http://www.sciences-po.fr/english/

The Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris (often known as Sciences-Po) is the premier school for the study and research of politics, international relations, and economics in the French-speaking world, and is a world leader in higher learning and research in social sciences. In November 2003, The Economist (Vol. 369, Issue 8352) listed it among a handful of French schools that are continental Europe's only 'competitor to America's Ivy League or Britain's Oxford, Cambridge and London School of Economics.' The Institute is part of the elite French Grandes Écoles and, as such, has a competitive examination for admission which prospective undergraduates spend a year studying for. It is also recognized as a Grand Établissement by the Ministry of National Education (France).

Since the mid 1950s, virtually every French minister of note has attended the Institute, including the current French president, Jacques Chirac, and the current Prime Minister, Dominique de Villepin. It is the best place for preparing admission to the École Nationale d'Administration. As a result, Sciences-Po is widely regarded as the intellectual training ground for the French political and diplomatic elite, though it has also educated fourteen current CEO's of France's forty largest companies.

The Institute is just off the Seine River at the heart of the Latin Quarter. In particular, the Institute is situated in the Saint-Germain-des-Prés neighbourhood, which is home to some of the most famous restaurants, museums, and designer boutiques in Paris.

Language of Instruction: English/French

Students are able to do courses in English, French or a combination of both.

(NUS Centre for Language Studies offers courses in French language to prepare students going to France on student exchange.)