts or arrondissements, as the Parisians call it. The Paris campus hosts undergraduate students registered in the general curriculum program, the dual bachelor's degree with UCL, and all seven graduate schools.

The Le Havre is home to six Dual Degree programs, and welcomes international students from over thirty countries from all around the world. The Reims campus is located in the heart of the Champagne region. It is housed in the 17th century College des Jesuits. It is by far the largest of the regional campuses of Sciences Po, hosting the Europe-North America program and the Europe-Africa Program as well as an exchange program.

Paris Institute of Political Studies Achievements

The QS World University Rankings ranked Sciences Po 4th in the world for Politics and International Studies for 2016–2017 based on English speaking publications. Times Higher Education ranked Sciences Po 50th in the world for social sciences (1st in France) for 2018.

Paris Institute of Political Studies USP

Sciences Po is known for recruiting many former or current professionals to give lessons, allowing students to benefit from practitioners and their distinctive insights on present-day issues. Many high ranking civil servants give lectures after their day job, at the beginning of the evening.

The previous and current instructors are former French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin, former WTO president Pascal Lamy, former French President Francois Hollande, former French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin, former French foreign minister Hubert Védrine, noted historian Pierre Milza and Nobel Prize Laureate economist, Joseph Stiglitz.

Paris Institute of Political Studies Notable Alumni

Sciences Po Alumni and former staff include 28 heads of state or government, including French presidents Emmanuel Macron, François Hollande, Jacques Chirac, François Mitterrand, and Georges Pompidou.

Among the Alumni are CEOs Frédéric Oudéa of banking group Societe Generale, Michel Bon of Carrefour and Jean-Cyril Spinetta of Air France.