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Reply 1
Sciences Po is the ELITE social sciences university in France. I believe nearly every member of the French cabinet and the majority of french civil servants are former Sciences Po students.

However, French law is different to British law and Warwick is a leading Uni in the UK. Stick to Warwick if your looking to work for a law firm in England or you can always do a masters in law at Sciences Po. :smile:
Reply 2
Science Po is the french LSE id say...but its not LSE !
so warwick is better to my mind ...

science po isnt for law though. if you want to study french law in France, it would be Sorbonne or Assas.
But go for Warwick !!!
Reply 3
For French students, Science Po is a nec-plus-ultra and it is very difficult to get into it. For International students, I don't know much about. Their website is a real mess and I struggled to find some infos, lol.

The Undergraduate Programmes
The admission procedure

About eligibility


And I agree with PierreSonne, if you want to read Law at the uni, then go for Warwick, unless you're interested in reading a French/English or French/American joint honours course. If so, then have a look at La Sorbonne or Assas as PS said, if you want to study in France.
Reply 4
Sorry for abusing the thread lol

Im quite interested in applying to the grandes écoles for management and/or economics.

I believe the best are: HEC, ESSEC, ESCP-EAP, Sorbonne

Did I miss out any?

How is the procedure for international students? I heard about the class preparatoires and my mum told me that if you fail those classes after 2 years you basically failed the whole degree, is that true?
By the way, I am a french citizen but not living in France, is there anything different for me (tests for example)
Reply 5
At Sorbonne, you cannot study Economics/Management.. it's only for humanities.
For HEC-ESSEC, etc you need to get into classes préparatoires, and as your mother told you, if you fail after 2 years, you fail all the thing (that's why a lot of french students are going to the UK or the USA ^^).
If you wanna study economics, you can get into Science Po. I think the procedure is easier when being an international student, so if you've several citizenships, have a look at which way is easier.
Reply 6
Woohoo Estonia rocks :smile:

That's all I have to say.
Reply 7
Hey.. I applied to Sciences Po in Le Havre in early March and got accepted into their programme! I'm excited but also concerned because so far I haven't been able to meet anyone who's actually there. I joined the Facebook group but nobody talks much, and the atmosphere is somewhat cold. At this point I'd really like to hear some good things about the social life there...

I'm also trying to get a feel of how recognized is Sciences Po globally. Tried looking up Sciences Po on world university rankings, but so far it seems only THES and Ecole des Mines de Paris has ranked it. It's nowhere to be found in other well-known rankings. Is this because it's a specialized school? and will this lack of ranking recognition be a setback when I'm looking for a job outside the UK? In Asia, barely anyone has heard of ScPo and it's a bit disconcerting.

BTW, I think it's true that it's easier for international students to get into Sciences Po. I don't speak a word of French, my transcript wasn't exactly beautiful, and even though I think I did my presentation well at the interview, the Q&A wasn't a good experience.
Reply 8
krysoberyl
Hey.. I applied to Sciences Po in Le Havre in early March and got accepted into their programme! I'm excited but also concerned because so far I haven't been able to meet anyone who's actually there. I joined the Facebook group but nobody talks much, and the atmosphere is somewhat cold. At this point I'd really like to hear some good things about the social life there...

I'm also trying to get a feel of how recognized is Sciences Po globally. Tried looking up Sciences Po on world university rankings, but so far it seems only THES and Ecole des Mines de Paris has ranked it. It's nowhere to be found in other well-known rankings. Is this because it's a specialized school? and will this lack of ranking recognition be a setback when I'm looking for a job outside the UK? In Asia, barely anyone has heard of ScPo and it's a bit disconcerting.

BTW, I think it's true that it's easier for international students to get into Sciences Po. I don't speak a word of French, my transcript wasn't exactly beautiful, and even though I think I did my presentation well at the interview, the Q&A wasn't a good experience.


Wow! You got into ScPo without speaking a word of french? What's your UG in? ScPo is very respected university and is a major target for almost all major organisations in the world. It's often described as the LSE of France. Well done on getting in, what programme have you been accepted for?
Reply 9
I'd rather say our Oxbridge, lol, because it's incredibly hard to get into it by the normal way (I mean when you're French and you are not like a 17-18/20 student)
Reply 10
Thanks e-lover! I got into their Europe-Asia premiers cycles programme at Le Havre, and from what I understand, we don't pick a major until the 4th year. Basically the course outline is: 2 yrs undergrad in Le Havre with an interdisciplinary education in economics, law, history, sociology, political science... then a 3rd yr abroad before the final 2 yrs in Paris for the Masters degree. I think that's when I get to pick what major I want. Will any of you be applying to ScPo? I'm really hoping to bump into future classmates online :smile:
Reply 11
PierreSonne
At Sorbonne, you cannot study Economics/Management.. it's only for humanities.
For HEC-ESSEC, etc you need to get into classes préparatoires, and as your mother told you, if you fail after 2 years, you fail all the thing (that's why a lot of french students are going to the UK or the USA ^^).
If you wanna study economics, you can get into Science Po. I think the procedure is easier when being an international student, so if you've several citizenships, have a look at which way is easier.


hi everybody, im a french student in economics/management. I would like to say that you CAN study economics/management at Sorbonne of course!
http://www.univ-paris1.fr/international/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=34
This is recognize in France and the world.
Science Po is better for "humanities".
Another very good economics/management University in France is Paris Dauphine, or Assas in another way

HEC/ESSEC/ESCP are top business school

For any others questions ask me :wink:
Reply 12
Assas's probably more renown for Law though...
I'd rather go in the UK to study Economics/Management tbh.
LETUDIANT, where are you studying ?
Reply 13
Yes Assas is more renown for law ofc

I ll study at Sorbonne or Dauphine
(another renown uni for economics in France is Toulouse i forgot)

And you? where do you study in UK? I think its better if you want to work in UK
Reply 14
LETUDIANT
Yes Assas is more renown for law ofc

I ll study at Sorbonne or Dauphine
(another renown uni for economics in France is Toulouse i forgot)

And you? where do you study in UK? I think its better if you want to work in UK


I'm hopefully gonna study at the university of Manchester, or Exeter if I miss my grades. I wanted my English to be better than it is atm, but wanted to study Russian and to start a new language (Arabic), and going to the UK is like my dream since I'm 12 and I'm glad I got offers to study there ! Failing getting 11/20 overall (I'm in L), I'll probably end up in LEA a Rennes 2, lol.
Reply 15
Sc PO is far better than Warwick, just look at the sc po alumnis.... They Strauss Kahn as a teacher, have great conferences and it's much harder to get in sc po than Warwick I can assure you...
Reply 16
they had strauss kahn, but sc po is not as good as l'ENA and Normal sup or HEC where you have to do 1 to 3 years of prepa to get in.
Reply 17
HEC and ESSEC = best economics and management schools in Europe
Reply 18
krysoberyl
Hey.. I applied to Sciences Po in Le Havre in early March and got accepted into their programme! I'm excited but also concerned because so far I haven't been able to meet anyone who's actually there. I joined the Facebook group but nobody talks much, and the atmosphere is somewhat cold. At this point I'd really like to hear some good things about the social life there...

I'm also trying to get a feel of how recognized is Sciences Po globally. Tried looking up Sciences Po on world university rankings, but so far it seems only THES and Ecole des Mines de Paris has ranked it. It's nowhere to be found in other well-known rankings. Is this because it's a specialized school? and will this lack of ranking recognition be a setback when I'm looking for a job outside the UK? In Asia, barely anyone has heard of ScPo and it's a bit disconcerting.

BTW, I think it's true that it's easier for international students to get into Sciences Po. I don't speak a word of French, my transcript wasn't exactly beautiful, and even though I think I did my presentation well at the interview, the Q&A wasn't a good experience.

How is sc po le Have, has your chinese improved a lot?
Reply 19
izoar
HEC and ESSEC = best economics and management schools in Europe


Yeah, SciencesPo = Politics…
You do stuff like Law, Politics, bits of languages, History, Economics, but not pure business like HEC, you can't compare them, they're both excellent in their fields. And well, to get into l'ENA, you need a licence, so you'd better have done SciencesPo before. But that's just for those wanting to work for the French government, mainly. If you stay at SciencesPo, you won't have any problems for politics in general, you won't just focus on France. :nah: