Dual Degree: Columbia & Sciences Po

Journalism studies in New York and Paris

This new program, which began in the fall of 2008, allows students to study journalism in both New York and Paris. Students will receive degrees from both the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University and the Graduate Journalism Program at Sciences Po, Paris.

The joint program will enable students to study in two hubs of journalism: New York City and Paris, offering top-tier training from both an American and a European perspective. The program encourages mastery of journalistic techniques, bilingual training, and the opportunity to develop a career with a unique international background. “Sciences Po shares our belief in the value of graduate-level university professional education for journalists and in the importance of giving journalists an international perspective,” notes Nicholas Lemann, dean of Columbia’s Journalism School.

Columbia students will be invited during the academic year to apply for a second degree, to be conferred by Sciences Po after two semesters of study and work in Paris. Students at Sciences Po will apply to Columbia during their first year. Each school will control their own admission process, with a representative from the partner institution attending the final selection process. Students will pay regular tuition rates at each institution.

Columbia Journalism School students at Sciences Po will study subjects such as international affairs, French and European history, economics and social dynamics, and a wide range of journalism courses, and, while enrolled at Sciences Po, they will also be placed in internships with Paris-based news and media organizations. Sciences Po’s journalism school will oversee the placement of these internships. Students from Sciences Po who are admitted to Columbia will enroll in Columbia’s Master of Science program, the cornerstone program offered by the Journalism School.

“The journalism profession is reinventing itself to adapt to technological changes along with the globalization of higher education,” said Bruno Patino, dean of the Sciences Po School of Journalism. “We will face these challenges with a historical partner, Columbia University, through our first dual degree program in journalism which we consider to be unique in that it is fully international. Taking the global dimension into account has become a necessity today in journalism.”

This is the first dual degree program between a French and an American journalism school.

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For more information contact the Admissions Office

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admissions@jrn.columbia.edu
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