Student review [#9712] for International Development
at Sciences Po

I liked their flexibility about customizing your own academic career (ex. Choice of classes, thematic and regional concentrations, languages, gap year etc). I did not like the registration process, because sometimes it can destroy all the career plan you envisioned, which can limit the abovementioned pro on flexibility. __The facilities need great improvement (they are planning on moving to another customized campus in few years). Poor psychological assistance. __Professors are excellent and in general very available. Class attendance is compulsory and the pressure is very high throughout the whole semester. However, you end up having a lot of knowledge and having taken a lot of classes (up to 9 per semester), which increase your expertise by far. I found myself prepared (in terms of skills) for the job market after only one year of master.__Good financial assistance to unprivileged students. However, Paris is a difficult city to live as a foreigner and it is very expensive. There is need to improve assistance to decent housing for students.