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Institut d'études politiques de Saint-Germain-en-Laye

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Saint-Germain-en-Laye Institute of Political Studies
Institut d'études politiques de Saint-Germain-en-Laye
TypeGrande école Institut d'études politiques
(public research university Political Science school)
Established2013; 11 years ago (2013)[1]
DirectorCéline Braconnier
Students500+[1]
Location
Saint-Germain-en-Laye
,
 France
LanguageEnglish-only & French-only instruction
NicknameSciences Po Saint-Germain
AffiliationsConférence des grandes écoles[1]
CY Cergy Paris University[1]
Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines[1]
Instituts d'études politiques[1]
Websitehttp://www.sciencespo-saintgermainenlaye.fr/

Institut d'études politiques de Saint-Germain-en-Laye or Sciences Po Saint-Germain, is a French political science grande école situated on Saint-Germain-en-Laye, close to Paris and is attached to the Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University and the Cergy-Pontoise University. It was established in 2013. Sciences Po Saint-Germain-en-Laye is one of the ten Instituts d'études politiques of France, and a so-called "Grande Ecole".[2]

The Institute has approximately 300 students, admitted after a rigorous selection.[3] Academic studies last five years, at the end of which a student graduates with the Diploma of Sciences Po Saint-Germain-en-Laye (which is equivalent to a master's degree).

Sciences Po Saint-Germain specializes in political sciences. Therefore, the institute offers courses in economics and business, history, law, international relations, social sciences as well as in digital studies.

Location

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Sciences Po Saint-Germain-en-Laye is located in a site built at the beginning of the 20th century which, in 1913, hosted the first teacher’s college of the Academy of Versailles. Today classified as historical monuments, the buildings are distributed around a closed landscaped garden conducive to serenity.

Sciences Po Saint-Germain-en-Laye, as the other Institutes of Political Studies in France, is one of the most selective French schools. Students wishing to attend Sciences Po Saint-Germain have to pass highly selective and competitive entrance exams composed of a general knowledge test, a history test, and a language test. Thoses exams are co-organized with six other institutes, respectively in Aix-en-Provence, Lille, Rennes, Lyon, Strasbourg, and Toulouse. Selected students can then decide in which of these seven institutes they will enrol. The selection rates are inferior than 10% since its creation in 2013 (110 places for the first year and 30 places for the fourth).

Overview

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Sciences Po institutes are Grandes Écoles, a French institution of higher education that is separate from, but parallel and connected to the main framework of the French public university system. Similar to the Ivy League in the United States, Oxbridge in the UK, and C9 League in China, Grandes Écoles are elite academic institutions that admit students through an extremely competitive process.[4][5][6] The selection rates at these schools are frequently less than 10%.[7] Alums go on to occupy elite positions within government, administration, and corporate firms in France.[8][9]

Although these institutes are more expensive than public universities in France, Grandes Écoles typically have much smaller class sizes and student bodies, and many of their programs are taught in English. International internships, study abroad opportunities, and close ties with government and the corporate world are a hallmark of the Grandes Écoles. Many of the top ranked schools in Europe are members of the Conférence des Grandes Écoles (CGE), as are the Sciences Po institutes.[10][11]

The institute is modeled on the former École Libre des Sciences Politiques, and as such, Sciences Po specializes in political science, but uses an interdisciplinary approach to education that provides student generalists with the high level of grounding in skills that they need in History, Law, Economic Sciences, Sociology, Political science and International relations. The academic course lasts five years, and it is a three-year undergraduate programme and a two-year graduate programme and the primary diploma is a master's degree. The third year of the curriculum is a year of mobility abroad, and students can spend two semesters in a foreign university, one semester in a university and one semester internship or they also have the opportunity to spend two semesters as a trainee. Years 4 and 5 are for specialization. Degrees from Sciences Po are accredited by the Conférence des Grandes Écoles[12] and awarded by the Ministry of National Education (France) (French: Le Ministère de L'éducation Nationale).[13]

History

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Directors

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  • Since 2013 : Céline Braconnier

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "facts and figures". Sciences Po Saint-Germain-en-Laye.
  2. ^ (in French)Le dixième Sciences Po ouvre ses portes à Saint-Germain-en-Laye
  3. ^ (in French)Première promo de Sciences Po
  4. ^ "France's educational elite". Daily Telegraph. 17 November 2003. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
  5. ^ Pierre Bourdieu (1998). The State Nobility: Elite Schools in the Field of Power. Stanford UP. pp. 133–35. ISBN 9780804733465.
  6. ^ What are Grandes Ecoles Institutes in France?
  7. ^ "Les recommandations du jury pour entrer en IEP" (in French). 2014-01-08. Retrieved 2019-12-05.
  8. ^ Monique de Saint-Martin, « Les recherches sociologiques sur les grandes écoles : de la reproduction à la recherche de justice », Éducation et sociétés 1/2008 (No. 21), p. 95-103. lire en ligne sur Cairn.info
  9. ^ Valérie Albouy et Thomas Wanecq, Les inégalités sociales d’accès aux grandes écoles (2003), INSEE
  10. ^ "Listings Archive". Conférence des Grandes Écoles. Archived from the original on 16 April 2019. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
  11. ^ "Higher Education in France". BSB. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  12. ^ "Conférence des grandes écoles: commission Accréditation". Conférence des grandes écoles. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  13. ^ "Etablissements dispensant des formations supérieures initiales diplômantes conférant le grade de master". Ministry of France, Higher Education. Ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur, de la Recherche et de l'Innovation. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
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