• TypeUniversities
• LocationPessac, France
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Sciences Po Bordeaux (Institut d’Études Politiques de Bordeaux) is one of the ten French Instituts d’études politiques. It was founded in 1948 and is located on the university campus in Pessac, in the Bordeaux area, at 11 allée Ausone. The school describes itself as a public university institution. Teaching is multidisciplinary across the humanities and social sciences: sociology, political science, economics, management, constitutional and public law, contemporary history and international relations. The second cycle has four majors and around twenty master's tracks, and the school also runs preparation courses for public-service entrance exams, continuing education and doctoral studies.

Options for international students include:

• Exchange semesters or years through some 160 partner institutions, or as an individual applicant (Free Mover)
• French Track and English Track exchange programmes
• English-taught dual degrees with Hong Kong Baptist University (BEP HK) and LUISS in Rome (BEP LUISS)
• Bilingual binational degree programmes

The English Track lasts one academic year (60 ECTS credits) or one semester (30 ECTS credits), is open to students with little or no French and includes a French as a foreign language course. Foreign applicants to the first cycle are admitted under the same conditions as French students and sit the same entrance exams.

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11 allée Ausone, Pessac, Gironde, France, 33607

The Sciences Po Bordeaux diploma runs from the first to the fifth year. The first cycle is multidisciplinary (sociology, political science, economics, management, constitutional and public law, contemporary history, international relations), with a method based on written and oral expression, including in a foreign language, practised in small groups. The second year and internships can be spent abroad.

• General programme
• BEP HK: first two years at Hong Kong Baptist University, in English
• BEP LUISS: second year in Rome, third year in Bordeaux, in English
• Bilingual binational degree programmes

The second cycle (fourth and fifth years) offers four majors and around twenty master's tracks, leading to careers in areas such as public action, international and strategic affairs, expertise and communication, and management of organisations. Sciences Po Bordeaux also offers doctoral studies and has two joint research units (UMR) in the humanities and social sciences.

• Degree students: foreign applicants to the first cycle are admitted under the same conditions as French students and sit the same entrance exams
• Holders of the Certificat d’études politiques (foreign students) of Sciences Po Bordeaux can apply for admission to the third or fourth year
• Exchange students: first nominated by their partner institution, then complete the online application
• Students from non-partner institutions can apply individually as Free Movers

Courses are taught in French (French Track) and in English (English Track). The English Track is for students with a French level below B1 (CEFR) and requires at least B2 in English (IELTS 6). Students without an official language certificate must provide a statement from a French teacher and an English teacher.