Sociology is one of the five social sciences at the heart of the Sciences Po University College (undergraduate) curriculum, alongside political science, history, economics, and law. Through sociology, students learn to understand and explain social life, focusing on the forms it takes and the social causes and consequences of human activities. They become familiar with the structures of societies, as well as the changing configurations of groups and organizations and the ways in which their members interact. Equipped with analytical frameworks and research methods, they become capable of understanding social dynamics, past, present, and future.

The teaching of sociology at the Collège Universitaire draws on the expertise of more than sixty permanent researchers in the department, as well as a number of French and foreign visiting professors, doctoral students, and postdoctoral researchers. Thanks to this rich teaching community, sociology is taught in all its diversity, covering a wide range of topics, theories, and methodologies. The courses, which are regularly updated, are based on the latest French and international research findings.

The Sciences Po University College now has seven campuses in France, each specializing in a different region of the world but offering the same fundamental courses in sociology and other disciplines :

• European Campus Central and Eastern Europe in Dijon
• Europe-Asia Campus in Le Havre
• Middle East Mediterranean Campus in Menton
• European Franco-German Campus in Nancy
• Euro-Latin American Campus in Poitiers
• Euro-African and Euro-American Campus in Reims
• Paris Campus (no regional specialization)