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.

Campus Events

London School of Economics (LSE) – Menton College Event

Students and instructors of “Langue Française et Société” at LSE and students and language students and instructors in the Menton College participated in a virtual “vernissage” on Second Life, “Déjà vu?” on Thursday February 25^th 2010-02-26

Gilles Gauthier, Ambassador of France to Yemen from 2006 to 2009, Visiting Professor at the Menton Campus

Career diplomat and former Ambassador of France to Yemen, translator of the novel “Chicago” by Egyptian writer Ala Al Aswany, Gilles Gauthier is a Visiting Professor at the Menton Campus in 2010. He is lecturing a seminar entitled “Yemen: An impossible State for a nation of multiple identities,” in which he addresses tribal balances and rivalries, the revival of Zaydism, Salafism, the role of Al Qaida, the awakening of southern irredentism, demographic growth, the isolation of Yemen in the Arabian peninsula, and development difficulties linked to the scarcity of resources in the country. Gilles Gauthier also dedicates several seminars to discussions on Algeria and Egypt.

Soumaya Maghnouj, second-year student participates in first One Young World summit in London.

Soumaya Maghnouj, second-year student in the Menton College was selected to participate in the first summit of One Young World in London’s Excel Center between February 8th and February 10th, 2010. She was sponsored by Chalhoub Group. One Young World brought together about 800 representatives from around the world who were chosen for their commitment to the resolution of the significant problems facing the world and world leaders. The conference was organized under the auspices of renowned figures such as Archbishop Desmond Tutu (Nobel Peace Prize winner of 1984), Mohammed Yunus (founder of the Grameen Bank which is the world’s top micro-credit institution and Nobel Peace Prize winner of 2006), Kofi Annan (former UN Secretary General and Nobel Peace Prize winner in 2001), and Bob Geldof (singer and founder of the Live 8 and Live AID concerts). Delegates voted for six resolutions that the sponsors of the One Young World summit will promote at the G8 and the UN. Soumaya is now a One Young World Ambassador who will work with her peers to implement the resolution.

News from Nacim Kaïd-Slimane, Menton student currently on his third year abroad at HEC Montréal

Menton campus student to participate in Columbia University - Sciences Po Pilot B.A. Program

Axel Fougner, second year student in the English program of the Menton campus, has been selected along with four other students from the campuses of Paris, Nancy and Poitiers, to participate in the Pilot B.A Program between Columbia University and Sciences Po. The students were selected jointly by the School of General Studies of Columbia University and Sciences Po to start the program in the Fall of 2010. The students are the first students to graduate from both Colleges under such a joint double diploma agreement. This partnership at the undergraduate level is unique in the world of higher education. Partner-degree students will be granted opportunities to broaden and deepen their knowledge in an international intellectual environment and pursue their undergraduate studies at institutions of the highest academic quality. Congratulations to Axel and to all the selected students!

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