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Lecture halls renamed after two legends

Students will now have class in the Simone Veil or Jeannie de Clarens lecture halls, the first at Sciences Po to be named after women. In honor of two extraordinary ...

Sharyl Attkisson at the School of Journalism

For the start of this academic year, the School of Journalism’s guest of honour was award-winning investigative journalist Sharyl Attkisson. Formerly an anchor ...

"Cities in the Planetary Garden"

Known for his work fighting the Sicilian mafia as Mayor of Palermo in the 1980s and 90s, Leoluca Orlando now uses his position to advance the rights of migrants within Italy ...

"Intelligence(s)" by Anders Sandberg

Anders Sandberg is Senior Research Fellow at the Future of Humanity Institute at the Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford. His research centres on societal and ...

“Succeeding in a different academic environment”

Agathe Grégoire has just returned from her third year abroad at University College London, where she received the John Pencavel Prize for her outstanding ...

Reconciling Human with Human Rights

Vanessa Topp is German but grew up in the United States. She studies Human Rights and Humanitarian Action at PSIA, the Paris School of International Affairs. Alongside ...

"Define success on your own terms"

The 2018 Columbia University Valedictorian is Justice Betty, a graduate of the Dual BA degree from Sciences Po and Columbia. Watch the speech she gave at commencement ...

Risk, Innovation, Failure and Futurity

What will the future bring? As individuals, families, scholars, citizens, cultures, societies, economic entities and political nations, we have long asked this question ...

The 2018 Summer Reading List is here!

Summer is here, and so is our 2018 Summer Reading List! We asked researchers, professors, alumni and current students to give us their must-reads for young bright minds ...

From Sciences Po to fashion design

Since graduating from Sciences Po in 2011 with a Master's degree in Finance and Strategy, Jingjing Fan has been pursuing her lifelong passion in the fashion industry. ...

Christian Dior, a perennially fashionable alumnus

Did you know that Christian Dior was once a student at Sciences Po? Pressured into enrolling at the school by his family, Dior promptly fled the diplomatic ...

Paris ranks in the top 5 student cities

For the sixth year in a row, Paris has placed in the top five QS Best Student Cities 2018. The ranking highlights Paris’ comparatively affordable tuition fees, its ...

Take Unexpected Routes to Leadership

The School of Management and Innovation’s Guest of Honour at the 2018 Graduation Ceremony was Agathe Bousquet, President of Publicis France, and Sciences Po alumna. ...

A Generation’s Defeat: Be Better Than Us

Kersti Kaljulaid, President of the Republic of Estonia, was the Guest of Honour at the 2018 Graduation Ceremony of the Paris School of International Affairs. Watch ...

A dream come true

After receiving her diploma, Meggy Pyaneeandee, 2018 graduate of the School of Management and Innovation and Miss Île-de-France 2016, wrote a heartfelt letter to Sciences Po. Read her ...

Bruno Latour elected to British Academy

Emeritus Professor at Sciences Po, Bruno Latour has been elected to the British Academy for the humanities and social sciences. Specialist of sociology and the philosophy ...

What paths do our graduates take after Sciences Po?

This article pertains to the 2018 Graduate Employability Survey on the Class of 2016. See the most recent survey here. According to our most recent careers ...

Bridging Research and Teaching

In June 2018, Sciences Po held the first edition of the International Teaching and Learning Workshop, around the theme: Putting Theory into Practice: Bridging Research and ...

Congratulations Class of 2018!

The President of the Republic of Estonia, the former President of the Human Rights League, the founding dean of the Blavatnik School of Government at the University of Oxford ...

Why choose Sciences Po? Ivy's response

Ivy Sabwami is an exchange student from the University of Nairobi, in Kenya. This past year, she studied abroad at Sciences Po on the Paris campus. Interview.

Graduation 2018: Rewatch the ceremonies!

This year, four graduation ceremonies were held at the Grand Auditorium of the Maison de la Radio in Paris. 2,394 students received their diplomas between inspiring ...

Who are our 2018 Graduates?

Bright and committed students. Promising futures. Prestigious guests and inspiring speeches. Parents brimming with pride. For the closing of this academic year, the Sciences ...

Improving crime prevention

How can criminality be prevented? Does imprisonment help reduce recidivism in the long term? Sciences Po researcher Roberto Galbiati studies the economics of crime. He has begun ...

Fighting terrorism at the European level

Former Minister of the Interior of Germany, Thomas de Maizière, and former Prime Minister of France, Bernard Cazeneuve were invited by the Sciences Po School of ...