Sciences Po is one of the world’s leading universities in the humanities and social sciences. Its Bachelor’s degree is built on three pillars: interdisciplinarity, international outlook, and civic engagement.

A multidisciplinary programme in the humanities and social sciences

Sciences Po's Undergraduate programme centres on five main disciplines: law, economics, history, political science, and sociology. These courses are complemented by scientific disciplines, foreign language learning, and artistic workshops.

The objective is to give students all the tools they need to understand the contemporary world.

• The first year is devoted to the core disciplinary courses.
• In the second year, students choose two majors, each from the two blocks below:
  • Block 1: Economics, Political Science – Comparative Politics, Political Science – Political Theory
  • Block 2: Law, History, Sociology
• In third year all students go abroad. They pursue in greater depth the majors they have chosen through one of our 480 university partnerships.

Geographical minors to understand global challenges

The Undergraduate College has seven campuses across France. where students follow a common core of foundational courses in the humanities and social sciences. In addition, each regional campus offers a geographical minor.

These minors provide interdisciplinary content. Through them, students explore major contemporary political, economic, and social issues from a regional perspective.

They form part of a broader reflection on the dynamics of globalisation, studied through a compulsory course on European societies and institutions in the first year, and a course on international relations in the second year.

The Civic Learning Programme: from knowledge to action

During their first two years, students follow the Civic Learning Programme, which leads them to establish links between the citizenship issues addressed in their courses and their personal commitment. This programme consists of two field experiences with disadvantaged groups, in the public, private, and non-profit sectors, in France and abroad. The final Capstone Project at the end of the second year provides an opportunity to reflect on these experiences.

Dual degree programmes

Sciences Po’s Undergraduate College has set up 16 dual Bachelor degree programmes including 10 international dual degrees with  leading universities around the world, and 6 dual degrees with French universities.

10 international dual degrees

6 French dual degree programmes

Continuing studies and professional opportunities

At the end of their three years of study, students obtain a Bachelor’s degree conferring the European grade of licence. The majority of students continue their studies in a Master’s degree at Sciences Po. Others join prestigious institutions in France or abroad, or choose to enter the professional world. The broad range of courses at Sciences Po opens up career paths in many sectors.

Discover the diversity of our graduates’ career paths in our latest Graduate Employability Survey.

Our international community

Sciences Po selects its students from among the finest candidates in France and abroad. The university welcomes 14,000 students each year, of which nearly half are international students from 130 nationalities. The multiculturalism and academic excellence of our student community are part of what makes Sciences Po so attractive as an institution internationally.