Sciences Po Aix

Diplôme de Sciences Po Aix, first year

The Réseau ScPo common competitive examination is open to final-year pupils and to holders of the baccalaureate from the previous year; equivalent qualifications are accepted. Registration is made on Parcoursup for all candidates. About 1,220 places are offered across the seven schools. Admission rests on three written tests held on one day: Questions contemporaines (3 hours, coefficient 3), History (2 hours, coefficient 3) and a modern language (1 hour, coefficient 2; English, German, Spanish or Italian). For the 2026 session the registration period ran from 19 January to 12 March 2026, the tests were held on 25 April 2026 and results were published on 2 June 2026. The application fee was 210 EUR (40 EUR for scholarship holders). A separate competition exists for the Franco-German pathway.

Second year

Open to candidates who have validated, or are completing, at least 60 ECTS. Thirty places are offered. Three written tests are held in a single day: Questions contemporaines (3 hours, coefficient 2), a modern language (1h30, coefficient 2) and a specialty paper chosen from History, Economics, Political Science or Constitutional Law (3 hours, coefficient 3). For the 2027 session registration runs from 6 January to 17 February 2027 and the tests are on 20 March 2027. Application fee: 120 EUR (60 EUR for scholarship holders). Applications are submitted on the school's online platform.

Fourth year and master's level

Holders of a Licence, an equivalent foreign degree (180 ECTS) or a business-school or engineering-school diploma may apply for the fourth year of the Diplôme, which leads to the grade of master and to a national master's degree run with Aix-Marseille Université. Selection is by file review followed by a 20-minute interview. About 39 places are offered. The file includes an identity document, motivation letter, CV, transcripts, proof of English at B2+ (for example TOEFL 90, IELTS 6 with no sub-score under 5.5, TOEIC 785, Cambridge First, CLES B2 or EFSET upper intermediate) and evidence of another foreign language; applicants with a foreign higher-education diploma must also provide evidence of their French level. For 2026 registration ran from 8 January to 9 March, interviews were held between late May and mid-June and results announced on 26 June. The application fee is 120 EUR (60 EUR for scholarship holders). Master 2 admissions run in two sessions (2026: 10 February to 26 March, and 29 April to 10 June).

Licence 3 in Public Administration

A national Bac+3 degree taken only by apprenticeship in a public administration, open to students with 120 ECTS, a DUT, BTS, Licence 2 or equivalent. Selection is by file and motivation interview; 2026 registration ran from 2 March to 29 April.

International exchange and free-mover students

The Certificat d'Études Politiques (CEP) is a one-year certificate of 60 ECTS (30 per semester) requiring B2 French, made up of two compulsory lectures, two method conferences and four lectures from the catalogue, at least two of them in French. The PEPA (one year) and PEPS (one semester) are flexible programmes of lectures (4 ECTS) and method conferences (5 ECTS), with a maximum of 34 credits per semester. Applicants need an equivalent to the French baccalaureate and two successful years of higher education abroad. Exchange students must be nominated by their partner university to [email protected] (by 15 April for the first semester or full year, by 1 October for the second semester) and submit their file by 1 May or 15 October respectively. Free movers contact the same address by the same dates. French at B2 is required, and non-native English speakers following English-language courses provide an English test such as TOEFL or IELTS.

• Site Saporta, 25 rue Gaston de Saporta, Aix-en-Provence: the historic main building facing Saint-Sauveur cathedral, a listed monument that housed the university of Provence and later the faculty of law. It contains the Bruno Étienne and René Cassin lecture theatres, classrooms with audiovisual equipment, a television studio, seven work spaces, the workcafé, the library (press room and reading room), a press room and a language laboratory.
• Espace Marceau Long, 21 rue des Guerriers: classrooms for method conferences and language teaching, a videoconference room, the offices of external relations and student life, and a terrace.
• Espace Philippe Séguin, 31 avenue Jean Dalmas: former hospice buildings with gardens, research offices, classrooms, administrative offices and the research library in the former chapel (open Monday to Friday, 9h-18h). A second renovation phase began in April 2025 to add a modern research library, a modular lecture theatre, flexible classrooms, coworking and association spaces.

The library is associated with the shared documentation service of Aix-Marseille Université and is open to the public. Sport is arranged through the Bureau des Sports and SUAPS; health support includes free psychologist consultations and sophrology workshops.