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A programme for budding entrepreneurs

The Sciences Po Entrepreneurship programme is open to all students who want to start a business or simply build their entrepreneurial skills.

A scholarship for Latin-American students

On 19 October 2015, Sciences Po President Frédéric Mion and Santander CEO Jacques Ripoll signed a cooperation agreement which includes the financing of scholarships ...

Understanding academic inequalities beyond bias

After a visiting scholarship at Nuffield College, University of Oxford, Mathieu Ichou successfully completed his PhD in 2014. In 2015, he was awarded the ...

“We want to show that we can succeed”

Sciences Po created the Equal Opportunity and Diversity Programme in 2001. This pioneering programme, which remains unique, enables Sciences Po to recruit high-potential ...

"Politics is a creative passion"

On 27 October 2015, former president of the Republic of Uruguay José Mujica Cordano was at Sciences Po for a colloquium organised by Sciences Po and the Latin American Development ...

"We are strongly encouraged to think critically"

Ramiar Jamal is an undergraduate student from the University of Kurdistan Hewler (Erbil) in Iraqi Kurdistan. Currently on an exchange programme on the Sciences ...

“THE ARABS’ STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM CONCERNS US DIRECTLY”

As we are overwhelmed by headlines that grow more appalling each day, Jean-Pierre Filiu, historian of the contemporary Middle East, invites us to take ...

Hermès, a company of applied arts

On 1 October 2015, Hermès artistic director Pierre-Alexis Dumas gave a lecture at Sciences Po on the theme “Quand l’art déborde chez Hermès”.

A scholarship for the best international students

The Emile Boutmy scholarship, named after the founder of Sciences Po, allows the best international students from outside of the European Union to study ...

Sciences Po and UC Berkeley launch a dual degree programme

On 12 October 2015 on the UC Berkeley campus in California, Frédéric Mion, president of Sciences Po, and Nicholas Dirks, Chancellor of UC Berkeley ...

"U.S. intelligence is entering a transitional period in which terrorism will be given somewhat less emphasis"

Over the past 30 years, Mark M. Lowenthal has held a number of senior positions in U.S. intelligence ...

“More than half the world’s population live in cities”

Meenakshi Raina is an Indian student enrolled in the Master of International Energy programme at the Paris School of International Affairs at Sciences ...

“Europe is not the problem, it is the solution”

Wolfgang Schäuble, the German finance minister, was at Sciences Po on 6 October 2015 to debate the future of Europe, as Germany and all of Europe celebrate ...

“The watchword for my classes is engagement”

Hélène Thiollet teaches international relations, comparative politics and migration studies at Sciences Po. Over the past ten years, her research has involved ...

"Feminism is a revolutionary struggle"

On 1 October 2015, the HeForShe team made a stop at Sciences Po as part of its University Bus Tour.

“We are witnessing the advent of world cities”

On 24 September 2015, Sciences Po launched its new Urban School (Fr) in the presence of the mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, and the mayor of São Paulo, Fernando ...

Herman Van Rompuy teaches at Sciences Po

Herman Van Rompuy, former President of the European Council (2010-2014), is giving six master classes in September 2015 for students from the Master of European ...

The Power of Cities

Francesca Artioli, a recent PhD graduate from Sciences Po, talked to us about her dissertation, which concerns the departure of armies from several European cities. Francesca will continue ...

“We are all bureaucrats, and sometimes our own!”

Who hasn’t grumbled about red tape? Yet while complaining about bureaucracy is easy, understanding its processes, remits and many facets is less so. From ...

2015 academic year begins at the Sciences Po College

Sciences Po undergraduate students have just started their academic year at the Sciences Po College. These students come from many different backgrounds ...

Tribute to Stanley Hoffmann, the most French of American political scientists

Stanley Hoffmann, the most French of American political scientists, died last weekend aged 86. He was at his home in the US ...

A school for those committed to the common good

To move forward within today’s changing policy landscape, we must consider a wide range of diverse perspectives and adapt accordingly. The new School of Public ...

10th anniversary of Sciences Po’s Mediterranean campus

On 3 September 2015, Sciences Po celebrated the 10th anniversary of the Menton campus. The event was attended by students from around the world, including ...

Affirmative action in the US: does it work?

Daniel Sabbagh, senior researcher at Sciences Po's Centre for International Studies and Research (CERI), has been working on the issue of race in the United ...