Undergraduate Admissions for applicants from foreign secondary schools: required documents
Please note
Before you submit your application, make sure it is complete and that all required supporting documents are attached in the right format. Should any documents be missing, your application will be deemed incomplete and will not be evaluated.
For all Applicants
- CV/Résumé (in French or English, depending on the language of the programme).
- All official academic transcripts from the last three/four years of secondary education (including all available grades for the current year).
- The unweighted cumulative grade average (please see below)
- All available scores from secondary school examination (IB predicted grades, A-level predicted grades, etc.) or standardised tests (SAT, ACT, etc.), including expected scores.
- Two academic references (mandatory). You may attach extra academic and/or professional references (optional).
- Secondary school examination certificate, if already held.
- Copy of your ID/Passport
Please do not overload your application with non-requested documents.
Calculation of the unweighted cumulative grade average
Please provide in your application form your unweighted cumulative grade average for your time at secondary school (last three to four years depending on your system); we accept an official document signed and stamped by your secondary school OR a word document prepared by yourself, along with the detail of calculation.
Please note: Sciences Po will be prompt to recalculate all cumulative averages and could declare the application ineligible in the event of a false declaration.
If you are facing difficulties in calculating your cumulative grade average, please contact us (admissions@sciencespo.fr) before submitting your application.
Important: candidates preparing the International Baccalaureate, the GCSE/A levels, a US high school diploma or the Indian CBSE/ICSE are not required to submit this document (please see below).
Applicants PREPARING an International Baccalaureate
Applicants who will get the International Baccalaureate (IB) must present their end-of-year IB predicted grades (official document stamped and signed by the school). Should this document be missing, your file will be deemed incomplete.
Applicants PREPARING a High School Diploma (USA)
Applicants who hold, or will hold, a US High School Diploma must provide:
- Unweighted GPA out of 4 (official document stamped and signed by the school).
- SAT Reasoning Test (code number 6192) or ACT test scores. Please note: Applicants taking the ACT must also sit the writing section
- A School profile
- Optional: SAT Subject test
- Optional: Advanced Placement (AP), including results
Applicants PREPARING A-Levels (UK)
Applicants holding A-Levels must provide a transcript of their A-Level scores in at least three different subjects.
Applicants preparing the Indian CBSE/ICSE
- must provide their national exams results of grade X.
Notes
Copies of your transcripts and diplomas must be provided in the original language version. When necessary, they must come with an official or informal translation into French or English.
If admitted, you will be required to present original copies of your transcripts, certificates and diplomas to the Registrar's Office during registrations.
