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Sciences Po and Africa
The ties between Sciences Po and Africa have been strong, diverse and fruitful for many years now:
Teaching
At the bachelor level, the Africa Minor has been offered on the Reims campus since 2011. At the graduate level, 250 students are following an African geographical specialisation at the Paris School of International Affairs (PSIA). Dedicated programmes are offered as well by the Urban School, the School of Research and Executive Education.
Mobility
Sciences Po has built a network of 34 partner universities, one of the most active in Europe, through which more than fifty students can go on exchange each year and vice versa. There are also double degree programmes with African universities. Sciences Po opened a permanent office in Nairobi in 2018 and a new one in Dakar in June 2023. Sciences Po is the French university that send the greatest number of exchange students in Africa.
Today, almost 700 African students (representing 46 nationalities) study on our campuses, and associations and alumni circles have been set up around Africa-related subjects.
Scholarship
A scholarship programme specially dedicated to students from sub-Saharan Africa – unique in continental Europe – has been initiated by the Mastercard Foundation, allowing more than 150 students from African countries to enter Sciences Po.
Research
In terms of research, the Centre for International Studies (CERI) runs a research group and research programmes and launched the journal Politique africaine. The Center for History, the department of Economics, the Law School for Research Center and the médialab host several Africa specialists as well.
Hear from the actors of these programmes and all those who keep alive the strong and diverse relationship between Sciences Po and Africa.
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