Францияның Страсбург қаласындағы элиталық Sciences Po мектебі

French Grande Ecole, located in Strasbourg, France
In 2024, Sciences Po Strasbourg was ranked 2nd of French schools of political science by Studiesadvisor.

Sciences Po institutes are Grandes Écoles, 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. In 2013, the admission rate at Sciences Po Strasbourg was 14%; and 53% of accepted freshmen graduated high school summa cum laude and were in the top 10% of their high school class. Alums go on to occupy elite positions within government, administration, and corporate firms in France. Although these institutes 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)
The institute is modeled on the former École Libre des Sciences Politiques, and as such, Sciences Po specializes in political science, but uses an interdisciplinary approach to education that provides student generalists with the high level of grounding in skills that they need in History, Law, Economic Sciences, Sociology, Political science and International relations, enriched by specialization in years 4 and 5, after a 3rd year either on a professional placement in France or overseas or alternatively studying at a foreign university. The third year of the curriculum is a year of mobility abroad, and students have the choice, they can spend two semesters in a foreign university, one semester in a university and one semester internship or they also have the opportunity to spend two semesters as a trainee. The academic course lasts five years, and it is a three year undergraduate programme and a two year graduate programme and the primary diploma is a master's degree.

The first two years cover a broad set of subjects ranging from Economics, History and Sociology to Corporate Finance, Modern Languages and Law (taught by Florence Benoit Rohmer). The third year is spent abroad, either at one of the IEP's 100+ partner universities, or as an intern in a firm or corporation (regardless of location). Partner universities include the University of Saint Andrews, Mount Allison University, Georgetown University, Aberystwyth University, Boston College and Trinity College Dublin. The IEP has recently stated it aims at developing many more partnerships with Asian universities including Toyo University, Hong Kong Baptist University and University of Seoul. Sciences Po Strasbourg also has partnership with universities of South America including Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro and National University of Tucuman. Since 2024, Sciences Po Strasbourg proposes a double degree in European and international politics with Saarland University. Students can join the course from the first academic year.

Sciences Po Strasbourg was, in first, situated in the Palais Universitaire, Strasbourg until 1988. After that, the IEP moved into the Ensemble Saint Georges until 2020. Since March 2020, Sciences Po Strasbourg is in the Cardo in Petite France, Strasbourg.