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HEIP, Advanced International and Political Studies

Over 120 years of history

HEIP is one of the oldest training schools in political science and international relations.

It is a pioneering school in these areas and was built around three very strong values that we still defend today:

Train informed citizens:
The school was created in 1899 by a young woman journalist and activist, Dick May, to open up young men and women of the time to training in the social sciences, to make them enlightened citizens at the time of the Dreyfus affair which saw two Frances stand up against each other. It was then a question of training students to better understand the world in which they lived and to combat ignorance and prejudice.
HEIP’s objective is to train enlightened citizens capable of understanding the challenges of a complex and constantly changing world.

Innovating to adapt to today’s world:
When the school was created, the social sciences were a barely nascent discipline, which positioned HEIP as a precursor of this training.
It is also one of the first schools of international relations to begin teaching this subject at a time when relations between States governed by law are developing at the beginning of the century.
This value of innovation remains ours today, by offering solid programs within our training on major subjects to understand our contemporary world, by developing a very strong partnership with other educational establishments in France and abroad and emphasizing a strong international dimension.

Excel to train accomplished professionals:
Since its creation, HEIP has been able to benefit from the best teachers in political science and international relations by having among its teaching staff the biggest names, sometimes pioneers in their discipline: Emile Durkeim, founder of sociology or Aristide Briand, big name in international relations. and Nobel Peace Prize taught at HEIP like 7 other Nobel Prize winners.

Even today our teaching staff is top notch with professors from the best universities or professionals such as senior civil servants, jurists, geographers, historians, sociologists…
The vocation of our school is to train enlightened citizens able to understand a very complex world both nationally and internationally, but also to make them accomplished professionals by giving them the tools to thrive in the professional world. after their training.