International Bachelor+Master Program - Politics and International Studies
Grenoble, France
DURATION
5 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
04 Apr 2025
EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2025
TUITION FEES
EUR 6,300 / per year *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* undergraduate program fee
Introduction
Long reserved for French speakers, the Sciences Po Grenoble degree is now accessible to English speakers. Sciences Po Grenoble is a select Grande Ecole, which is part of the University of Grenoble Alpes, one of the Top 100 Universities in the Shanghai ranking and the best French University outside Paris.
An Exceptional Natural Environment
- In the top 10 most attractive European campuses (Times Higher Education 2018).
- Grenoble is the French mountain sports and outdoor activities capital, next door to the most famous ski resorts in France.
- Just won the European Green Capital Award for 2022
Train for Leadership in a Changing World
Sciences Po Grenoble – UGA International Program degree is a 5-year degree: 3-year undergraduate program / 2-year postgraduate program.
During the three years of the Undergraduate program, students will study 100% in English while learning French. Then, they will have access to our graduate programs taught in French or English.
Undergraduate program: Politics and international studies (3 years - 180 ECTS - 2nd year abroad)
International relations, comparative politics, area studies, foreign policy, security-defence, environment, political economy.
Graduate program (2 years - choice of 20 majors)
International organizations, the Mediterranean and Middle Eastern studies, European governance, public administration, political communication, management, environmental transition, and social entrepreneurship.
Program Tuition Fee
Admissions
Curriculum
Undergraduate Program Curriculum Politics and International Studies – Year 1
1st Year – Fall Semester
Mandatory Courses
- CF Lecture: Comparative Political Economy (4 ECTS)
- CS Lecture: Geopolitics (2 ECTS)
- CM Seminar: France State Institutions Society (FEIS in English) (4 ECTS)
- CMINT Seminar: Change in Global Politics (4 ECTS)
- CM Seminar: Policy Lab 1 (6 ECTS)
- CM Seminar: French Taught as a Foreign Language (FLE*) 1 (5 ECTS)
- CM Seminar: English for the Social Sciences (Anglais) (3 ECTS)
- CS Lecture: Free Choice (Semester 1 or Semester 2) (2 ECTS)
- Sport (1 ECTS)
- Or, instead of CS lecture and sport: Student Engagement** (4 ECTS)
Electives (2 Maximum Per Semester)
No ECTS Credits, but any points obtained above 10/20 in an elective contribute to a bonus on the final GPA
- CS (Specialized Courses)
- Student Engagement**
- Language and Methodology Peer Tutoring
- 3rd Foreign Language (German, Spanish, Italian - Minimum Level B1) or UGA Language Class (24 hours – 90 euros per semester)
1st Year – Spring Semester
Mandatory Courses
- CS Lecture: Economic Globalization (2 ECTS)
- CMINT Seminar: Comparative Regionalism (4 ECTS)
- CMINT Seminar: Foreign and Security Policies (4 ECTS)
- CM Seminar: Social Science Methodology (CM MSS in English) (4 ECTS)
- CM Seminar: Policy Lab 2 (6 ECTS)
- CM Seminar: French Taught as a Foreign Language (FLE*) 2 (5 ECTS)
- CM Seminar: English for the Social Sciences (Anglais) (3 ECTS)
- Sport (No Sport if Student Engagement was chosen during the fall semester) (1 ECTS)
Electives (2 Maximum Per Semester)
No ECTS Credits, but any points obtained above 10/20 in an elective contribute to a bonus on the final GPA
- CS (Specialized Courses)
- Student Engagement**
- Language and Methodology Peer Tutoring
- 3rd Foreign Language (German, Spanish, Italian - Minimum Level B1) or UGA Language Class (24 hours – 90 euros per semester)
*For students with level C1/C2 French: subject to validation by the Director of the international course, students whose level of French is very advanced must replace the teaching of FLE with CS/CF/CM. The replacement courses must represent a number of ECTS at least equivalent to that of the replaced courses.
**The « student engagement » could be an internship, associative commitment, civic service, or a module organized by the Accueil Handicap Service. Any associative commitment would require the student to be a member of the board or an active member of an association and to present a substantial activity report to a jury, in an oral presentation.
Undergraduate Program Curriculum Politics and International Studies – Year 3 (Subject to Change)
Mandatory Courses
- Policy Lab 3 – European Union (S2) (6 ECTS)
- Geoeconomics of International Security (CS S1) (2 ECTS)
- Environmental Politics (CS S2) (2 ECTS)
- Public Policy (CF S1) (4 ECTS)
- Public Policy in Europe (CM S1) (4 ECTS)
- Contemporary Issues in the Arab and Muslim World (CM INT S1) (4 ECTS)
- Globalization & Security: A Perspective in Border Studies (CM INT S1) (4 ECTS)
- Research Seminar (S1 and S2) (11 ECTS)
- Grand Oral – Final Oral Exam (S2) (3 ECTS)
- French Taught as a Foreign Language (FLE *) (CM) (8 ECTS)
- English for the Social Sciences (Anglais) (CM) (6 ECTS)
- CS Lecture: Free Choice (S1 or S2) (2 ECTS)
- CS Lecture: Free Choice (S1 or S2) (2 ECTS)
- Sport (2 ECTS)
- Or, instead of CS lecture and sport: Student Engagement ** (4 ECTS)
Elective Courses
No ECTS Credits, but any points obtained above 10/20 in an elective contribute to a bonus on the final GPA
- CS (Specialized Courses)
- Student Engagement **
- 3rd Foreign Language (German, Spanish, Italian - Minimum Level B1) or UGA Language Class (24 hours – 90 euros per semester)
*For students with level C1/C2 French: subject to validation by the Director of the international course, students whose level of French is very advanced must replace the teaching of FLE with CS/CF/CM. The replacement courses must represent a number of ECTS at least equivalent to that of the replaced courses.
**The «student engagement» could be an internship, associative commitment, civic service, or a module organized by the Accueil Handicap Service. Any associative commitment would require the student to be a member of the board or an active member of an association and to present a substantial activity report to a Jury, in an oral presentation.