Required documents
Admission to the Master’s programme is open to applicants with a bachelor’s degree (180 ECTS credits). During the application process, you will be asked to provide the following documents:
- Transcripts of your 3-year bachelor’s degree (180 ECTS credits)
- Resume in English
- Covering letter in English
- Two academic letters of recommendation (in English or French)
- Proof of English language proficiency :
- TOEFL – 80 iBT or 550 PBT or 60 PDF
- IELTS Academic – 6.0
- PTE Academic – 54
- Cambridge Certificate in Advanced English (CAE) or Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE) – Grade C
- TOEIC – 785
A language test is not required for native English speakers or students with an undergraduate/postgraduate degree in English. (Proof of proficiency in French is not required).
Please do not add any additional documents other than those listed above. Incomplete applications will not be considered.
Procedure for European Students
The Mon Master platform is aimed at students from France, as well as those from the European Economic Area, Andorra, Switzerland and Monaco. To apply to ESPOL, you must follow the steps explained on the Mon Master website.
- Register on Mon Master
- Formulate your wishes
You can find our courses by typing “ESPOL” in the search bar. You can also use the filters with this information
Mention : Études européennes et internationally
Parcours : Digital politics and governance / espol
International and security politics / espol
Multilevel governance in europe / espol
Climate and sustainability politics / espol
Établissement : Institut Catholique de Lille
Once you have chosen your course, click on “Je candidate“.
Create your application and confirm your wishes
Enter the information and documents requested in the “My candidate file” tab.
Once you have completed your application, remember to confirm each of your wishes. Please note! After the deadline, any unconfirmed wishes will not be taken into account and it will no longer be possible to modify your application.
- Receiving replies to your applications
Once you have received a positive response from ESPOL, you have three choices:
Accept definitively: You are officially admitted to ESPOL and can no longer accept any other applications.
Temporary acceptance: You keep your admission offer and can wait for the results of other formats.
Refuse: You choose to give up your place on the course in question.
You must create your application file on the monmaster.gouv.fr platform. Once you have logged in, follow the steps indicated and complete your application file.
- Register for ESPOL
Once you have been accepted, you will receive your login details for the admission platform, where you can achieve your enrolment.
Procedure for students from outside Europe
- Create an account on the Études en France platform.
You must complete your CV and then add the programme(s) you would like to study. To find them, follow the steps below: Général > Master professionnel > Droit, économie, gestion > études européennes internationales
- Create an account on the admission platform.
To apply, please register your application on our admission platform between 1ᵉʳ February and 1ᵉʳ May. After this stage, you will receive an email with your login details.
Completing your application
You can now access your space and fill in the information:
- My profile: Enter your personal details (marital status, contact details).
- My applications: Here you will find the courses you have applied for.
- My secondary studies: In this section, enter your secondary school leaving certificate(s) (type of diploma, year, status, etc.).
- My higher education: In this section, enter the programmes you have completed and the qualifications you have obtained in higher education.
- Summary and payment: This last stage displays a summary of the applications you have submitted.
Once your application is complete, the selection phase begins.
- Selection and enrolment phase
You may receive a positive response from ESPOL until the end of the admissions phase. If you are accepted, you will receive a reply by email.
- Registering at ESPOL
As soon as your application has been accepted, you can log on to the admission platform using your login and password. Then follow the various steps.
Please note! To finalise your enrolment, you must have your CVEC payment certificate number (payment or exemption).
Admission criteria and decision process
The criteria are academic excellence: background and results, professional experience, including internships and community involvement, future plans and motivation, as explained in your personal statement, and personal experience.
The admission procedure for ESPOL Masters Courses is supervised by the Admissions Committee which is headed by the Director of Studies. It consists of 4 phases:
- Eligibility phase: the eligibility of the candidate is checked by the Admission Officer. Eligibility status is communicated with the candidates by the Admission Officer as soon as possible.
- Evaluation phase: desk-based evaluation of eligible candidates by two academic members of ESPOL, appointed by the Admission Committee, and following the admission criteria described above. Based on this double evaluation, the Admission Committee decides on the admission of the candidate to the interview phase.
- Interview phase: candidates accepted to the interview phase are invited (by email) to an interview with one of the members of the Admission Committee.
- Admission decision: based on the results of the evaluation and the interviews, the Admission Committee decides upon the admission of the candidates. The final decisions of the Committee are communicated to the admission officer, who shares the individual decisions with the candidates.