Paris School of International Affiares&Columbia University

The Paris School of International Affairs is the professional graduate school of international affairs at Sciences Po in Paris, opened in 2010 on the historic campus around rue Saint-Guillaume. Sciences Po was founded in 1872 as the Ecole libre des sciences politiques. This listing pairs PSIA with Columbia University because of dual-degree study with Columbia's School of International and Public Affairs in New York. It is a specialist professional school rather than a comprehensive university.

PSIA master's concentrations cover international security, public management, economic policy, human rights, and environmental policy, taught mainly in English. Dual-degree students split the professional master's between Paris and Columbia SIPA. Students use Sciences Po research centers in international relations and SIPA's New York faculty. Professional infrastructure is policy institutes and internships rather than laboratories or a hospital.

PSIA has a few thousand master's students, with a majority international intake from more than 100 countries, inside Sciences Po's overall enrollment of about 15,000. Faculty mix scholars with practitioners from ministries and international organizations. Sciences Po alumni include French presidents Jacques Chirac and Emmanuel Macron; Columbia SIPA has its own diplomatic alumni. Dual-degree classes are still early in their careers.

Graduate study is a professional master's, including the two-year dual degree with Columbia SIPA, built on coursework, projects, and internships. Doctoral work belongs to Sciences Po's doctoral school, not to PSIA's professional tracks. The year starts in autumn in Paris, with a New York year for dual-degree students. Scholarships exist at both institutions. Students live in central Paris and, for the Columbia year, in Manhattan.

In the Grad School Navigator directory, Paris School of International Affiares&Columbia University lists 1 master's program, in public policy & administration.