FAQ -

No, a written examination is not part of the international admissions procedure.

Yes, because you obtained your French Baccalauréat abroad.

You will be able to choose from a list of available dates and locations through the online application, including the campus you are applying to in France. 

You must submit a completed application at least six weeks prior to the interview date most convenient to you.

Please note that the earlier your application reaches us, the more scope you will have to choose the interview location and therefore the more chance you will have to be interviewed in your location of choice.

No, you do not have to sit for the SAT test if you hold an IB diploma.

No, you must make sure your referees have included their forms before subtmitting your application. Keep in mind your application must be completed, including the references, by the programme's or scholarship's deadline. 

Your first two years of study will be split between Sciences Po and the University of Paris (UP) or between Sciences Po and the University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA), depending on the dual degree you have chosen. You will spend your third year studying abroad at one of Sciences Po’s international partner institutions, before returning to France for a fourth year of study at the BASc partner university (i.e. either UP or URCA)

The final BASc degree is the culmination of a mandatory dual curriculum in the sciences and liberal arts. It cannot, therefore, be awarded to students who have not obtained a valid undergraduate degree in science from one of the two partner universities.

Yes, during their second year all students will have to pick one of the three majors: “Economy & Society”, “Political Humanities” or “Politics & Government”.

Yes, but depending on the programme you must submit either one or two online applications. 

If you apply to the Dual Bachelor Degree with Freie Universität Berlin, the University of Hong Kong or Keio University, you only need to submit one application through Sciences Po, you must select the Dual Degree as a first choice of programme as well as one of our undergraduate programmes as a second choice.

For any other Dual Bachelor Degree: Columbia University, National University of Singapore, University of Sydney, University of British Columbia, and University College London, you must submit two applications. One on the website of the partner university for the dual degree and the other on the Sciences Po website in which you will be able to select one of our undergraduate programmes.

No, applications to the BASc programme will be made via the list of courses offered at Sciences Po alone.

No, in order for your application to be considered for this programme in collaboration with the partner institution (either the Institut de physique du globe de Paris, University of Paris or the University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne), you must select the course as your first choice and validate the place via our online application form.

No. You need to create a new account with a different email address. 

You may download an enrollement certificate through the student services centre in your online student space, once you have accepted our offer of admission. This document will assist you in obtaining a visa.

Depending on the required documents, you may also present the Letter of Admission you received from Sciences Po.

You may apply the year prior to you obtaining a diploma. However, if you are admitted, your admission will be conditional to you obtaining and providing your diploma.

When you send us missing documents at our request, the status update is not instantaneous: it might take between 7 and 15 days to update. Please be patient and avoid sending several copies of the same document. It will only slow down the process! Once we have checked out your documents, you will be able to see it directly on your online space.

To apply for the Emile Boutmy scholarship you must indicate so in the "Financial Information" section of the Sciences Po application form and must provide the required documents.

They are unique programmes in partnership with an affiliated university characterized by specific enrolment requirements and diplomas. These programmes are open to Sciences Po students and certain partner universities students. Please review the eligibility criteria and the specificities of the given programme.

In order to apply to any one of these programmes, you must select the indicated “Partnership Programme” procedure in the online application to view the accurate list of programmes available. 

If you have taken part in an exchange programme in Sciences Po, either as an undergraduate student or in a Master's, you must apply for a Master's through the international admission procedure.

No, it is not possible : applying to the one-year master’s programme is exclusive to all other admission procedures. Candidates must therefore choose to apply either for a regular Master program (and/or dual degree) or a one-year master's programme.

No, the one year master programmes are full time study programmes (except for the Master in Arts and Politics).

Sciences Po awards scholarships to a select number of Students, in the form of tuition reduction. These tuition reductions range from 10% to over 50%. For more information, contact the academic advisor of the programme you are applying to. 

If you cannot pay by credit card, you may ask us for the required information to pay by bank transfer. You must send us a proof of payment in the form of an official bank confirmation. Once the payment has been registered it will be updated in the online application, you will receive a confirmation of such in order for you to continue completing the form allowing you to submit it for review.

Beware: Just because you have paid this fee does not mean that the application has automatically been submitted. You must manually submit your application by clicking "submit application".

We will review all the elements of your submitted application. If you have not provided results to English tests, but have attached other proofs of English such as a degree from an institution where English is the language of instruction (at least two years of study), proof of 2 years of professional experience in an English speaking country and/or in an exclusively English speaking working environment, and if the material submitted is not deemed sufficient by the selection committee to prove your English proficiency, an English test may be requested.

Test results are valid for two years (on the deadline of the programme), except Cambridge proficiency certificates, DELF and DALF which have an unlimited validity.

You may submit your application without your language test results and send them afterwards, as long as we receive them by the deadline of the programme you are applying to.

Warning! We will not process any scholarship or dual degree applications if we have not received language test results by the deadline for the scholarship or dual degree programme requested.

Yes, you may send up to three professional references. The academic references are not mandatory but appreciated.

Professional references

The One-Year Master’s Programmes require:

• Two professional references (mandatory) for the Master in Public Affairs et le Master in Advanced Global Studies.
  
• One professional reference (one mandatory, two recommended) for the masters of the School of Management and Innovation. 

Academic references

You also have the opportunity to send academic references.

Your referee may be a teacher, academic advisor, or hierarchical superior with whom you have worked closely with and who will be able to assess your achievements and potential. Never a personal acquaintance. Choose with the utmost care as references play a vital role in the evaluation process.

Things to know about academic/professional references

The references supplied in the application form are very important documents for us; you should therefore take the utmost care when choosing your referee. Do not choose someone only because of their title or position. What matters most is that you choose someone who knows you well and who can evaluate your skills and personal qualities.

The chosen referees must have assessed you academically (written work in particular) and must be able to evaluate you in an impartial and precise manner. Please note that referees must be teachers or hierarchical superiors and not personal acquaintances.

If your referees are teachers, choose those who have taught the main disciplines you have studied or disciplines that are taught at Sciences Po. Do not choose language teachers, as indications of your language level are provided elsewhere in your application. If you have been enrolled in several institutions in the last two years, it is recommended to choose referees from each one of them.

Make sure that the person you have chosen is prompt to give a positive reference. Take the time to meet them in order to explain the reasons and motivation behind your choice. Take this time to remind them of the strong elements of your personality, interpersonal skills, leadership qualities and/or of your experience that you would like them to highlight.

Once you have filled in (and saved) your referees' contact information on the online application, an e-mail will be sent automatically by the system inviting them to complete an online recommandation form. You should check that they have received this e-mail.

No, applicants are not allowed to read references. They are strictly confidential and will only be read by those people responsible for assessing your application.

Master programmes: you must write your resume in French or English, according to the language of the programme you are applying for. 

One year programmes: you must write your resume in English (except for SPEAP, resume to be attached in French). 

Dual degree programmes: you must write your resume in English.

In the Academic background section, you are required to indicate your exact cumulative/final grade average for each university degree (Bachelor and Master level if adequate) in the dedicated box. 

If you have not yet finished your degree, please write your average obtained to this date.

No conversion is required. You must write your average as it is, using the grading scale of your university. In the comment of the attachment, please specify the position of your average on the transcript.

The academic year at Sciences Po begins between end of August and mid-September, depending on the programmes. Only exchange students may begin in January (second semester). Please consult the information on our Welcome programmes and be aware that certain orientation programmes may be compulsory.

No, deferrals are not granted for dual degree programmes.

Yes, insofar as you fulfill the criteria set for applying through a different procedure. However you will not be able to apply through a different procedure the same year.