Instituts d'études politiques

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Instituts d'études politiques (French pronunciation: [ɛ̃stity detyd pɔlitik]; English: Institutes of Political Studies), or IEP's, colloqually referred to as Sciences Po, are ten publicly owned institutions of higher learning in France. They are located in Aix-en-Provence, Bordeaux, Grenoble, Lille, Lyon, Paris, Rennes, Strasbourg and Toulouse, and since 2014 Saint-Germain-en-Laye. Their vocation is the study and research of contemporary political science. All students at the IEPs study a curriculum that is highly practical and broad-based, focusing on the full range of the social sciences across law, economics, finance, and management. These schools are considered as some of the most selective in France, mainly because they are the place where many political and business leaders are trained.

These establishments are more widly known under the name of Sciences Po. Sciences Po Paris is considered to be the most prestigious of all the IEP's in France, and is the only one allowed to refer to itself with the epithet "Sciences Po" without indicating the name of the city where it is located, under a legal agreement with the other IEP's. Other IEP's can use the term "Sciences Po" to refer to themselves only when followed by the names of the cities where they are located, such as "Sciences Po Aix" or "Sciences Po Grenoble". Other IEPs in France were created after the Paris one, apart from Strasbourg, which was created by the same law but with the status of an internal institute of the Robert Schuman University.

According to article 2 of an 18 December 1989 decree, their mission is:

to contribute to the training of higher civil servants as well as executives in the public, para-public and private sectors, notably in the State and decentralized communities
to develop the research in political and administrative sciences

The Sciences Po approach and style inspired many universities in France but also abroad. The most famous example the London School of Economics, founded on the model of the Ecole Libre des Sciences Politiques.

Grande École System

Sciences Po institutes are a type of Grande École, a French institution of higher education that is separate from, but parallel and connected to the main framework of the French public university system. Similar to the Ivy League in the United States, Oxbridge in the UK, and C9 League in China, Grandes Écoles are elite academic institutions that admit students through an extremely competitive process., unlike French ordinary public universities which "have an obligation to accept all candidates in the same academic field".

Alumni go on to occupy elite positions within government, administration, and corporate firms in France. In particular, the Paris IEP ("Sciences Po") has produced at least seven recent French presidents (including the incumbent, Emmanuel Macron), 13 French prime ministers, 12 foreign heads of state or government, and six of the CEO's of France's largest companies.

Although they are more expensive than public universities in France, Grandes Écoles typically have much smaller class sizes and student bodies, and many of their programs are taught in English. International internships, study abroad opportunities, and close ties with government and the corporate world are a hallmark of the Grandes Écoles. Many of the top ranked schools in Europe are members of the Conférence des Grandes Écoles (CGE), as are the Sciences Po institutions. Degrees from Sciences Po are accredited by the Conférence des Grandes Écoles and awarded by the Ministry of National Education (France) (French: Le Ministère de L'éducation Nationale).

List

The ten Instituts d'études politiques are:

Institut d'études politiques de Paris (Sciences Po Paris or simply, Sciences Po)
Institut d'études politiques d'Aix-en-Provence (Sciences Po Aix)
Institut d'études politiques de Bordeaux (Sciences Po Bordeaux)
Institut d'études politiques de Grenoble (Sciences Po Grenoble)
Institut d'études politiques de Lille (Sciences Po Lille)
Institut d'études politiques de Lyon (Sciences Po Lyon)
Institut d'études politiques de Rennes (Sciences Po Rennes)
Institut d'études politiques de Saint-Germain-en-Laye (Sciences Po Saint-Germain)
Institut d'études politiques de Strasbourg (Sciences Po Strasbourg)
Institut d'études politiques de Toulouse (Sciences Po Toulouse)

The other Instituts d'études politiques around the world are :

Institut d'études politiques de Madagascar

Critérium

Every year an inter-IEP competition is held, hosted by the hometown of one of the IEPs and attended by participants from all 10 IEPs. The first crit, as it is known colloquially, was created in 1987 by the IEPs of Bordeaux and Toulouse who decided to have a friendly rugby match.

This competition takes the form of a 3-day sports event and party, and is held over the last weekend of March, run by the host university's "Sports office". The hosting of an event generally costs about 200,000 euros, funded by the participants, as well as by sponsors and grants. The hosting of the event is rotated between the different IEPs each year.

Hosts

1987: IEP de Bordeaux
1988: IEP d'Aix-en-Provence
1989: IEP de Grenoble
1990: IEP de Toulouse
1991: IEP de Lyon
1992: IEP de Paris
1993: IEP de Strasbourg
1994: IEP de Lille
1995: IEP de Rennes
1996: IEP de Bordeaux
1997: IEP d'Aix-en-Provence
1998: IEP de Grenoble
1999: IEP de Toulouse
2000: IEP de Lyon
2001: IEP de Strasbourg
2002: IEP de Paris
2003: IEP de Lille
2004: IEP de Bordeaux
2005: IEP de Rennes
2006: IEP d'Aix-en-Provence
2007: IEP de Grenoble
2008: IEP de Toulouse
2009: IEP de Lyon
2010: IEP de Strasbourg – Choukrit
2011: IEP de Paris – Monarcrit
2012: IEP d'Aix-en-Provence – Apéricrit
2013: IEP de Bordeaux – Grand Crit classé
2014: IEP de Rennes (canceled)
2015: IEP de Grenoble – Les bronzés font du Crit
2016: IEP de Toulouse
2017: IEP de Lyon – Crit Gone Wild
2018: IEP de Strasbourg – Le Temps de Krithédrales
2019: IEP de Paris – L'Impéracrit
2020: IEP d'Aix-en-Provence – La Goire de mon Crit (canceled)

Traditions

Each of the 10 instituts has a distinctive colour and distinctive symbols and/or mascots:

Aix-en-Provence. Colours: Red and gold. Mascot: "Pastaga-man" Symbol: An "X", cicadas
Toulouse. Colours: Pink and white. Mascot: A pig or hog.
Bordeaux. Colours: Red and black. Symbol: A bottle of red wine.
Rennes. Colours: Orange and black. Mascot: A reindeer called "René".
Paris. Colours: Yellow and black. Symbol: A lion and a fox.
Lille. Colours: Red and white. Mascot: A giant mussel
Strasbourg. Colours: Blue and white. Mascot: A stork called "Josy". Nicknamed the "Strohteam".
Lyon. Colours: Blue and red. Mascot: a lion called "Lyonix".
Grenoble. Colours: Blue and yellow. Mascot: Big Foot ("le Yéti"). Nicknamed "IKEA" due to their colours.
Saint-Germain-en-Laye. Colours: Green and black. Symbol: a wolf.

Winners

Paris and Aix-en-Provence are the usual winners of the trophy

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Public universities and Grandes Écoles in France (EPSCP)

Universities

Aix-Marseille Amiens Angers Antilles Artois Avignon Besançon Bordeaux Bordeaux Montaigne Brest Bretagne-Sud Caen Chambéry Corse Dijon Évry Le Havre Guyane Limoges Littoral Lyon Lyon 1 Lyon 2 Lyon 3 Le Mans Montpellier 3 Mulhouse Nîmes Nouvelle-Calédonie Orléans Paris Nanterre Panthéon-Sorbonne Sorbonne Sorbonne Nouvelle Sorbonne Paris North Paris 8 Paris-East Créteil Pau Perpignan Poitiers Polynésie française Reims Rennes Rennes 2 La Réunion La Rochelle Rouen Saint-Étienne Strasbourg Toulon Toulouse Jean Jaurès Paul Sabatier INPT Tours Versailles
Collegiate universities (EPE)	Paris Assas Cité Saclay Clermont-Ferrand Toulouse Capitole Lille Nantes Rennes Cergy Montpellier Nice Côte d'Azur Gustave Eiffel Polytechnic University of Hauts-de-France Polytechnic Institute of Paris
Grands établissements	PSL University Dauphine University University of Lorraine Grenoble Alpes University

Grandes écoles

Grands établissements	Institutes of Technology Grenoble Lorraine Toulouse Bordeaux Clermont-Auvergne Agro ParisTech Arts et Métiers ParisTech Collège de France Conservatoire national des arts et métiers CentraleSupélec École des ponts ParisTech École Nationale des Chartes ENSSIB École nationale supérieure maritime École pratique des hautes études EHESP INSEP Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris Institut Agro Dijon Montpellier Rennes-Angers Institut Mines-Télécom Paris Évry Albi Alès Saint-Étienne Brest-Rennes-Nantes-Toulouse Lille-Douai Institut national d'histoire de l'art Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales Institut supérieur de l'aéronautique et de l'espace VetAgro Sup National Museum of Natural History Oniris Nantes Paris Observatory School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences
Écoles centrales	École centrale de Lille École centrale de Lyon École centrale de Marseille École centrale de Nantes École Centrale Paris
Institut national des sciences appliquées	Centre Val-de-Loire Euro-Méditerranée Hauts-de-France Lyon Rennes Rouen Strasbourg Toulouse
Universities of Technology	Belfort-Montbéliard Compiègne Troyes
Écoles normales supérieures	École normale supérieure École normale supérieure Paris-Saclay École normale supérieure de Lyon École normale supérieure de Rennes
Institutes of Political Studies	Paris Aix-en-Provence Bordeaux Grenoble Lille Lyon Rennes Saint-Germain-en-Laye Strasbourg Toulouse Fontainebleau
École nationale d'ingénieurs de Saint-Etienne (ENISE) ENSAIT ENTPE Supméca

University systems (groups)

v t e Public universities and higher education institutes in France
Public universities in France, by academy	Aix-Marseille Aix-Marseille Avignon Amiens Verne Besançon Franche-Comté Bordeaux Bordeaux 1 Segalen Montaigne Montesquieu Pau/Adour Caen Caen Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Pascal Corsica Paoli Créteil Paris 8 Paris 12 Paris 13 Marne la Vallée Dijon Burgundy French Guiana French West Indies/Guiana French Polynesia French Polynesia Grenoble Grenoble Alpes Savoie Mont Blanc Lille Lille Artois Littoral Valenciennes/Hainault-Cambrésis Limoges Limoges Lyon Bernard Lumière Moulin Monnet Montpellier Montpellier 1 Montpellier 2 Valéry Unîmes Perpignan Nancy/Metz Verlaine Poincaré Nancy 2 Nantes Angers Maine Nantes Nice Nice South Orleans/Tours Orléans Rabelais New Caledonia New Caledonia Paris Panthéon-Sorbonne Panthéon-Assas New Sorbonne Sorbonne Descartes Diderot Poitiers Poitiers La Rochelle Reims Reims Rennes Western Brittany Southern Brittany Rennes 1 Upper Brittany Réunion Réunion Rouen Le Havre Rouen Strasbourg Strasbourg Upper Alsace Toulouse Toulouse 1 Le Mirail Sabatier Champollion Versailles Cergy-Pontoise Versailles Évry Nanterre Paris-Sud
Autonomous public higher education institutes	École centrale de Lille Lyon Nantes Marseille École nationale supérieure des arts et industries textiles Institut national des sciences appliquées de Lyon Rennes Toulouse Rouen Strasbourg Institut supérieur de mécanique de Paris Universités de technologie Compiègne Belfort-Montbéliard Troyes
Écoles normales supérieures	Paris Cachan Lyon École Normale Supérieure Lettres et Sciences Humaines
Écoles françaises à l'étranger	Casa de Velázquez École française d'archéologie d'Athènes École française d'Extrême-Orient École française de Rome Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale
Grands établissements	Collège de France Conservatoire national des arts et métiers École centrale Paris École des hautes études en sciences sociales École Nationale des Chartes Arts et Métiers ParisTech École nationale supérieure des sciences de l'information et des bibliothèques École pratique des hautes études Sciences Po Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris Institut national d'histoire de l'art Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales Institut polytechnique de Grenoble Muséum national d'histoire naturelle Observatoire de Paris Palais de la Découverte Université Paris-Dauphine

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