- TypeUniversities
- LocationLyon 7e, France
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Sciences Po Lyon is a public higher-education institution founded in 1948 to train managers for the public and private sectors. It has about 2,000 students, including 300 international students, and since 2017 has taught on two campuses, in Lyon and Saint-Étienne. The Lyon campus has been housed since 1999 in the Centre Berthelot in the city's 7th arrondissement.
The main programme lasts five years and is built on four core disciplines: history, law, political science and economics, complemented by management, information and communication studies, and languages. The third year is spent abroad. In the fourth year students choose one of five tracks:
- Public affairs (Affaires publiques)
- International affairs (Affaires internationales)
- Communication
- Territories (Territoires)
- International Public Affairs
The final diploma confers the master's degree level (grade de master). Each year Sciences Po Lyon welcomes about 300 international students from more than 30 countries, for one or two exchange semesters, as free movers or through the regular entrance exams, and runs a pre-university module, Start' Sciences Po Lyon, for newcomers. It holds the Erasmus+ charter and has 86 Erasmus+ partner universities. First-year admission is through an entrance exam shared by the 7 schools of the Réseau ScPo, and international students with 180 ECTS credits can apply directly to the fourth year.
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14 avenue Berthelot, Lyon 7e, Rhône, France, 69007
The first cycle (years 1 to 3) of the Sciences Po Lyon diploma is multidisciplinary:
- Years 1 and 2: law, economics, history and political science
- Two compulsory foreign languages
- A module on building a professional project
- Year 3: international mobility year
Teaching combines lectures with method seminars (conférences de méthode) of about twenty students.
The second cycle (years 4 and 5) focuses on specialisation and professional training and leads to a diploma conferring the master's degree level. In year 4 students choose a track:
- Affaires publiques
- Affaires internationales
- Communication
- Territoires
- International Public Affairs
In year 5 they choose a specialisation or a double degree; students not on a work-study scheme finish with a long internship. Sciences Po Lyon also offers a doctorate in political science.
Sciences Po Lyon admits students into the first, second or fourth year:
- Year 1: entrance exam shared by the 7 schools of the Réseau ScPo, or a separate route via Parcoursup for current-year baccalauréat holders
- Year 2: applicants with one year of higher education or 60 ECTS credits
- Year 4: international applicants with the equivalent of 180 ECTS credits can apply for direct admission
International students can also come for one or two semesters on a university exchange or apply as free movers (candidature spontanée).