KFAS-SCIENCES PO PARTNERSHIP
The Kuwait Program at Sciences Po is a longstanding partnership between the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS) and Sciences Po. KFAS is a private non-profit organization dedicated to supporting progress and advancing science and technology.
Working together, the two institutions support a range of initiatives in the fields of research, teaching and academic events, with special emphasis on studying the Middle East and Gulf region.
The Kuwait Program at Sciences Po has 4 key focuses:
- Student Activities: Scholarships for Master’s level students from the Arab world and Kuwait for any two-year program under Sciences Po’s 7 graduate schools, in addition to student paper awards for leading graduate student research.
- Academic Opportunities: Visiting faculty programs from 6 months to 2 years at Sciences Po’s School of International Affairs (PSIA).
- Series of Events: Conferences and lectures hosted in Kuwait and at Sciences Po.
- Collaborative Research: Joint-projects between Sciences Po and Kuwait-based researchers.
Latest news
21st September 2020
From March 4-5, 2020, the Kuwait Program at Sciences Po hosted its third conference in collaboration with the Kuwait Foundation […]
6th December 2019
On November 24, 2019, Frédéric Mion, President of Sciences Po, gave a lecture entitled “Future of Higher Education in the […]
10th September 2018
Our 2018 conference on Europe and the MENA region comes at a time when both regions are encountering major turmoil. […]
5th July 2018
Following the “Wise Cities” Conference held in Paris at Sciences Po from March 8th-9th, 2018 under the Kuwait Program, and in […]
9th March 2018
The “Wise Cities” Conference is an initiative organized on March 8th and 9th, 2018 by the Kuwait Chair at Sciences […]