Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques
| Institut d'études politiques de Paris | |
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Former names
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École libre des sciences politiques |
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| Type | Grande école |
| Established | 1872 |
| Endowment | €173 million |
| President | Olivier Duhamel |
| Director | Frédéric Mion |
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Academic staff
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200 |
| Students | 13,000 |
| Undergraduates | 4000 |
| Postgraduates | 3900 |
| Location | Paris, Reims, Dijon, Le Havre, Nancy, Poitiers, Menton, France |
| Campus | Urban |
| Nickname | Sciences Po |
| Mascot | The lion and the fox |
| Website | sciencespo.fr |
Sciences Po (French pronunciation: [sjɑ̃s po]), or Paris Institute of Political Studies (French: Institut d'études politiques de Paris, French pronunciation: [ɛ̃s.ti.ty de.tyd pɔ.li.tik də pa.ʁi]) is a university (a "Grandes écoles" ) located in Paris, France. Its main campus encircles Boulevard Saint Germain in the 7th arrondissement of Paris and also has regional campuses in Reims, Dijon, Le Havre, Nancy, Poitiers and Menton. Sciences Po maintains departments in political science, economics, law, history, and sociology.
Sciences Po was founded as a private institution by Émile Boutmy in 1872 to promote a new class of French politicians in the aftermath of the Franco-Prussian war of 1871.
Sciences Po is widely considered to be one of the most prestigious academic institutions in France and was ranked 4th globally in Politics and International Studies by the QS World University Subjects Rankings 2017. Alumni include many notable public figures, including numerous French presidents. However, it has also been criticized for creating an oligarchy of insular individuals in France. Sciences Po has been at the centre of a number of political and financial scandals.
Sciences Po was established in February 1872 as the École Libre des Sciences Politiques by a group of French intellectuals, politicians and businessmen led by Émile Boutmy, and including Hippolyte Taine, Ernest Renan, Albert Sorel and Paul Leroy Beaulieu. Following defeat in the 1870 war, the demise of Napoleon III, and the Paris Commune, these men sought to reform the training of French politicians. Politically and economically, people feared France's international stature was waning due to inadequate teaching of its political and diplomatic corps. ELSP was meant to serve as “the breeding ground where nearly all the major, non-technical state commissioners were trained.”
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