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Doctor honoris causa of Sciences Po :
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
Tuesday 27 September 2011
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Facts & Figures

Students, research, faculty and programmes: key facts and figures

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Alumni
53 000 former students.

10 000 students
40% of students have a nationality other than French and come from 130 different countries

 350 partner universities globally
32 double degrees with some of the world’s most prestigious universities (including Columbia, Freie Universität, Fudan, Keio, London School of Economics, Saint Gall, and U-Penn)
1 200 students on exchange

146 000 teaching hours
Several courses entirely in English
17 languages taugh
50 visiting professors per year from all over the world
3 400 lecturers
11 research units200 permanent teacher-researchers

Undergraduate program (3 years, degree from the University College)
A unique educational program offered on 7 multicultural and multilingual campuses situated at the heart of historic French citiesThe 3rd year of the undergraduate program must be spent abroad

Master’s program (2 years, Master’s degree)
4 Schools offering over 20 Master’s degrees1 400 graduates, 30% of whom come from 80 different countries39% of students have found employment before graduating
30% of graduates have their first job outside France

Ph.D. program
450 students are currently preparing a thesis at the Doctoral School, in Law, Economics, History, Political Science or Sociology in 3 to 5 years

 Continuing education
Custom-designed programs, short and/or leading to a qualification7 000 internships and student placements each year, executives and directors
13 part-time Executive Master’s

Investment in social diversity
21% of students hold scholarships, 26% if we include students graduating from the French secondary school system; this is set to rise to 30% by 2013
Over 5 million euros devoted to social aid

Documentary resources
One of the foremost social sciences university libraries in continental Europe
Nearly 1 million books, 15 000 periodicals
1.4 million online documents
40 databases and over 2 000 online press dossiers

900 employees
145 million euros budget, half coming from the state, half privately funded

A campus that hosts more than 365 events per year – conferences, debates, lectures and more
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