University in France
Rennes, Bretagne, France
University profile
Sciences Po Rennes is a public higher-education institution (Institut d'études politiques) in Brittany, western France, offering a five-year multidisciplinary Sciences Po diploma in the humanities and social sciences: law, sociology, history, economics, management, geography and modern languages. The diploma is recognised at master level (grade de master) and graduates also receive a national master's degree (DNM) or a grade-master.
The school has two main campuses: the historic Cloître in Rennes, a former teacher-training college with a library built around a century-old oak, and a campus in the centre of Caen (Normandy), opened in 2012 in the former School of Fine Arts, with its own library and radio studio. Master programmes also run in Nantes (Design, éthique et politiques publiques, with the École de design Nantes Atlantique), in Brest (Gouvernance des métropoles, affaires publiques et maritimités) and at the INSEAC campus in Guingamp, which specialises in artistic and cultural education.
Teaching is organised around a common core in the first two years, a compulsory third year abroad, and four schools in years four and five: the École des politiques publiques, the École de journalisme, the École des affaires internationales and the École du management des organisations (including the École Solidarités et responsabilité sociétale). About 20 programmes (parcours) are offered; conference classes are held in groups of about 20 students. A joint INSA-Sciences Po double diploma, a Franco-German curriculum and a Chinese-worlds curriculum complete the offer, and a third language (Arabic, Chinese, Russian) can be studied throughout the course.
The school has about 1,400 students, about 100 of them international, 106 permanent staff, around 600 external lecturers and 151 agreements with international partners. About 33-35% of students are scholarship holders, who pay no registration fees (CVEC excluded). Sport leisure sessions run on Thursday afternoons, with tutoring for new arrivals, student associations and events such as Galart' and the student carnival; health and wellbeing services include a psychologist's surgery and student health relays.
Student life on the Rennes campus draws on a city of more than 70,000 students; the Caen campus sits in a city with more than 30,000 university students. Students can use CROUS university restaurants, and a CROUS food truck operates in the Rennes school grounds.
Sciences Po Rennes is a public institution with fully progressive fees, on the principle of income tax: each student pays a single fee set according to family quotient, updated each July for the following year. Scholarship holders (about 33% of students) are exempt from tuition (CVEC excluded). Students who take a master's outside the school in year five still pay the school's registration fees because they receive the Sciences Po Rennes diploma as well. The CVEC (contribution vie étudiante et de campus) is a separate national student contribution. Fee scale: https://www.sciencespo-rennes.fr/integrer-sciences-po-rennes/frais-scolarite.
Certificat d'études politiques: 1,800 EUR; Attestation d'études politiques: 900 EUR; Certificate of Political Studies (English): 3,400 EUR; Attestation (English): 1,700 EUR; multidisciplinary programme: 1,800 EUR for a year and 900 EUR for a semester. Students from partner universities follow their home-agreement terms; individual applicants pay the programme fee.
An emergency social fund coordinated by the school helps students in sudden difficulty ([email protected]). CROUS Rennes and CROUS Normandie provide grants, emergency funds, housing, university meals and student jobs. The State-guaranteed student loan is open to French and EEA students under 28.
Students leaving on mobility can obtain the AMI grant (for scholarship holders on social criteria, 2 to 9 months), the Erasmus+ grant (Erasmus+ stays of more than 90 days for studies or 60 days for traineeships), the FEMI grant, a Brittany Region grant and the UFA grant for the Franco-German double curriculum with the University of Eichstätt. Erasmus+ mobility lasts 2 to 12 months per cycle (24 months for the full Sciences Po course). More: https://www.sciencespo-rennes.fr/international/programme-erasmus and financial aid and housing.
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View scholarships for Sciences Po Rennes →Entry to the first year is by the common competitive examination shared by the seven schools of the ScPo Network, with registration through Parcoursup. The 2025 written tests were Questions contemporaines (3 hours, coefficient 3), History (2 hours, coefficient 3) and a modern language test (1 hour, coefficient 2; English, German, Spanish or Italian). Equal-opportunity programmes (partner lycées, Cordées de la réussite, the Tremplin IEP online preparation) support scholarship students. The INSA-Sciences Po double diploma is entered through a specific Parcoursup wish, with a file review and an interview at Sciences Po Rennes (27-29 April 2026).
A separate procedure for foreign nationals has existed since 2003 and is based on a file and an interview. Candidates hold the baccalauréat from a French lycée or an equivalent diploma, with excellent written and spoken French and good knowledge of French culture and civilisation. The file contains the application form, identity document, motivation letter and project, CV, certified diplomas with translation into French or English, certified transcripts for the last three years in French, and a DALF, DELF or TCF certificate at B2 minimum. Calendar for the 2026 round: file download 9 February to 9 March, return by email by 10 March, admissibility jury 12 March, oral and admission jury 26 March, answer 27 March.
The fourth-year entrance examination covers the master cycle. Registration (2026 round) ran 1 to 29 April online, with admissibility results on 10 June, interviews on 23-25 June and results on 26 June. Documents: identity document, CV, transcripts from the baccalauréat onwards, proof of 2025-2026 scholarship if applicable, proof of English level (TOEFL, IELTS, First Certificate or equivalent) and an online questionnaire. The interview lasts 30 minutes, including 5 minutes in English. Students of conventioned CPGE (second-year, at least 120 ECTS, preparing the ENS entrance competitions), Centrale Nantes double-diploma students and candidates sent by the Institut de l'engagement can also enter the fourth year. Registration for 2027 opens in April 2027 with interviews in June 2027. An application fee, non-refundable, covers the examination.
Pre-registration and the application file were available from 16 February to 31 March 2026, with the file sent as a single PDF; selected candidates may be interviewed by the programme director. Parcours include national master's degrees (for example Service public/Centre de préparation INSP, Recherche et expertise en sciences sociales du politique, Affaires publiques européennes) and Sciences Po Rennes grade-master programmes, many by work-study (alternance). Two partner M2 programmes require applications to the partner institution.
Three exchange programmes are open to partner-university students and to individual applicants: a French programme, an English programme (Certificate or Diploma of Political Studies) and a multidisciplinary programme. Language prerequisite: B1 minimum (DELF, IELTS or TOEFL), B2 recommended. Partner students are nominated through EWP (Erasmus+) or the Moveon form (bilateral). Individual applicants provide passport copy, motivation letter and CV, language test, latest transcripts, latest diploma and a teacher's recommendation. 2026/27 timetable for first-semester admission: nominations 1 March to 30 April 2026, online applications 16 March to 17 May, administrative registration 15 June to 13 September; second semester: nominations 24 August to 30 September, applications 24 August to 11 October, registration 15 November 2026 to 17 January 2027. A decision letter is sent within four weeks of a complete application. Contact: [email protected].
An individual study path for high-level athletes has run since 2013; the school holds the Sport de haut niveau label.
Sport facilities include the Cadets de Bretagne multisport centre (1,300 m2 hall, 500-seat stand, dojo, dance room) three minutes from the Rennes campus.
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