Exchange programme for graduate students

As one of the top international social science institutions, Sciences Po has established exchange partnerships and academic agreements with 400 universities worldwide.

 

Students from any of these partner universities are eligible to study at Sciences Po through an exchange programme. The application and selection process for the exchange programme is entirely run by students’ home universities, thus prospect students should apply through their institution’s International Office in charge of the study abroad programmes.


The Master Exchange Programme


 
 
►General Information
 
students Exchange students can visit Sciences Po for either one semester or one year, depending on their home university’s study abroad policy. Exchange students will be paying their tuition to their home university and will usually get credits for grades obtained at Sciences Po, as they will be fully integrated within the Sciences Po student body and will be considered as part of the Sciences Po community. Graduate exchange student take a maximum of 24 ECTS credits per semester which are doubled on the grade transcript (except for language and sports courses)
 

►Enrollment
 

Students must have obtained a Bachelors degree or completed at least six semesters of undergraduate studies in order to be eligible for the Sciences Po graduate exchange programme.

 

►Curricula
 

Exchange students can select classes from a full range of Sciences Po Master courses, all of which are taught at the Paris campus, according to their personal interests and their home university’s specific requirements.
Please be aware that some graduate courses are not open to international students and some others may have language or academic prerequisites.

 

► Masters programmes open to exchange students

- Paris School of International Affairs (PSIA)

PSIA is open to exchange students taking part in an exchange programme beginning in September for a duration of one or two semesters.
Students may take courses taught in English, French or in both languages however 70% of courses are taught in English.
Students must have a sufficient level in French to follow courses taught in French. All students who intend to take courses taught in English must have a C1 level in English (Sciences Po level 4).
Students intending to take courses in International Economic Policy must have previously taken and passed courses in micro and macro economics as part of their Bachelor degree.
Please note that some PSIA courses are closed to exchange students

- Master European Affairs

The Master in European Affairs is open to exchange students taking part in an exchange programme beginning in September for a duration of one or two semesters.
Students may take courses taught in English, French or in both languages and must have a sufficient level in French and in English to follow courses taught in both of these languages.

- Master in Economic Law

The Master in Economic law is open to exchange students taking part in an exchange programme beginning in September for a duration of one or two semesters.
Students may take courses taught in English, French or in both languages. For courses taught in French, students must have a C1 level in French (Sciences Po level 4). For courses taught in English, students must have a C1 level in English (Sciences Po level 4).
Some courses have prerequisites which are indicated in the course syllabus

- Master in Communications

The Master in Communication is open to exchange students taking part in an exchange programme beginning in September for a duration of one or two semesters.
Students may only take courses taught in French (the English track programme is not open to exchange students) and must have a C1 level in French (Sciences Po level 4).

- Master Affaires Publiques

The Master in Affaires Publiques is open to exchange students taking part in an exchange programme beginning in September for a duration of one or two semesters.
Students may only take courses taught in French and must have a C1 level in French (Sciences Po level 4).

- Master Finance and Strategy

The Master in Finance and Strategy is open to exchange students taking part in an exchange programme beginning in September for a duration of one or two semesters.
Students may only take courses taught in French and must have a C1 level in French (Sciences Po level 4).

- Master Economics and Business

The Master in Economics and Business is open to exchange students taking part in an exchange programme beginning in September for a duration of one or two semesters.
Students may only take courses taught in English and must have a C1 level in English (Sciences Po level 4).

- Master Economics and Public Policy

The Master in Economics and Public Policy is open to exchange students taking part in an exchange programme beginning in September for a duration of one or two semesters.
Students may only take courses taught in English and must have a C1 level in English (Sciences Po level 4).

- Master Marketing and market research 

The master in Marketing and market research is open to exchange students taking part in an exchange programme beginning in September for a duration of one or two semesters.
Students may only take courses taught in French and must have a C1 level in French (Sciences Po level 4). 

- Master Human resources management 

The Master in Human resources management is open to exchange students taking part in an exchange programme beginning in September for a duration of one semester only.
Students may only take courses taught in French and must have a C1 level in French (Sciences Po level 4).
Students must have prior knowledge of human resources management.

Master Governing the Large Metropolis

The Master Governing the Large Metropolis is open to exchange students taking part in an exchange programme beginning in September for a duration of one semester only.
Students may only take courses taught in English and must have a C1 level in English (Sciences Po level 4).
Exchange students must provide a statement of purpose in English outlining their interest in urban strategies.

- Master Regional and urban strategies 

The Master in Regional and urban strategies is open to exchange students taking part in an exchange programme beginning in September for a duration of one semester only.
Students may only take courses taught in French and must have a C1 level in French (Sciences Po level 4).
Exchange students must provide a statement of purpose in French outlining their interest in regional and urban strategies. 

- Doctoral programmes

The Master in Judicial and legal carers, the Master in Journalism and the MPA programme are not open to exchange students.

 

►Language requirements

Students need to reach a certain language fluency level in order to participate successfully in courses taught in languages other than their mother tongue or their home institution’s  teaching language. Please see the language requirements

 

Doctoral exchange Programme


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With the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs’s support, the Doctoral School and the Center for the Americas of Sciences Po have developed a Doctoral Exchange Programme with the following prestigious American universities:


- The University of California (Berkeley)
- The University of Chicago
- Columbia University
- Harvard University
- Princeton University
- The University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Tufts University
- Yale University