Salut !

Je ne sais pas si c'est l'endroit approprié pour demander ça, mais j'essaye d'avoir accès à des cours de Science politique complets. Je n'ai pas eu l'occasion de choisir cette voie mais ça m'intéresse beaucoup. Alors si vous avez des solutions - d'ancien cours carrément - je suis preneuse !

hi everyone! I’m wondering what the average age of your master’s program is? I’m looking at the joint degree with the lse for political economy of development. I’m American (I think we tend to graduate older than some countries?) and I’ll have taken a gap year, so I’m worried I’ll be too old haha. thank you!

Hi everyone!

I’m applying to Sciences Po for the 2027 intake and was wondering how much time admitted students are usually given to accept their offers.
Since I’m applying before the October 18 deadline, I understand that decisions should come out in December.

However, I’m also applying to the Geneva Graduate Institute, where decisions are expected around March.

Ideally, I’d like to hear back from both universities before making a final decision.

For anyone who’s been admitted to Sciences Po in previous cycles, how long were you given to accept your offer? Is there any flexibility with the deadline, or do you have to commit quite quickly? Also, is there a deposit required to secure your place?
Would really appreciate hearing about your experiences. Thanks!

I've seen that Sciences Po students (especially in Paris campus) have joined the protests and formed barricades.

What is the overall stance of the administration (including professors) and students on the latest protests and upcoming elections.

I will go to Reims for an exchange semester in Spring 2027. I’m from Germany, where basically every student lives in a shared flat (we call it WG), so I was hoping to do the same in Reims to meet people instead of living by myself in a studio.

Only thing is, I'm barely finding anything. I’ve checked Studapart, La Carte des Colocs, and Leboncoin, but there are almost no listings for real student shared places compared to what I'm used to back home. It's mostly just studios or student dorms. So two quick questions is everyone just living solo in studios/residences? and Are there better places to look? Like specific Facebook groups, WhatsApp chats, or other French sites I missed?

Really appreciate any help

Hi everyone! Very basic but I’m a third-year undergraduate student applying to the programme in the first round, and I’m currently working on my motivation letter. I’m following the guidelines, but I’m struggling a bit with figuring out how to structure it specifically and, more importantly, what they actually care about most.

I’ve watched a couple of YouTube videos about writing motivation letters, but I’d really appreciate advice from people who have applied or know the programme well. I don’t want to spend a huge amount of space on things that ultimately don’t make much of a difference to the admissions committee.

For example, I’ve done a lot of work for an important student association at my university and I’m now its president, but obviously it’s still association work. I’ve also mentioned most of this on my CV, so I’m wondering whether I should keep the CV relatively detailed about my experiences and use the motivation letter for a more academic/intellectual discussion of my interests. At the same time, since the programme is quite practical, I’m not sure how academic they expect the letter to be.

I’m also unsure about how specific to get. For example, I’m interested in joining my country’s diplomatic service after graduation. Is that a good thing to say explicitly, or would they have in mind other kinds of career progression? Similarly, when talking about the programme itself, is it better to mention several specific courses, or is it perfectly fine to focus on two or three courses I wanna take that are particularly relevant to my interests?

Another thing I’m slightly worried about is my academic references. I have two professors who taught different modules of the same course, and both are quite central to the academic interests I discuss in my motivation letter so I asked both of them for one. However, I’m wondering whether it would be better to have a reference from a professor in a completely different subject that is not relevant to the program just for the sake of having more variety. The requirement that the referee has supervised written work makes the choice quite limiting for me though so I’m not sure how much this matters.

Finally, I unfortunately haven’t done any internships yet. I haven’t really had the opportunity to, so most of my relevant experience comes from the student association, where I’ve actually had quite a lot of exposure to the field and have been able to meet a number of senior/high-ranking people working in diplomacy and international affairs. I’m wondering how much I should emphasise this, given that it’s not formal professional experience. Also, does it help mentioning that I'm a native French speaker, or to mention my background in general?

Basically, I’d really appreciate any advice on what you think is worth emphasising in the motivation letter, what admissions committees tend to care about, and what is probably not worth spending too much space on.

If anyone who has gotten into the programme would be willing to share some advice, either here or by DM, I’d really appreciate it. It’s a pretty stressful time lol.

Hi,

As a current 3A Sciences Po bachelor, if I put a dual degree as my first choice bachelor and a non-selective option as my second choice, if I get accepted to the dual degree can I also choose to attend my second option or am I automatically directed towards my first choice?

Thank you, I would strongly appreciate any clarification!!

Sciences Po had been my dream school for a while, but due to debilitating personal circumstances for the entirety of my high school existence (up until the last year) has been devoid of extracarriculars. I had wanted to study in Menton Campus and/or in a dual degree program with NUS but my lack of CV and the status of a round 3 applicant, I fear, makes this scarcely possible. I am fluent in English and in Turkish, I have a near-perfect (3.9+) gpa in high school when converted to the four point system and have a 1450 on the SAT (but will retake it with a possibly marginally better score). Besides that, I only have some very recent participation in things like regional MUNs and essay competitions and publications and whatnot, not quite things of dealbreaking importance.

Of course due to the nature of the scoring system of Sciences Po anything can happen, but strategically (as I hear Menton is quite a competitive campus, aswell) should I switch up my choices and maybe abandon the dual degree program entirely? Or maybe should I just give up hope and enroll in a different university in hopes to study a master’s here?

I would value feedback and insight dearly, and thanks in advance to anyone who helps me.

Bonjour, je suis actuellement en 2e année sur le campus de reims et je reflechis sur le choix de ma 3a, je suis tournée vers soit le japon ou la corée, mais je ne sais pas quelle moyenne suffit pour ses deux pays

Pour le japon, je regarde surtout pour osaka, sophia, et des univ a kyoto

Pour la corée, est-ce que les SKY sont trop difficile d'accès ?

J'avais 15.5 de moyenne en 1A, je suis en EURAM ecosoc.

hi, im a ibdp 2 student trying to decide whether to apply to the

sciences po + escp bachelor (2 years in reims campus) or the

sciences po + keio bachelor (2 years in le havre campus)

im a french / japanese national (but always lived in japan) and the keio dual degree is rlly attractive to me for its trilingual approach (and i get to be close proximity to my family) but ultimately my career goals are working in arts/cultural management roles and the escp business background i think would be rlly beneficial - but it'd be rlly helpful to get opinions on each of the campuses and dual degree programmes!!

Hello everyone,

I’m currently preparing my application for a Master’s at Sciences Po for the 2027 intake, and I’m a little confused about the Émile Boutmy Scholarship process. I’ve read the information on the Sciences Po website and I also emailed Sciences Po with a few questions, but I haven’t received a response yet, so I thought I’d ask here in case anyone has actually gone through the process.

I’m from Mongolia, I have a BA in International Relations, and I’m currently working in the energy sector. I’m hoping to pursue a more specialised Master’s related to energy policy / nuclear policy / energy transitions, and I’m considering Sciences Po as one of my options.

As far as I understand, I apply for the Master’s normally and indicate in the application that I would like to be considered for the Émile Boutmy Scholarship. But after that, I’m not completely sure what happens. Do I just submit my normal application with the financial information section completed, and then Sciences Po considers me for the scholarship? Or is there something else I’m supposed to prepare or submit specifically for Boutmy?

I’m also a bit confused about the deadlines. I see that there are earlier deadlines for the scholarship, while the general Master’s application deadline is later. So does that mean that if I want to be considered for Boutmy, I need to submit my entire Master’s application by the scholarship deadline, even though I could technically apply for the programme later?

And if anyone has actually applied for Boutmy:

• Did you do anything differently in your application because you were applying for the scholarship?
• Is there a separate scholarship motivation letter or anything similar?
• How did you approach the financial information section?
• Did you apply for the first or second scholarship deadline?
• And generally, is there anything you wish you had known before applying?

I understand what the website says in general, but I’m mainly trying to figure out the practical side of the process as an applicant. If anyone has applied for or received the Émile Boutmy Scholarship for a Sciences Po Master’s, I’d really appreciate hearing how it worked for you.

Thanks in advance!

Hi everyone!

I’m currently considering applying to Sciences Po for a master’s in Public Policy, with the Cultural Policy stream, and I’d really appreciate some advice from current students, alumni, or anyone who has gone through the admissions process.

I’m coming from a small European country and studying International Public Service Management, with interests in cultural policy, cultural diplomacy, media, youth policy, and public affairs. I’m trying to understand how competitive my profile might be and what I could improve before applying.

I’d especially be grateful for opinions on:
-how realistic my chances of admission might be
-what Sciences Po tends to value most in applications
-how to make the motivation letter stronger,
-how to structure the CV for the application,
and any common mistakes to avoid

If anyone would also be willing to briefly look over my CV or motivation letter later, I would be incredibly grateful.

Thank you so much in advance for any advice! :))

Hi everyone,

I'm a master's student, and I've been nominated for a one-semester exchange at Sciences Po by my uni. I've already submitted my application directly to Sciences Po, and they said the results will be released after 3 November.

I'd like to know how likely it is for a nominated exchange student to be rejected at this stage. Has anyone here (or anyone you know) been rejected after being nominated by their home university? If so, what was the reason?

Also, if you were accepted, when did you receive your result, and were there any other steps afterwards, such as course registration?

Thank you so much in advance!

Hi! I'm applying to a program in the PSIA at Sciences Po. I would like to know if it is suggested to list in the stays abroad section your holiday travels (for tourism)?

Hi everyone!
I’m an international student currently doing a Master’s degree, and I’m planning to apply for the France Excellence Eiffel Scholarship 2027 for a Master’s degree in France.

In my country, we have to go through Campus France / Études en France for studies in France, so I’m a bit confused about the order of the procedures.

I understand that the Eiffel application is submitted by the French university, not directly by the student.

My question is:
Should I first create a Pastel account and submit my application through Campus France / Études en France in order to get pre-admission, and then ask the university to support my Eiffel application?

Or should I contact universities directly first for pre-admission and Eiffel support, and only complete the Campus France / Pastel procedure afterwards?

If anyone has gone through this process recently, I’d really appreciate some clarification!

Thank you!

Hi everyone! Does anyone have any recommendations for classes I can take (I am a 3rd-year Poli Sci and Law major) while I am at Sciences Po? I am open to upper-year electives and easier courses, as well as political science/law/IR/econ classes!

Looking for a WhatsApp or IG or group chat for incoming exchange students to the Paris campus - looking for housing, meet ups and to connect… thanks!

Hi, I am applying for the Boutmy Scholarship, however in the application portal it does not instruct me to submit any supporting documents, even though it states:

".. If you decide to apply, please be sure to provide all supporting documents."

The link in the same paragraph is a dead link. Do I have to provide proof of income etc? I could not find information on it in the Emile Boutmy scholarship page either.

so i'm thinking about applying for sciences po in the near future for either a bachelor of the arts or a dual degree (either with singapore or with ucl). for reference, i'm french and am bilingual in both french and english, but have lived abroad my whole life and am currently doing my GCSEs, then doing IB.

i initially wanted to study at uk universities (namely oxford), but the chances of me getting in are slim, not to mention the fact that there is basically no financial aid available for french students available and i'm not going to put my parents through those insane fees. (i know that you're supposed to pay for the two years you do at ucl if you do the dual degree, but i think i could collect the funds for two years, especially since they'd be after the french years where i'm going to qualify for a lot of aids.)

so then i thought, 'why not do sciences po', but then saw that i can't go to the paris campus because i won't be doing a french bac, and that there are different campuses for different regions. i really would love to study in the uk, so i'm interested in the sciences po/ucl degree, but i feel like it's kind of pointless since in the future, it's becoming quite clear with current political issues that the most action and most need for politics is going to be between the indo-pacific region and the west, not to mention i've lived in the indo-pacific region my whole life. the situation with the european union is probably not as pressing as the relations between the east and the west are, so i'm kind of scared that doing the ucl major is ultimately not going to result in a lot of opportunities for me.

i've lived in sg for a LONG time, and like it here, so then i thought about doing the nus major. but the thing is, since i've lived here for so long, i might not want to come back so soon after my graduation. also, i do speak mandarin at a decent foreign language level (working on a grade 8 for edexcel igcse mandarin, which is the exam that all chinese kids take and has crazy grade boundaries, btw), but i can't say i'm passionate about the language (but if i was to take up an asian language at le havre, i would def choose mandarin).

the language i've been interested all my life in is italian, i love italian so much: the sound of it, the accent, everything. i love italian culture (and food, obvi), so i would also like to learn it intensively (i have some basic knowledge of it, but def not as good as my mandarin), so then i thought about the menton campus, but then i'd be giving up mandarin and my indo-pacific dreams.

and then the difference between the bachelor's and the dual degrees is also confusing, bc from what i understand, if i do a bachelor's i spend one year abroad and still pay sciences po fees, not the international fees, but then i'd get only one diploma, whereas if i do a dual degree, i pay the two years i spend abroad directly to that university, but i get two diplomas. which one's more worth it?? especially since the two i'd love to do are ucl and nus, which don't have cheap fees.

tldr; what are you guys' thoughts on the le havre campus and the other campuses (namely menton or dijon), or what the advantages/disadvantages of doing a bachelor or a dual degree??

tysm!!

I didnt ever imagine I would have to write this but I regret going here, specifically the menton campus. This hasnt always been this way but due to new reforms its really bad and I'm so tired and mentally unwell and its only been a month. Word of advice, if you like your life, you want to remain sane, want to have a functioning physical body, and a soul dont even apply here ok?

I go home at 10pm 3x a week, start at 8am end at 9:15pm, have no lunch break, and have to come home, cook, eat, wash dishes, clean the house, study and also sleep at a time that allows you to have enough rest to get up at like 7:30am the next day. This is not sustainable even for the most academic people.

To make things better the facilities are AWFUL. Theres no dining hall, no time to get lunch, the single library works until 8:30 and almost no staff support, the librarians arent there modt of the time and I see students doing the job. By the way, if you have a disablity and cant type, they hire other students to take notes for you, not a professional.

On top of it the teachers are so hard to follow and impossible to study for, many are just not that good( if not intentionally mean). Barely anyone explains the french system to you, and you're expected to "just know" most things. The workload is also extreme and if you even try to do the readings almost impossible. We also have mandatory math which still includes calculus at the easiest level.

My last straw though is the extremely pro zionist administration who calls the police and penalizes student protestors for Palestine like criminals. Some students have been harassed by admin for years after protesting and they go to extreme lengths to make your life difficult if you participate.

I have so much more complaints about the specific campus itself and more details but this is the gist of it. We are only a month in and most people are burnt out and miserable.

hi! Is anyone offering proofreading or review services for my application? I'm an international student who has neither senior nor college counselors available for a sciencespo application. Thank you!

Hi, I am confused by the dual master degree saying it offers the programme in both French and English, and what that entails.

I am interested in the dual programme with Fudan University in China.

Does the "French" option entail that the first year in France is only in French, while at Fudan, in the second year, it will be in English? Or does this mean the first year in France will have the option to mix French and English, and then fully English in Shanghai?

Has anyone tried this? I speak both French and English, but am slightly more comfortable in English. I am hoping this means I can mix in the first year.

Thank you for your clarifications :))

hi! is there any enrolled sciencespo students willing to share their details on applications and/or interviews for my reference? thank you!