Master 2 Politiques publiques – Carrières publiques et grands concours (CPGC) at Université Paris Dauphine – PSL

Programme overview

The track is linked to the Préparation aux concours administratifs (PCA) and aims to train senior civil servants with a good grounding in social sciences and the critical distance needed for reasoned responsibility. It is a small-scale preparation with individual follow-up, with strong results in senior civil-service competitions, notably the health and social ones (hospital management).

Faculty: Master Politiques publiques | Duration: 1 year (60 ECTS, 8-week internship) | Study mode: full-time; French | Location: Paris, Île-de-France, France

What you will study

Semester 3 includes compulsory economics and public-law pre-term courses, and methodology and institutions (methodology, professionalisation workshop, State and Europe: institutional organisations).

Career pathways

Senior civil-service careers through the competitive examinations.

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Application information

Entry requirements

BAC+4 (240 ECTS) or equivalent from Dauphine, a university, IEP, business school or other institution in law, economics, social sciences, political science, management, information and communication, or engineering; registration depends on acceptance in the Préparation aux concours administratifs. Capacity 60.

Domestic applicants: EUR 255 a year (2026/2027). National master fee for French and EU students (excludes CVEC of 105 EUR). Source

International applicants: EUR 3,950 a year (2026/2027). Applied to non-EU students unless a partial exemption to the national rate of 255 EUR is requested at administrative registration (excludes CVEC). Source

Duration: 1 year (60 ECTS, 8-week internship)

Apply through the official page: https://dauphine.psl.eu/formations/masters/politiques-publiques/m2-carrieres-publiques-et-grands-concours/admissions

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