Graduate Admissions: Which procedure applies to your situation?

In order to recruit an increased diversity of students and thereby reinforce the relevance and quality of its curriculum, Sciences Po has implemented several admission procedures for Master's and dual degree programmes, which differ according to the applicant's situation.

It is not possible to apply for a Master's programme through several procedures. It is your responsibility to determine which procedure matches your situation before submitting your application.

Be sure to check the eligibility criteria for each procedure to confirm which one is right for you. These criteria are based on the nationality of your undergraduate diploma (or equivalence), regardless of your other diplomas.

There are some specific prerequisites depending on the programme. Please make sure to check them.

Domestic Graduate Admissions Procedure

You should apply through this procedure if you have already obtained, or will obtain by the end of the current academic year, a French undergraduate degree (or 180 ECTS credits) from an institution located either in France or abroad.

Please note : 

• Applicants who earned 180 ECTS credits must have completed a progressive three-year program in higher education, equivalent to a Bachelor's degree level and must have earned a minimum of 180 ECTS credits to be eligible.
• If you are applying while currently in your third year of preparatory classes (khûbe) in a CPGE, you will need to obtain an equivalency of 180 ECTS credits by enrolling simultaneously at a university for that purpose.

Sciences Po undergraduate college students (excluding exchange students)

• If you are in your third year, in the last year of an international dual degree, in the last year of BASC or at the end of a gap year between Bachelor's and Master's, please visit the dedicated webpage.
• Sciences Po undergraduate students (you are in your third year, in the last year of an international dual degree, in the last year of BASC or at the end of a gap year between Bachelor's and Master's) willing to apply to a dual degree programme must do so through the domestic admission procedure, regardless of their educational background prior to Sciences Po.

Learn more about our admissions process for a two-year master’s programme at Sciences Po though the domestic graduate procedure 

Learn more about our admissions process for a graduate dual degree programme (domestic or international procedure)

International graduate admissions procedure

The international graduate admissions procedure is open to applicants who have obtained or will obtain (by the end of this academic year) : 

• a non-French undergraduate degree (or 180 ECTS credits / bachelor’s degree or equivalent) from an institution located in France or abroad; 
• a Master's level degree (magister or magistracy, for example) for countries in which universities do not award undergraduate qualifications.

Learn more about our admissions process for a two-year master’s programme at Sciences Po though the international procedure 

Learn more about our admissions process for a graduate dual degree programme (domestic or international procedure)

You obtained/are in the process of obtaining a French AND a non-French undergraduate degree

Make sure you read the following in order to apply through the appropriate procedure, depending on your specific situation.

• You have already obtained both degrees: You may choose to apply through either the Domestic procedure or the International procedure;
• You have already obtained your French degree and the foreign one is still in progress: Apply through the Domestic admission procedure;
• You have already obtained your foreign degree and the French one is still in progress: Apply through the International admission procedure;
• Both degrees are still in progress: Apply through the domestic procedure if a majority of credits have been validated in the French system. Otherwise, apply through the international procedure. Please be aware that if applicable, the credits from your previous studies (undergraduate level) will be taken into account in this calculation.

Other cases

• Some dual degree programmes have a specific admission process. It is the case for Partnership programmes or dual degrees only opened to Sciences Po students and/or students from the partner institution. Eligibility and admission requirements are detailed on each programme’s webpage.
• I want to apply to a one-year Master’s programme.
• I want to follow a preparation for a competitive examination in the fields of administration or law (FR).  You may apply to both a Master’s programme and a preparation programme at the same time.
• I want to apply to a PhD programme. 
• I want to apply to an Executive Education programme.