Institut d'études politiques

The instituts d'études politiques (abbreviation IEP ; French for institutes for political studies ) are a group of state institutions. They were founded over time on the model of the oldest, the Paris IEP, and teach in political science , sociology , foreign languages , sports , economics and law .

There are a total of ten IEPs in France. In the order in which they were founded, these are:

• 1872: IEP Paris , Grande école , whose basic studies (first two years) can also be completed at fully integrated branch offices:
  • with a focus on the German-speaking area in Nancy
  • with a focus on Eastern Europe in Dijon
  • with a focus on Latin America in Poitiers
  • with a focus on the Arab world and the Mediterranean in Menton
  • with a focus on Asia in Le Havre
  • with a focus on North America in Reims

• 1945: Institut d'études politiques de Strasbourg , Institute of the Robert Schuman University
• 1948: Institut d'études politiques de Bordeaux , assigned to the University of Montesquieu Bordeaux IV
• 1948: Institut d'études politiques de Grenoble , attached to the University of Pièrre Mendès-France
• 1948: Institut d'études politiques de Lyon , assigned to the University of Lyon II
• 1948: Institut d'études politiques de Toulouse , assigned to the University of Toulouse I
• 1956: Institut d'études politiques d'Aix-en-Provence , assigned to the University of Paul Cézanne Aix-Marseille III
• 1991: Institut d'études politiques de Lille , assigned to the University of Lille II
• 1991: Institut d'études politiques de Rennes , assigned to the University of Rennes I.
• 2013: Institut d'études politiques de Saint-Germain-en-Laye , assigned to the University of Versailles

Only the IEP Paris is an independent university, a grand établissement under French law . The IEP Strasbourg is simply a sub-institute of the University of Strasbourg III ( Robert Schuman ) , while the remaining seven are themselves legal entities under public law, but are always affiliated with a university.

There are also institutions of the same name in other French-speaking regions, such as the institut d'études politiques in Algiers .