Sciences Po Reims and Paris

• Students in the following faculties are eligible to apply: ARTS, LFS (some sustainability courses), and Commerce (UBCV) students
• All students (except Law) must be in at least their third year while on the exchange
• Exchange students attending Sciences Po can choose between 7 regional campuses

Arts Students:

• If selecting Sciences Po Reims campus, please apply to "Sciences Po Reims-UniWide-STUDY"
• If selecting Sciences Po Paris OR another regional campus, please apply to "Sciences Po Paris-UniWide-STUDY" and identify your preferred regional campus in your application essay

Commerce Students: 

• For Sciences Po Reims campus, please apply to "Sciences Po Reims-Commerce-STUDY"
• For Sciences Po Paris OR another regional campus, please apply to "Sciences Po Paris-Commerce-STUDY" and identify your preferred regional campus in your application essay

*Please note that Sciences Po Grenoble and Sciences Po Lyon are both separate institutions from Sciences Po Reims and Paris  

Term dates

• UBC Term 1 (Sciences Po semester 1): Early September - Late December
• UBC Term 2 (Sciences Po semester 2): Early January to Mid May
• UBC Full Year (Sciences Po semester 1 + 2): September - May

Areas of study available:

• Arts
• Commerce (UBCV)
• Land and Food Systems

Course availability and restrictions

• Students are highly encouraged to take a French language class
• Students wishing to take a language class in another foreign language must have previously studied the language
• Incoming students can enroll in any of the numerous classes offered at Sciences Po, according to their personal interests and their home university’s requirements
• Graduate exchange students must be attached to a specific Masters programme and may not take courses in different Masters programmes - some graduate courses are not open to exchange students and some others may demand academic or language prerequisites
• Information about programs and courses at the Reims campus and the Paris campus is available online
  • The Reims campus offers mostly English-taught courses. For examples of courses, please see this page. 
• Law students will be admitted into the Master in Economic Law program at Sciences Po (see here) 

Partner Course Information

Course equivalency Formula

• ECTS credits divided by 2 = UBC credits

Course load Information

• Maximum:  30  ECTS credits per semester
• There is the possibility for students to take a 6th class, either in French language or in French civilisation

Transfer credit

The transfer credit process takes approximately 16 weeks following each submission deadline. You should allow sufficient time to meet important deadlines that may affect you (e.g. application for graduation, registration in courses that require prerequisites that you took on exchange, entry to a major/honours program, etc.)

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Additional note for language of instruction

• Undergraduate and graduate exchange students can take courses taught in French, in English or in a mixture of both French and English (More information)
• Limited number of English courses available
• Students must have at least a B2 level to study in French (self-assess with: European Language Portfolio Global Scale)