Joint Press Release
14th March 2019
Sciences Po and Strathmore University announce a new partnership, launching a 5-year Bachelor and Master double degree programme. It is the first agreement signed by Sciences Po with a Kenyan university since the inauguration of Sciences Po’s office in Nairobi a year ago.
This programme will allow undergraduate students enrolled at Strathmore University to obtain a Bachelor’s degree from Strathmore University and a Master’s degree from Sciences Po in 5 years. It will provide students with the unique opportunity to experience different education systems and build professional networks across both continents. This type of programme has already been successfully established with other Sciences Po partners such as Johns Hopkins University (USA), Barnard College (USA) and Waseda University.
Beyond the double degree, Sciences Po and Strathmore University plan to strengthen the existing partnership through joint actions. This includes : increasing mobility between the two institutions thanks to an extended student and staff exchange agreement based on a strict reciprocity principle, integrating digital teaching and learning actions in Policy analysis at the Master’s level, and developing executive education programmes.
“We are very pleased to announce this partnership. We foresee the possibility of numerous collaborations with Strathmore University, for its diversity, vibrancy and global openness. The double degree that we have just signed joins the movement which is making Nairobi an East African university hub.” says Frédéric Mion, President, Sciences Po.
Organisation of Studies
The double degree programme will consist of a specific track where selected students spend their first 3 years at Strathmore University taking Bachelor-level courses and the following 2 years at Sciences Po taking Master-level courses. As such, it is an integrated Bachelor and Master’s programme in 5 years, compared to 6 years for a traditional Bachelor and Master’s trajectory at Strathmore University. Here, the 4th year credits are used twice to validate the last year of the Bachelor’s from Strathmore University and the first year of the Master’s at Sciences Po.
The double degree programme will be open to 3 different Strathmore University undergraduate programmes from the School of Humanities and Social Sciences and the School of Management and Commerce, and to 16 Sciences Po graduate programmes from the School of Management and Innovation, the School of Public Affairs and the School of International Affairs.
“International education is very key in the world we live in. This partnership allows both students and staff from Sciences Po and Strathmore University a rich opportunity to learn from each others culture. This will broaden their world views and ways of thinking as they interact with one another. Moreover, Sciences Po is key as it is an international research university, both selective and open onto the world, ranking among the finest institutions in the fields of humanities and social sciences” adds, Dr. Vincent Ogutu, Vice Chancellor Designate, Strathmore University.
Eligibility and Admission
The selection is made according to academic records starting from the 1st year at Strathmore University and a strong motivation to study at Sciences Po. The admitted student will then enrol at Sciences Po for a two-year period. Each academic year, Strathmore University will pre-select a cohort of first class students for potential admission to Sciences Po. Sciences Po will then proceed to evaluate the pre-selected applicants. The students of the double degree programme will pay tuition fees to the home university they are attending.
For further information, please contact:
Eric Saulo: esaulo@strathmore.edu / +254720426699
Marie Frocrain: marie.frocrain@sciencespo.fr / 01 49 54 37 71
About Strathmore University
Strathmore seeks to become a leading outcome-driven entrepreneurial research university by translating our excellence into a major contribution to culture, economic well-being and quality of life. Strathmore aims at providing all-round quality education in an atmosphere of freedom and responsibility excellence in teaching, research and scholarship, ethical and social development and service to the society. www.strathmore.edu
About Sciences Po
Sciences Po is a selective research university of international standing based on the values of openness and excellence. Sciences Po’s unique academic model combines expertise in the humanities and social sciences, multidisciplinarity and a professional grounding to educate professionals and citizens able to understand and transform society. Diversity is a key element of Sciences Po’s identity. The student body comprises 47% international students from 150 different countries and 27% scholarship students, up from 6% in 2000.

18.06.2025
CONFLICTS: AN INTERDISCIPLINARY ANALYSIS LED BY HUGO MICHERON IN SCIENCES PO’S JOURNAL COMPRENDRE SON TEMPS
Paris, 18 June 2025 – The third issue of Comprendre son temps, the journal published by Sciences Po, offers an in-depth analysis of contemporary conflicts amidst heightened geopolitical tensions.
Political scientist Hugo Micheron, who specialises in the Middle East and jihadism, coordinated the contributions of ten researchers who aimed to explore the new forms of conflict that have recently emerged: the militarisation of digital space, the weaponisation of information, the reconfiguration of alliances and power dynamics, the hybridisation of threats, and the return of high-intensity warfare — from Ukraine to Gaza. These contributions examine the systemic transformations redefining the attributes of power and critically assess Europe’s evolving role in the global order.
Contributors to this issue include Thierry Balzacq, Professor and researcher at the Centre for International Studies (CERI); Christophe Jaffrelot, CNRS Research Director at CERI; and Frédéric Ramel, Professor and researcher at CERI. Regular contributors to Sciences Po have also participated, such as writer and lecturer Giuliano Da Empoli; Asma Mhalla, political scientist and lecturer; and author Karine Tuil.
Hugo Micheron, scientific director of the issue : “The current period is marked by profound geopolitical transformations that challenge Europe’s place and role on the world stage, as well as its ability to assert itself as a leading geopolitical actor. It is essential for a group of influential EU countries to align their diplomatic orientations in order to rethink conflict in all its strategic dimensions. This is the collective analysis put forward by Sciences Po researchers in this issue."
Luis Vassy, Director of Sciences Po : "In an era where conflict is no longer an exception but a structural reality, it is vital to place this notion at the heart of both our scientific inquiry and educational mission."
About Comprendre son temps
Comprendre son temps is Sciences Po’s journal in the humanities and social sciences, offering insights into the major ruptures shaping today’s world and supporting both public and private decision-making. Published biannually, it seeks to make the institution’s high-quality academic research accessible to the widest possible audience by addressing a major social and political issue.
About Hugo Micheron
Hugo Micheron is a political scientist, fluent in Arabic and specialising in the Middle East and jihadism. He is a Senior Fellow at the Program on Extremism at George Washington University and teaches at Sciences Po, where he leads the seminar Artificial Intelligence, Democracy, and the Information Environment. He is the author of La Colère et l’Oubli. Les démocraties face au jihadisme européen (Gallimard, 2023), awarded both the Femina Essay Prize and the Brienne Prize for Geopolitical Literature in 2023.
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