Competitive Exam for Entry into First Year

The tests: 

• Contemporary issues (duration 3 hours, coefficient/weighting 3) with general revision themes: “Revolutions” and “Fear”. A suggested reading list is available on the ScPo Network website. 
•  History (duration 2 hours, coefficient/weighting 3) with the revision programme based on the core Terminale (final school year) curriculum of the Baccalauréat Général: “Power relations and political models from the 1930s to the present day” and “Political, social and cultural history of France since the 1930s”. A suggested reading list is available on the ScPo Network website. 
•  Modern Languages (duration 1 hour, coefficient/weighting 1.5). This test (English, German, Spanish or Italian) will be based on comprehension exercises and an essay.

Comment se préparer au concours ?  

As the entrance exams largely follow the curriculum and methodology of the baccalauréat général, the ScPo Network does not recommend any particular preparatory courses. 

However, some students who find it difficult to work independently or who lack methodology can benefit from guidance and feedback on their work. 

To guide students through the vast range of preparatory courses of variable quality that are available, the ScPo Network has approved a specific online preparatory course for this competitive exam: 

• Le dispositif Tremplin IEP garantit aux candidats une formation de très haute qualité spécifiquement adaptée aux exigences des concours. Souple et adaptable, la formation 100% à distance offre un accès permanent à chacune et chacun de ses candidates et candidats, quelle que soit sa situation géographique. Tremplin IEP est conçu pour s’articuler parfaitement avec les formations dispensées en lycée, en classes préparatoires ou à l’université. La candidate ou le candidat ne reste cependant pas seul(e) : un espace de Questions / Réponses permet de communiquer avec le corps enseignant ; des espaces réservés offrent également aux étudiants le possibilité d’échanger entre eux. Le suivi est assuré uniquement par des professeures et des professeurs expérimentés.

A qui s'adresse la formation ?

• Tremplin IEP guarantees candidates very high-quality training that is specifically adapted to the requirements of the competitive entrance examination. Designed by e-learning specialists, Tremplin IEP is 100% online. Candidates can combine their school or university work with preparation for the competitive entrance exams in the way that suits them best. 

• Tremplin IEP Concours commun s’adresse aux bachelières et aux bacheliers ainsi qu'aux Bac +1 : elle prépare au concours commun pour l’entrée en première année. La formation est adaptée aux nouvelles modalités du concours commun : analyse de document(s) en Histoire, dissertation en Questions Contemporaines, compréhension et essai en Langue vivante. Pour renforcer leur politique de démocratisation, les 7 Sciences Po du Réseau accordent une attention toute particulière au coût de la prestation, en prévoyant un tarif spécifique pour les boursiers.

Consulter la plaquette du Tremplin IEP

Informations : http://trempliniep.fr

Le dispositif Tremplin : https://www.reseau-scpo.fr/tremplin

• Registration dates on the Parcoursup server: from 18 January to 8 March 2023
• Confirmation of wishes: until 6 April 2023
• Date of the written tests: Saturday, April 22, 2023
• Admission and results: the results of the 7 Sciences Po competitions are published via Parcoursup from Thursday 1 June 2023.
• End of the main admission phase: 13 July 2023

Admission on the basis of qualifications

• To apply on the basis of qualifications, you must have created and confirmed your preference to sit the “ScPo Network” exam before the deadline on the Parcoursup admissions platform; and
• Have sat all the common entrance exam papers for admission to First Year of the ScPo Network and not been offered a place.
• 2022 school leavers may apply if they have obtained an overall average score of at least 17/20 in the French baccalauréat. 2021 school leavers are therefore not eligible to apply on the basis of qualifications.
• Registering for the common entrance exam for admission to First Year of the ScPo Network will not automatically be taken to mean that you wish to apply for admission to Sciences Po Strasbourg on the basis of qualifications.

Results and confirmation of candidates admitted on the main list

Results and confirmation of candidates admitted on the reserve list

• Successful candidates on the reserve list will be contacted by telephone on Monday 11 July 2022 (followed up by a confirmation e-mail) at the number entered on the application form for admission on the basis of qualifications. Reserve list candidates must therefore remain contactable throughout the day of 11 July. After 2 unanswered calls, the available place will be allocated to the next candidate on the reserve list.
• Successful candidates on the reserve list must confirm acceptance of their place by e-mail to scolarite.iep@unistra.fr before Tuesday, 12 July 2022 at 12:00 (CET).
• When confirming acceptance of a place by e-mail, successful candidates must provide confirmation that they have unregistered on Parcoursup, using the form which can be downloaded from their personal account in the “Admission” section.