Admission in staggered start of the school year

Bachelor ^1st year – International Relations and Political Science

Conditions for entering the contest:

Entry into the 1st year Bachelor (February 2026 entry) is open to holders of the Baccalaureate or an equivalent foreign diploma.

Pre-selection of application files and admission tests:

The pre-selection committee studies the application files. If the candidate’s file is accepted, the student is called for two admission tests.

Written test (2:00) : The candidate has 2:00 to write a commentary based on a video on a political theme and/or international relations.

Evaluation criteria: Quality of the written expression, construction of the assignment, understanding of the subject and quality of the analysis (problem, arguments, sources and examples).

The subject will be sent by e-mail at 9.30 am on the day of the competition and to be returned at 12 noon (time of arrival of the supporting e-mail) to the admissions department.

Oral test (00:30) : The candidate will receive current topics (choice of subject by the candidate) at 12 p.m. and must prepare to make an intervention in front of a jury via Microsoft Teams.

The admission interview will last 30 minutes:

Presentation to the jury (10min): the candidate presents his analysis of the chosen subject

Questions / Answers (20 min) : questions of general knowledge, political news, international relations and motivation. A few questions will be asked in English to assess the level of the candidate.

The subjects will be sent at 12 noon on the day of the competition. The instructions for the test will be detailed in the invitation to the competition.

The Examinations Committee meets to deliberate on the files of the candidates. At the end of this deliberation, each student is personally notified of the results obtained by email within 3 to 4 weeks after the date of the competition.

Applications can be submitted between October 2025 and February 2026.