The EU and the World Economy

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The EU and the World Economy
Certificate of European Studies (CES) Parcours Certificate of European Studies (CES)

ComposanteSciences Po Strasbourg
Catalogue2025-2026

Description

The lectures will provide an overview of the European Union’s evolving position in the World Economy and the policy issues related to the functioning of the European Monetary Union – the EU’s single most important endeavor towards further unification. The focus will be on three main topics: (a) The EU’s trade and investment policies, including its impact on developing countries through development assistance and the Common Agricultural Policy (Themes 1-4); (b) The structure of economic policy making in the European Monetary Union (Themes 5-7); and, (c) The vulnerability of the European economy to developments in the world economy, as exemplified by the impact of the 2008-09 global financial crisis (Themes 8-9).

Syllabus

Theme 1:               The process of economic integration in Europe
Theme 2:                EU international trade, trade policy, and development assistance
Theme 3:               The Common Agricultural Policy and its impact on world food markets
Theme 4:                Financial and banking integration in Europe and the international role of the Euro 
Theme 5:                The European Monetary Union: Is the Eurozone an optimum currency area?
Theme 6:                Monetary policy in the European Monetary Union and the European Central Bank
Theme 7:                Fiscal policy in the European Monetary Union
Theme 8:               Origins and management of the sovereign debt crisis in the Eurozone
Theme 9:                How to complete the European Monetary Union?

Bibliographie

R. Baldwin and C. Wyplosz, The Economics of European Integration, McGraw Hill, 4th ed., 2012
P. De Grauwe, Economics of Monetary Union, Oxford UP, 10th edition, 2014
M. Wolf, The Shifts and the Shocks: What We’ve Learned – and Have Still to Learn – from the Financial Crisis, Penguin, 2014

MCC

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Régime d'évaluation
CT (Contrôle terminal, mêlé de contrôle continu)

The Certificate of European Studies (CES) is a university degree awarded at the end of a semester of study at Sciences Po Strasbourg. The curriculum is taught exclusively in English and aims to allow students who speak little or no French to have access to a top-level education in a French « Grande Ecole » (elite university).

Focusing on Europe from a global perspective, the Certificate of European Studies combines lectures, small-group tutorials, field trips and educational visits while introducing students to the French language and culture.

Thanks to the long-standing partnership between Sciences Po Strasbourg and the European institutions (European Parliament, Council of Europe, etc.), CES students have a unique opportunity to gain both theoretical and practical knowledge of Europe from the very heart of its capital.

Open to exchange students and free movers

This diploma is intended for international students, enrolled in a university abroad with an aim to obtain a degree and having the equivalent of at least two semesters (i.e. 60 ECTS credits) validated in their home university, preferably, but not necessarily, in the following fields : Law, Economics, Political Science, International Relations and Contemporary History.

The CES is targeted at students with little or no French language skills (A1-A2), but proof of advanced command of English is necessary (B2 in English required).

The Certificate of European Studies is open to both exchange students coming from partner universities and to free movers (non-exchange students).

 

Organization of the study program

The Certificate of European Studies can be taken first or second semester.

The program begins, each semester, with an intensive French course.

During the semester, students must take French language courses, 4 compulsory courses related to Europe (depending on the semester: History of European integration, Political Sociology of Europe, Cultural Policy in Europe, The EU and the World Economy, etc.) and a seminar coupled with pedagogical visits to the European institutions. In addition, they choose 2 optional courses and participate in a field trip (Frankfurt, Brussels, Luxembourg ...).

For further details, please see the CES brochure with course descriptions for first semester and for second semester.

First semester, the program begins at the beginning of September; courses and exams are completed before the Christmas holidays.

Second semester, the program begins at the beginning of January; courses and exams are completed at the end of May.

 

How to apply

  • Your home university has an exchange agreement with Sciences Po Strasbourg (Erasmus+ agreement or bilateral agreement) or with the University of Strasbourg (exchange agreement for universities outside Europe only) : you must be selected by your home university.
  • Your home university does not have an exchange agreement, neither with Sciences Po Strasbourg nor with the University of Strasbourg: you will have to pay a registration fee of €1390.
  • The application procedure and schedule for the next sessions of the Certificate of European Studies are available here :
  • 2025/26 Semestre 1
  • 2025/26 Semestre 2