La mort de Richard Descoings affecte tous les membres de la très grande communauté de Sciences Po : élèves, anciens élèves, enseignants, salariés et partenaires étrangers.
Elle est injuste parce qu'elle se produit au moment où il donnait la pleine mesure de son talent. Elle est injuste parce qu'elle intervient dans une période où d'aucuns remettaient en cause ses mérites.
Le premier devoir de Sciences Po, pour lui rendre hommage, est de poursuivre son œuvre, avec détermination et générosité, comme il l'aurait fait et comme il aurait aimé que cela soit fait.
Les conseils de Sciences Po choisiront, le moment venu, son successeur. Pour l'heure, c'est l'immense émotion et le besoin de recueillement qui dominent.
Dans la période qui vient, chacun à Sciences Po va poursuivre sa tâche en y apportant une attention exemplaire afin de préserver, prolonger et amplifier l'œuvre accomplie en seize ans par Richard Descoings.

Jean-Claude Casanova de l'Institut, Président de la Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques

Merci à Richard Descoings

Le campus de Menton:

The Middle Eastern and Mediterranean Undergraduate College of Menton focuses on political, economic and social issues in Mediterranean countries, the Middle East and the Gulf.

The campus’ multidisciplinary and fundamental teaching method consists of courses in Social Science (economics, law, history, sociology…), and courses specialized in the zone of the College’s interest (Political Economy of the Middle East, Geopolitics of the Middle East, History of the Arab-Islamic Civilization…) in three languages (French, Arabic and English), as well as language classes (English, Arabic, and French as second language, with the possibility for non-beginners to start Arabic and French).

The campus of Menton brings together international students from Europe, the Maghreb, the Middle East and the Gulf, as well as from the United States and Asia. It offers a curriculum in French and a complete curriculum in English, underpinned by the expertise of Sciences Po professors and researchers specialized in the Middle Eastern and Mediterranean zone, prestigious lecturers, and guest professors. Classes are complemented by extracurricular collective projects (Arabic publications, field trips in the Middle East, Spring School…). Located along the Mediterranean Sea, the Menton College provides international students with an ideal setting and exceptional living conditions, as well as personalized services and follow-up rendered possible by the small number of students on campus.

Newly admitted students:

Congratulations to the newly admitted students to Menton. You may already take note of two important dates :
- All newly admitted students and exchange program students are expected on campus on Monday, August 27th, 2012 at 9.30 at Saint Julien
- Orientation week will take place from Monday August 27th until Friday August 31st, 2012.
Please activate your Sciences Po email address upon obtaining your electronic messaging details so that you may receive the information for your administrative registration

Tv Report:

The program Mediterraneo, an international television co-production between France3 and Italy's RAI3, provides an original perspective of the Mediterranean. Its reporters came to meet students of the Middle Eastern and Mediterranean campus of Sciences Po in Menton.

You may see the report here

McGill University:

Imad Mansour, Political Science professor at McGill University, and specialist of foreign policy in the Middle East and international relations theory, is teaching in the Menton campus this semester. The campus's team and the students welcome him warmly.

More details

Admissions:

You can now apply for the regional undergraduate campuses

A new academic excellence program in the Middle Eastern and Mediterranean campus of Sciences Po