In a landmark second for Africa and Europe, the College of Cape City (UCT) has teamed up with Sciences Po – a public college in Paris, France – to supply college students a prestigious, internationally recognised twin diploma programme. It has been described as a milestone in tutorial cooperation between the 2 continents.
What this implies is that college students will now have the chance to earn two grasp’s levels – one from Sciences Po and the opposite from UCT. The programme follows years of collaboration between the 2 establishments, and marks Sciences Po’s first-ever collaborative diploma providing on the African continent. The settlement, cementing the partnership, was signed in Paris on Friday, 21 March, and has been made doable by means of a €120 000 grant by the French Ministry of Overseas Affairs – supporting the broader strategic aim of creating tutorial collaborations between France and South Africa. The goal of the partnership is to coach consultants who’re able to assembly world challenges in governance, public coverage and sustainable city growth.
“UCT’s partnership with Sciences Po is a testomony to the rising significance of African increased training on the worldwide stage.”
“UCT’s partnership with Sciences Po is a testomony to the rising significance of African increased training on the worldwide stage. By establishing this programme, UCT reaffirms its dedication to shaping the way forward for world training, advancing tutorial excellence and selling cross-cultural trade that empowers college students to guide in an more and more interconnected world,” stated UCT Vice-Chancellor Professor Mosa Moshabela.
Twin collaborative diploma
The twin collaborative diploma affords two grasp’s programmes: governance and worldwide relations – a partnership between the Paris Faculty of Worldwide Affairs and UCT’s Nelson Mandela Faculty of Public Governance; in addition to in city research – a collaboration between Sciences Po’s City Faculty and UCT’s Africa Centre for Cities.
The diploma will span a interval of two years and college students are required to finish one yr of examine at every college – with the primary yr happening at UCT, adopted by a second yr at Sciences Po. College students will then return to UCT to finish their last semester.
“It has been an extended journey, with groups engaged on this since 2023. I commend the groups, together with the deans and administrative workers within the two colleges, in addition to the assist groups within the Workplace of the Registrar, the Worldwide Educational Programmes Workplace and the Analysis Workplace,” Professor Moshabela stated.
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He stated the UCT group engaged with their French counterparts a number of instances over the previous two years and likewise visited the college. Equally, he stated, a delegation from Sciences Po visited UCT on a number of events too. And through these engagements, the respective groups managed to resolve the technical glitches that make the design of twin levels troublesome.
‘A decisive step ahead’
The programme’s joint admission course of opens in September 2025 and the primary cohort of scholars are anticipated to start out their tutorial programmes in February 2027.
The colleges have plans to enrol 20 college students from various socio-cultural and geographical backgrounds yearly and can make three full-time scholarships obtainable by means of the Mastercard Basis Students Program.
“With the signing of this twin diploma, we have now taken a decisive step ahead, giving this collaboration a brand new dimension by means of a programme of excellence in social sciences, on the crossroads of Europe and Africa,” stated the president of Sciences Po, Luis Vassy.
