American Graduate School in Paris - School of International Relations and Diplomacy

[zanda05]

Just wondering, has anyone had any experience with or heard anything good/bad/etc. about the American Graduate School in Paris - specifically the Graduate School of International Relations and Diplomacy?

http://www.ags.edu/i...ional-relations

Thanks in advance for any insight!

[WhateverHappens]

If you want to study in Paris in an American University the best option is definitly AUP :

http://www.aup.edu/main/academics/graduate.htm

Since i used to live in Paris and i have tons of friends who studied at AUP feel free to ask me whatever you want concerning the school.

[JAubrey]

Neither university is that good. If you are truly interested in IR, Sciences-Po (Paris) is the only worthwhile option (every French President and Prime Minister in the 5th Republic has been educated there), and scholars from Sciences-Po are responsible for founding the LSE.

Regarding the American Graduate School, I spoke there a number of years ago during my master's and was subsequently offered the chance to do a PhD with them, but at the time they lacked accreditation. Though the people were extremely friendly and some of the master's students were not unimpressive (mainly from middle of the road US undergraduate universities, I recall one from Temple and another from the University of Kentucky). I would largely say, avoid this programme unless it is your only option.