FAQ - Master

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.

No, the procedure for admission at a one-year master’s programme only involves the assessment of an online application.

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. 

The application fees are 100€ and are not refundable.

The online application is composed of several fields. Entries for each field may be saved by clicking on the « save changes » link at the bottom of the page. This allows you to save your information as you are completing your application. It will be saved until the next connection. You can thus complete your application in several steps.

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.

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.

You must write your letter online. You shall, if you wish to do so, write your letter first on Word and then copy/paste your text online. 

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.

You have been admitted at Sciences Po on the condition that you prove the required language proficiency for the programme.

Applicants who have received a conditional offer of admission must provide their language test scores according to the language requirements before the given deadline, and by May 15, 2019 at the latest, in order to join Sciences Po for the 2019 intake. If you are unable to provide satisfactory language scores by then, you must do so by December 31 of your conditionnal admission year, in order to be admitted for the following intake. 

There is no conditional admission for the dual degree programmes. 

Yes you can apply again, but you will have to wait the following year to do so. Keep in mind you may apply to a Sciences Po Master programme up to 3 times, from admissions 2018 and on. A fourth application will be declared non eligible.