The EU’s Georgetown? Top French university Sciences Po eyes Brussels campus – POLITICO

BRUSSELS — French university Sciences Po is considering opening a campus in Brussels, arguing that the EU capital is “paradoxically” missing its own elite academic institution.

Brussels conspicuously lacks a significant presence of elite schools, according to an internal report obtained by POLITICO, and Sciences Po in particular is absent despite the dense network of alumni who staff the EU institutions, says the 18-page document. 

One way to resolve that would be for Sciences Po to open a Brussels campus — called  “Maison de l’Europe de Sciences Po, Paris-Bruxelles” — that could specialize in both EU-level research and training the next generation of Eurocrats, according to the memo.