Institute of Political Science
| 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 |
| Athletics | Les Parisiens |
| 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 (legally a Grande Ecole) located in Paris, France. The institution is a member of several academic consortia, including the APSIA.
Its main campus encircles Boulevard Saint Germain in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, and there are another six campuses in different French cities. Sciences Po maintains departments in political science, economics, history, sociology and law.
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 French defeat in the Franco-Prussian war of 1871.
Sciences Po is considered one of Europe's leading academic institutions in the social sciences and was ranked 4th globally in politics and international studies by the QS World University Subjects Rankings 2017. At the same time, the institution is criticised together with other prominent grandes écoles for creating an oligarchy of disconnected leaders. Alumni include many notable public figures, including seven of the last eight French presidents, 12 foreign heads of state or government, a former United Nations Secretary-General, and a number of CEOs of France's 40 largest companies.
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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