Sciences Po (Paris) invites applications for first Dual Master’s Degree program in India with TISS

After graduation, Indian students will have the opportunity to pursue a career in France as they will be eligible for a 2-year post-study visa (APS), but they can choose to work in India or any region of the world.

Sciences Po and Tata Institute of Social Sciences have announced to launch Dual Degree program in India. The Dual Masters Degree program in Global Urban Development between Sciences Po and Tata Institute of Social Sciences will start in September 2024. Candidates have until April 7, 2024, to submit their application.

Delivered over a two-year period in English, the Dual Master’s degree concentrates on international urban development issues. The first year is taught in Paris within the Master's program Governing the Large Metropolis (GLM) at Sciences Po's Urban School, and the second year at the School of Habitat Studies at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) in Mumbai. At the end of the 2 years, the successful students will be awarded two Master’s degrees, one from Sciences Po and one from TISS.

Sukriti Issar, Academic Director of the Dual Degree Program in Global Urban Development at Sciences Po, said: “Graduates of this double degree will be uniquely placed to analyze different urban contexts, to propose novel solutions to urban problems, and to have an interdisciplinary foundation in urban policy and governance”.

Manjula Bharathy, Academic Director of the Dual Degree Program at TISS, added: “It is the only global program that will grant a Dual Degree in Urban Development with training in India and Europe. It offers students an extraordinary opportunity to be trained in two of the world's most dynamic metropolitan areas, in Mumbai and Paris, each of them a vast laboratory for urbanism, and sharing many of the key challenges of cities today”.

After graduation, Indian students will have the opportunity to pursue a career in France as they will be eligible for a 2-year post-study visa (APS), but they can choose to work in India or any region of the world. The Urban School has connections with urban professionals and research groups around the globe, including in Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, Mexico City, Istanbul, Cairo, Manila, Mumbai, New Delhi, Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Jakarta, Beijing, Shanghai, Tokyo, Nairobi, and Johannesburg amongst others.

Students will pay the tuition fees of Sciences Po during their first year of study, and the fees of the School of Habitat Studies at TISS during the second year of the program. Funding opportunities are available to fund the first year: the Charpak Scholarship run by the French Embassy, the RD Sethna Loan Scholarship by the RD Sethna Scholarship Fund and the We Make Scholars Loan Scholarship.

Interested students in the Dual Degree program in Global Urban Development between Sciences Po and TISS have until April 7, 2024, to submit their application on Sciences Po’s website. They are also welcome to contact Sciences Po’s office in India to receive personal guidance on their application.