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Political and Institutional Communication (CPI) course

The aim of this interdisciplinary, professional training program is to address communication processes in all their diversity. The aim is to understand the major issues and challenges facing organizations in terms of communication, and to develop the knowledge, diverse analytical skills and know-how needed to design strategies and implement communication tools adapted to contemporary challenges.

At a glance

Admission

Competition

Language

French

Terms and conditions

Face-to-face

Description

This course leads to the award of 2 diplomas: the Master's degree in Information-Communication, Political and Institutional Communication from the Université Grenoble-Alpes, and the diploma from the Institut d'études politiques de Grenoble. In fact, this is a course built in collaboration between the two establishments.

In addition to developing the ability to reflect, analyze and problematize, the course aims to provide students with a useful grounding in interdisciplinary theoretical knowledge (political science, sociology, management science, information and communication science, media theory, marketing, etc.), as well as the practical knowledge and tools required for strategic implementation.

In order to stimulate the openness, responsiveness, originality and relevance that are essential in these strategically-focused, field-based professional activities, the program offers, in addition to core courses, cross-disciplinary seminars, real-life workshops (responding to calls for tender and studies, crisis simulation, etc.), meetings with professionals from the sectors concerned and numerous case studies. It is taught by both academics and working practitioners, in an interdisciplinary approach built up in partnership with other masters programs and courses at Sciences Po Grenoble and Stendhal University's Institut de la communication et des médias.

The aim is to train executives specialized in communication, who will be immediately operational in analyzing, recommending or designing actions (advertisements, clips, communication campaigns, events, digital strategy, etc.), advising organizations, decision-makers or political players, thanks to their reflexive and operational skills in communication processes, devices and images.
As the issue of communication is also very important in political science and the human and social sciences, some students will be able to continue with a thesis on this theme, provided they have obtained funding.

Program

The second semester of M1 is an "opening" semester, offering students the choice of a minimum four-month internship in France or abroad.

The second semester of M2 is devoted to a six-month internship as part of a final-year project.

We offer students a wide range of internships by leveraging our network of partners and our extensive alumni network. This ensures that students have access to diverse, high-quality opportunities tailored to their career aspirations.

Job opportunities

  • Political communication attachés or managers (ministries, major institutions, universities, local authorities, political parties, trade unions, etc.).
  • Specialized managers in the private sector (corporate communications, marketing) / communications director, project manager.
  • Communications officers from IGOs, NGOs and associations.
  • Communications campaign manager (media, press, multimedia...), community manager.
  • Designers, consultants.
  • Teacher-researchers

Skills

The aim of the Political and Institutional Communication program is to enable students to develop key professional activities over the course of their training. A set of skills is associated with each activity. The skills repository makes it possible to specify, in an orderly fashion, the steps required to successfully carry out the activity.

Reference lists of activities and skills targeted by the training program.

Identify emerging news in relation to communication issues;

Problematize a communication issue and mobilize an appropriate theoretical framework ;

Conduct a literature review on the subject and compile a structured bibliography;

Identify and map the stakeholders involved;

Design and popularize communication grids based on innovative theoretical frameworks;

Design and produce a variety of communication media;

Organize and promote public events on communication-related topics.

Skills blocks associated with the activity: RNCP34024BC01 - Conduct a reflective and distanced analysis, taking into account the complexity of a request or situation; RNCP34024BC05 - Work in a collaborative environment

Identify the scope of the study and the communication challenges;

Contextualize and identify the stakeholders involved in a communication issue;

Carry out a strategic watch and diagnosis of the strengths and weaknesses of an ecosystem in relation to the issue at hand;

Identify and formulate objectives and goals based on the expectations of a given target (consumers, voters, users, institutional players);

Relating information from a critical perspective ;

Use one or more methodological tools related to the problem;

Produce and present a strategic analysis, both orally and in writing, in French or English.

Skills block associated with the activity: RNCP34024BC02 - Express your thoughts clearly and concisely in writing and orally, in French and English

 

Monitor communication trends and practices;

Gather political and/or market issues and transform them into communication research questions;

Design and write a proposal that takes into account the expectations and needs of a target audience;

Justify and present the project to a customer, both orally and in writing;

Manage the deployment of a consulting strategy and support the client in its implementation and management over the short and medium term.

Skills block associated with the activity: RNCP34024BC02 - Express your thoughts clearly and concisely in writing and orally, in French and English

Identify, define and create a communication device in line with the objective ;

Test and validate new communication devices;

Produce and implement a multi-channel communication medium in line with the needs of the target audience;

Monitor, measure and report on the effectiveness of online and offline communication tools;

Take stock of actions undertaken with a view to optimizing future processes.

Skills block associated with the activity: RNCP34024BC02 - Express your thoughts clearly and concisely in writing and orally, in French and English

Design and manage an online or offline brand reputation strategy for an internal or external audience;

Managing a public relations campaign in the private or public sector;

Manage and disseminate the image of a political, market or institutional entity;

Identify a crisis situation and implement a specific plan to manage it ;

Coordinate and manage internal and external stakeholders in a communications project within an organization; ?

Manage and ensure relationships with service providers and project stakeholders;

Set up a sponsorship and fundraising campaign;

Draw up and monitor a provisional budget.

Contact

Haithem Guizani 

Senior Lecturer in Management Sciences

haithem.guizani@sciencespo-grenoble.fr

Benoît Lafon 

University Professor of Information and Communication Sciences

benoit.lafon@univ-grenoble-alpes.fr

Naziha Mezlini 

Tel. 04 76 82 60 68

contact-parcours-cpi@sciencespo-grenoble.fr

Administrative contact for schooling at ICM - Institut de la communication et des médias
Tel. 04 56 52 87 17

llasic-master-cpi@univ-grenoble-alpes.fr

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