Back to Campus: 4 Unique Student Stories from the Nancy Campus

On Thursday, 31 August, 175 first-year students attended an official back to school ceremony on the Nancy campus in the presence of Mathias Vicherat, President of Sciences Po, Jeanne Lazarus, new Dean of the Undergraduate College, François Laval, Campus Director, Richard Laganier, Rector of the academic region of the Grand Est, Hélène Boulanger, President of the University of Lorraine, Mathieu Klein, Mayor of Nancy – President of the Métropole du Grand Nancy. Anke Rehlinger, Minister - President of Saarland and Plenipotentiary of the Federal Republic of Germany in charge of cultural affairs and Olivier Rozenberg, Associate Professor at Sciences Po's Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics - President of the Scientific Committee of the Nancy Campus, each gave an inaugural lesson.

Established since 2000 in the Lorraine region, the Nancy campus hosts the geographical minor European Union, Franco-German partnership. A specialty which allows students to delve deeper into the geopolitical, economic and social issues of the European Union from a comparative perspective between France and Germany.

A strong local player, the campus has build a tight relationship with the University of Lorraine: two dual courses already exist (in law and economics) and a Bachelor of Arts and Sciences (BASc) could soon be created in order to cross social sciences with technology and science, particularly in the field of Artificial Intelligence.

Discover 4 original student stories that have shaped the Nancy campus student life in 2023!

1. 50 students from the Nancy campus were invited to the Paris campus for an unforgettable event during which Sciences Po awarded the title of doctor honoris causa to the former German stateswoman Angela Merkel.
2. 14 students from the Cyclistes Solidaires association, studying at Nancy, Dijon and Le Havre campuses, embarked on a 9-day cycling journey, crossing 4 countries to reach Amsterdam and collecting 4,000 euros in donations along the way!
3. For the 60th anniversary of the Élysée Treaty, around fifty students were invited by the World Peace Centre in Verdun and 3 of them took part in Franco-German round tables on major topics such as economy and finance, environment and energy or even defense and sovereignty.
4. 10 students took turns several evenings a week at the Nancy Children's Hospital to read books to children with cancer and help them fall asleep after their parents left.

As a bonus, watch this video presentation of the campus: