Editing Sciences Po (section)

== Reputation and rankings ==

===National rankings===
Sciences Po has the highest attractivity rate of the French Institutes of political studies, as 86% of students who were admitted to its undergraduate programs accepted their offer.<ref>{{cite web |access-date=2024-03-20 |language=fr |title=Quels sont les Sciences po les plus sélectifs et attractifs ? |url=https://www.letudiant.fr/etudes/iep/quels-sont-les-sciences-po-les-plus-selectifs-et-attractifs.html |website=L'Etudiant}}<!-- auto-translated from French by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> In 2022, the admission rate of the school was 10% as the undergraduate level, and 5% on the Paris campus.<ref name=":4">{{Cite journal|language=fr|author1=Paul-Henri Wallet|title=Sciences Po: quels sont les IEP les plus sélectifs?|periodical=Le Figaro|date=29 December 2022|url=https://etudiant.lefigaro.fr/article/sciences-po-quels-sont-les-iep-les-plus-selectifs_909cfb24-86ba-11ed-8f1c-ba512ce61521/}}.</ref> In 2023, French students who joined the school had scored an average of 17.9/20 at the [[Baccalauréat]].<ref name=":5">{{cite web |access-date=2024-04-24 |date=2024-04-24 |language=fr |title=Quelle moyenne au bac faut-il pour intégrer Sciences Po ? |url=https://etudiant.lefigaro.fr/article/etudes/sciences-po-decouvrez-dans-quels-iep-vont-les-meilleurs-bacheliers-20240424/ |website=Le Figaro Etudiant}}<!-- auto-translated from French by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> 92% of French students admitted to undergraduate programs got their Baccalauréat Summa cum laude ("mention Très bien").<ref name=":5" />

National rankings place the school in first place in sociology, social policy and administration, in second place in development studies and law, and third place in economics.<ref name=":22">{{cite web |access-date=6 March 2020 |date=9 December 2012 |language=en |title=Sciences Po |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/sciences-po/undergrad |website=Top Universities}}<!-- auto-translated from French by Module:CS1 translator -->.</ref>

=== International rankings ===
In rankings based on English-speaking publications, in 2023, Sciences Po ranks 2nd globally for the study of Politics in the QS World University Subjects Rankings,<ref>{{cite web |access-date=2024-04-24 |language=en |title=2024 QS Rankings: Sciences Po Second in the World in "Politics" |url=https://www.sciencespo.fr/en/news/2024-qs-rankings-sciences-po-second-in-the-world-in-politics |website=Sciences Po}}<!-- auto-translated from French by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> whereas it is ranked 39th in social sciences by Times Higher Education{{Citation needed|date=April 2024}}. In 2024, its global ranking in the QS World University Rankings decreased to the 319th rank.<ref name=":23">{{cite web |access-date=6 March 2020 |date=9 December 2012 |language=en |title=Sciences Po |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/sciences-po/undergrad |website=Top Universities}}<!-- auto-translated from French by Module:CS1 translator -->.</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|+Rankings: International (national)/Total number of ranked institution<ref name="Sciences Po">{{cite web |title=Sciences Po |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/sciences-po/undergrad |website=Top Universities |date=9 December 2012 |access-date=6 March 2020 |archive-date=2 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201002172909/https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/sciences-po/undergrad |url-status=live}}</ref>
!Year
!2014
!2015
!2016
!2017
!2018
!2019
!2020
!2021
!2022
!2023
|-
! colspan="11" |Global and regional rankings
|-
|QS - Global ranking
|214
|222
|223
|220
|220
|221
|242 (7)
|'''242 (7)'''
|261
|259
|-
|THE - Global ranking
|
|
|
|
|401–500
|401–500
|401–500 (19)
|'''501-600 (21)'''
|
|
|-
! colspan="11" |By field
|-
|QS - Social Sciences & Management
| –
| –
| –
|62
|67
|69
|59 (4)
|56 (3)
|
|'''65 (4)'''
|-
|THE - Social Sciences & Management
|
|
|
|
|
|
|69 (2)
|
|
|'''39 (1)'''
|-
|QS - Arts & Humanities
| –
| –
| –
|154
|207
|176
|170 (6)
|'''162 (5)'''
|-
|THE - Arts & Humanities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|'''-/536 (-/20)'''
|-
! colspan="11" |By subject
|-
|QS - Politics
|13
|5
|4
|4
|4
|3
|2
|2 (1)
|3 (1)
|3<ref>{{cite web |access-date=2024-04-24 |language=en |title=2023 QS Rankings: Sciences Po Third in the World in "Politics" |url=https://www.sciencespo.fr/en/news/2023-qs-rankings-sciences-po-third-in-the-world-in-politics |website=Sciences Po}}<!-- auto-translated from French by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>
|-
|QS - Social Policy & Administration
| –
| –
|40
|51–100
|48
|22
|23
|21 (1)
|
|13<ref name=":7">{{cite web |access-date=2024-04-24 |date=2023-03-22 |language=en |title=2023 QS Rankings: Sciences Po Third in the World in "Politics" {{!}} Sciences Po Research |url=https://www.sciencespo.fr/recherche/en/content/qs-2023-sciences-po-still-ranked-3rd-best-university-world-politics-international-studies.html |website=www.sciencespo.fr}}<!-- auto-translated from French by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>
|-
|QS - Sociology
|36
|51–100
|50
|44
|37
|28
|28
|
|
|27<ref name=":72">{{cite web |access-date=2024-04-24 |date=2023-03-22 |language=en |title=2023 QS Rankings: Sciences Po Third in the World in "Politics" {{!}} Sciences Po Research |url=https://www.sciencespo.fr/recherche/en/content/qs-2023-sciences-po-still-ranked-3rd-best-university-world-politics-international-studies.html |website=www.sciencespo.fr}}<!-- auto-translated from French by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>
|-
|QS - Development Studies
| –
|51–100
|51–100
| –
|51–100
|51–100
|40
|
|
|'''51–100'''
|-
|QS - Law & Legal Studies
|51–100
|51–100
|51–100
|51–100
|51–100
|51–100
|50
|
|
|'''65 (2)'''
|-
|THE - Law
|
|
|
|
|
|
|–/190 (–/2)
|
|
|'''–/290 (–/6)'''
|-
|Eduniversal - Law (global)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|'''(–/15)'''
|-
|QS - Economics & Econometrics
|101–150
|101–150
|51–100
|101–150
|101–150
|101–150
|51–100
|
|
|'''89 (6)'''
|-
|THE - Business & Economics
|
|
|
|
|
|
|'''–/632 (–/20)'''
|-
|QS - History
| –
| –
|101–150
|51–100
|51–100
|101–150
|'''101–150'''
|-
|QS - Philosophy
| –
| –
| –
| –
| –
| –
|'''151–200'''
|-
|QS - Modern Languages
| –
|151–200
|201–250
|251–300
|201–250
|201–250
|'''201–250'''
|-
|QS - Accounting & Finance
| –
| –
| –
| –
| –
|201–250
|201–250
|
|
|'''251-300 (10)'''
|}

===Reputation and criticism===

Sciences Po has been called France's "leading university in the social sciences".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sciences Po |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/sciences-po |access-date=20 June 2023 |website=Top Universities |language=en |archive-date=13 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200413002856/https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/sciences-po |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=New Double Degree Programme: Sciences Po - NUS |url=https://sg.ambafrance.org/New-Double-Degree-Programme-Sciences-Po-NUS |access-date=20 June 2023 |website=La France à Singapour |language=en |archive-date=19 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230919181450/https://sg.ambafrance.org/New-Double-Degree-Programme-Sciences-Po-NUS |url-status=live}}</ref> It is considered to be the most prestigious of all of the IEP ([[Instituts d'études politiques]], or Institutes of Political Studies) in France.<ref name="Chillaud"/> Sciences Po is widely regarded to be an elite institution due to its selectivity in admissions and its close connections to powerful networks within French society.<ref name="Conley">{{Cite web |url=https://journalism.nyu.edu/publishing/archives/portfolio/conley/sciencespo.html |title=Sciences Po ? an elite institution's introspection on its power, position and worth in French society |last=Conley |first=Marjorie |date=9 September 2003 |website=Portfolio, The Journalism of Ideas |publisher=New York University |access-date=10 August 2016 |archive-date=8 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161008054832/https://journalism.nyu.edu/publishing/archives/portfolio/conley/sciencespo.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Koh 2016 193">{{Cite book |title=Elite Schools: Multiple Geographies of Privilege |last=Koh |first=Aaron |publisher=Routledge |year=2016 |isbn=978-1--138-77940-2 |location=New York; Oxon |pages=193}}</ref><ref name="Guttenplan">{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/04/world/elite-french-college-tackles-affirmative-action.html |title=In France, a Bastion of Privilege No More |last=Guttenplan |first=D.D. |date=4 May 2001 |work=The New York Times |access-date=10 August 2016 |archive-date=9 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809043320/http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/04/world/elite-french-college-tackles-affirmative-action.html |url-status=live}}</ref> It has been described as a "school of power" that has inspired schools abroad, such as the London School of Economics.<ref name="monde-diplomatique.fr" /> Because of its role in training the French elite, it has been called the "school of domination".<ref name=":2" /> According "[[Le Monde]]", the school's reputation for excellency and its prestige are such that some freshmen are sometimes "disillusioned" after having "fantasized" about the school.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-05-22 |title=Faire Sciences Po, entre fantasme et désillusion |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/campus/article/2019/05/22/faire-sciences-po-entre-fantasme-et-desillusion_5465648_4401467.html |access-date=2024-04-29 |work=Le Monde.fr |language=fr}}</ref>

Because of its role in training the French political, administrative and economic elite, the school has been criticized by [[Far-left politics|far-left]] critics for the alleged close-mindedness of its students.<ref>[https://www.challenges.fr/education/science-po-peine-a-depasser-l-entre-soi_761323] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220307214243/https://www.challenges.fr/education/science-po-peine-a-depasser-l-entre-soi_761323|date=7 March 2022}} Sciences Po peine à dépasser l’entre-soi</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=26 April 2021 |title=Sciences Po, l'enquête inédite (1/3) : malgré le scandale Duhamel, un implacable entre-soi |url=https://www.lexpress.fr/actualite/societe/science-po-l-enquete-inedite-1-3-malgre-le-scandale-duhamel-un-implacable-entre-soi_2149614.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507201754/https://www.lexpress.fr/actualite/societe/science-po-l-enquete-inedite-1-3-malgre-le-scandale-duhamel-un-implacable-entre-soi_2149614.html |archive-date=7 May 2021 |access-date=8 May 2021}}</ref><ref name="ReferenceI">{{cite web |date=6 October 2022 |title=Le réseau avant le mérite : à Sciences Po, la désillusion des étudiants |url=https://www.lexpress.fr/actualite/societe/le-reseau-avant-le-merite-a-sciences-po-la-desillusion-des-etudiants_2181416.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221007030723/https://www.lexpress.fr/actualite/societe/le-reseau-avant-le-merite-a-sciences-po-la-desillusion-des-etudiants_2181416.html |archive-date=7 October 2022 |access-date=7 October 2022}}</ref><ref name="ReferenceJ">{{cite news |date=5 October 2022 |title=Dans la tête d'un étudiant de Sciences Po |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/campus/article/2022/10/05/marquage-a-gauche-qui-s-accentue-culture-de-la-protestation-dans-la-tete-d-un-etudiant-de-sciences-po_6144428_4401467.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221007030727/https://www.lemonde.fr/campus/article/2022/10/05/marquage-a-gauche-qui-s-accentue-culture-de-la-protestation-dans-la-tete-d-un-etudiant-de-sciences-po_6144428_4401467.html |archive-date=7 October 2022 |access-date=7 October 2022 |newspaper=Le Monde}}</ref> [[Peter Gumbel]] called Sciences Po and other "''Grandes Écoles"'' "elite colleges [which] have become a machine for perpetuating a brilliant but blinkered, often arrogant and frequently incompetent ruling freemasonry".<ref name="Lichfield">{{Cite news |last=Lichfield |first=John |date=17 May 2013 |title=Liberte, inegalite, fraternite: Is French elitism holding the country back? |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/liberte-inegalite-fraternite-is-french-elitism-holding-the-country-back-8621650.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160730064514/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/liberte-inegalite-fraternite-is-french-elitism-holding-the-country-back-8621650.html |archive-date=30 July 2016 |access-date=10 August 2016 |work=The Independent}}</ref>  The academic [[Gilles Devers]] criticized the institution for being the "base of the conservatism, and the mold of the molluscs that make the public elite" where "dissenting ideas are only admitted if they strengthen the system".<ref>{{cite web |date=10 September 2012 |title=Sciences-Pipeau : Plus rentable que de braquer une banque |url=http://lesactualitesdudroit.20minutes-blogs.fr/archive/2012/10/09/sciences-pipeau-plus-rentable-que-de-braquer-une-banque.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121113153736/http://lesactualitesdudroit.20minutes-blogs.fr/archive/2012/10/09/sciences-pipeau-plus-rentable-que-de-braquer-une-banque.html |archive-date=13 November 2012 |access-date=21 February 2022 |website=Actualités du droit |language=fr}}</ref>

Sciences Po's core curriculum has historically been very transdisciplinary, as the students go through introductory classes to disciplines as diverse as political science, economics, history, law and international relations. This priority given to transversality of knowledge over expertise in one field has been the subject of praise as well as of criticism.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MkvfDQAAQBAJ&q=sciences+pipeau&pg=PT544 |title=Sciences Po pour les Nuls |first1=Anne-Sophie |last1=Beauvais |first2=Pascal |last2=Cauchy |date=19 January 2017 |publisher=edi8 |via=Google Books |isbn=9782412024003 |access-date=20 October 2020 |archive-date=7 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407103353/https://books.google.com/books?id=MkvfDQAAQBAJ&q=sciences+pipeau&pg=PT544 |url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2021 Sciences Po was criticized{{by whom|date=May 2024}} for alleged [[grade inflation]] as a means to attract international students.<ref>{{Cite news |date=31 March 2021 |title=Démocratiser le recrutement sans renoncer à l'élitisme, la difficile ligne de crête des Sciences Po |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/education/article/2021/03/31/democratiser-le-recrutement-sans-renoncer-a-l-elitisme-la-difficile-ligne-de-crete-des-sciences-po_6075124_1473685.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210401065708/https://www.lemonde.fr/education/article/2021/03/31/democratiser-le-recrutement-sans-renoncer-a-l-elitisme-la-difficile-ligne-de-crete-des-sciences-po_6075124_1473685.html |archive-date=1 April 2021 |access-date=2 April 2021 |newspaper=Le Monde.fr}}</ref>