Exchange programme for graduate students

As one of the top international social science institutions, Sciences Po has established exchange partnerships and academic agreements with 350 universities worldwide.

Students from any of these partner universities are eligible to study at Sciences Po through an exchange programme. The application and selection process for the exchange programme is entirely run by students’ home universities, thus prospect students should apply through their institution’s International Office in charge of the study abroad programmes.

The Master Exchange Programme

Exchange students can visit Sciences Po for either one semester or one year, depending on their home university’s study abroad policy. Exchange students will be paying their tuition to their home university and will usually get credits for grades obtained at Sciences Po, as they will be fully integrated within the Sciences Po student body and will be considered as part of the Sciences Po community. Graduate exchange student take a maximum of 24 ECTS credits per semester which are doubled on the grade transcript (except for language and sports courses)

Students must have obtained a B.A. or completed at least six semesters of undergraduate studies in order to be eligible for the Sciences Po graduate exchange programme.

Exchange students can select classes from a full range of Sciences Po Master courses, all of which are taught at the Paris campus, according to their personal interests and their home university’s specific requirements.
Please be aware that some graduate courses are not available for international students and some others may demand academic prerequisites.

Masters opened for exchange students

- Doctoral programmes
- Paris School of International Affairs (PSIA)
- École de la communication (classes only in French. A French level C1 is strongly recommended)
- School of Law
- European Affairs
- Affaires Publiques (only in French)
- Finance and Strategy
- Regional and Urban Strategies
- Marketing and Market Research
- Human Ressources Management

Students need to reach a certain language fluency level in order to participate successfully in courses taught in languages other than their mother tongue or their home institution’s  teaching language. Please see the language requirements

Doctoral exchange Programme

With the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs’s support, the Doctoral School and the Center for the Americas of Sciences Po have developed a Doctoral Exchange Programme with the following prestigious American universities:

- The University of California (Berkeley)
- The University of Chicago
- Columbia University
- Harvard University
- Princeton University
- The University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Tufts University
- Yale University