Dual Degree Admissions

Application is made during the fall semester of the first year. The procedure consists in writing a short Personal Statement which is submitted to the partner school along with the student's original application to their home institution.

Admission to the dual degree at any partner school is contingent on the successful completion of all first year requirements by the end of the second semester at the student's original school. Once admitted to the new school, the student becomes a full-time regularly enrolled student there, and is therefore subject during the second year to all the rules and regulations set by the partner school.

Students doing a dual degree with Sciences Po and SIPA pay tuition to their home institution for both years of study. Students doing a dual degree with other partners pay their tuition to their host institution for the year they study there.

At the end of two years, two distinct MPA degrees are awarded to the student by each school for successful completion of all degree requirements.

New Dual Degree Track with SIPA

In addition to the existing option of applying to a dual degree during the course of the first year, Sciences Po and SIPA have launched a new dual degree track.

Candidates can decide to apply for the dual degree MPA track Sciences Po-SIPA. A joint selection committee will assess applications in February. Candidates who are not admitted for the dual degree track but who are accepted to the MPA at Sciences Po will still be allowed to apply for the dual degree during their first year at the MPA.

The deadline for application to the dual degree track is the 1st of February, 2010.