Sciences Po
Higher-education institution in Paris
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| 2025 | Jamieson Greer became United States Trade Representative |
| 2024 | Jean Bassères serves as interim director of Sciences Po, followed by Luis Vassy becoming the new director. |
| 2024 | Sciences Po's global ranking in the QS World University Rankings decreased to 319th position. |
| 2024 | Gabriel Attal becomes Prime Minister of France |
| April 2024 | Became an epicenter of French student protests against the Israel–Hamas war. |
| April 26 2024 | Compagnies Républicaines de Sécurité (CRS) intervened to break up the student demonstration, which led to students renewing and resuming their protest after the police intervention. |
| April 26 2024 | Dozens of Sciences Po students blocked the entrance to a campus building in central Paris, using trash, a motorcycle, pieces of metal, and a wooden platform. Approximately 40 students remained in the building overnight, organized by the Palestine Committee of Sciences Po, demanding the administration cut ties with universities and companies allegedly supporting Israel's aggression in Gaza. |
| March 26 2024 | Jean Bassères named interim director of Sciences Po. |
| March 13 2024 | Mathias Vicherat resigned after being ordered to stand trial on charges of domestic abuse. |
| 2023 | Angela Merkel receives an honorary doctorate from Sciences Po. |
| 2023 | Sciences Po ranked 2nd globally for Politics in the QS World University Subjects Rankings and 39th in social sciences by Times Higher Education. |
| 2023 | French students admitted to Sciences Po achieved an impressive average Baccalauréat score of 17.9/20, with 92% of undergraduate students receiving a Summa cum laude designation. |
| 2023 | Anastasia Colosimo became International Press Advisor |
| 2022 | Bruno Latour and Marc Lazar conclude their teaching at Sciences Po. |
| 2022 | Bruno Latour dies while still teaching at Sciences Po, and Marc Lazar ends his teaching tenure |
| 2022 | Elena Zhemkova receives an honorary doctorate from Sciences Po. |
| 2022 | Sciences Po achieved an undergraduate admission rate of 10%, with an even more selective 5% admission rate for the Paris campus. |
| 2022 | The newly refurbished Hôtel de l'Artillerie facility opened, hosting 7 graduate schools, scientific departments, an innovation institute, and a Center for Entrepreneurship, with plans to provide social housing for 50-100 students. |
| 2021 | Laurence Bertrand Dorléac becomes president of the National Foundation of Sciences Po (FNSP), and Mathias Vicherat becomes director of Sciences Po. |
| 2021 | Sciences Po was criticized for alleged grade inflation as a strategy to attract international students. |
| 2021 | 15,284 students applied to the Sciences Po Undergraduate College across three admissions pathways. 1,630 students were accepted, resulting in an admission rate of 7%. |
| 2021 | Experienced the Duhamel sexual violence scandal, leading to Olivier Duhamel's resignation and subsequent resignations of Frédéric Mion and other board members. |
| 2021 | Jonas Gahr Støre becomes Prime Minister of Norway |
| November 22 2021 | Mathias Vicherat assumed office as the new director of Sciences Po. |
| February 2021 | Hundreds of students and alumni launched a widespread social media campaign on Twitter, sharing allegations of rape and sexual abuse at Sciences Po, using the hashtag #SciencesPorcs to expose systemic issues of sexual violence within the institution. |
| 2018 | Salome Zourabichvili becomes President of Georgia, as a Sciences Po alumnus. |
| 2018 | Mathias Vicherat joined as co-director alongside Frédéric Mion, forming the collaborative leadership of Sciences Po. |
| 2018 | 70% of students in the Master in Economic Law program successfully found employment within six months of graduation. |
| 2018 | The school's preparatory school achieved a 45% success rate (79 out of 180 students) in the French National School for the Judiciary entrance exam, with 8 students ranking in the top 10 and 20 in the top 30. |
| 2018 | Sciences Po's own resources had grown to €127.2 million, representing a sixfold increase from 2000. |
| 2018 | Charline Avenel became Rector of Versailles Academy |
| 2017 | Sciences Po Law School graduates achieved a 67% success rate in the Bar Exam, significantly higher than the national average of 27% in the same year. |
| 2017 | 14% of French members of parliament (81 out of 577) are Sciences Po graduates, making it the most represented higher education institution in the National Assembly. |
| 2017 | Alexandre Bompard concluded his tenure as CEO of FNAC. |
| 2017 | Jean Pierre Lacroix became Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations |
| 2017 | Emmanuel Macron becomes President of the French Republic |
| 2017 | Alpha Condé became Chairperson of the African Union. |
| 2017 | Audrey Azoulay became Director General of UNESCO, a significant leadership role in an international organization. |
| 2016 | Updated governance structure by adopting new statutes for the Fondation nationale des sciences politiques (FNSP) and the Institut d'études politiques de Paris (IEP). |
| 2016 | Olivier Duhamel assumes leadership of the National Foundation of Sciences Po (FNSP), succeeding Jean-Claude Casanova. |
| 2016 | Acquired the Hôtel de l'Artillerie in the 7th arrondissement of Paris to expand its campus. |
| 2016 | Created the School of Management and Innovation and updated governance structure by adopting new statutes for its two constituent bodies. |
| 2015 | Created the School of Public Affairs and the Urban School as part of graduate studies restructuring. |
| 2014 | Mion published the policy paper 'Sciences Po 2022', outlining the institution's development strategy. |
| 2014 | Mion published the policy paper 'Sciences Po 2022', outlining the institution's strategic development. |
| 2013 | Bertrand Badré became Managing Director of the World Bank. |
| March 1 2013 | Frédéric Mion appointed director of Sciences Po following the sudden death of Richard Descoing, with intentions to develop the institution as a 'selective university of international standing'. |
| 2012 | Richard Descoing, head of Sciences Po from 1997 to 2012, died, with posthumous revelations emerging about his inappropriate sexual relationships with students and dismissive attitude towards sexual misconduct. |
| 2011 | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva receives an honorary doctorate from Sciences Po. |
| 2011 | Alexandre Bompard became CEO of FNAC, beginning his leadership of the retail company. |
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