sentences:  It was made a separate "Grande Ecole" in 1899 and claims the title of the "world's first school of journalism".Intended to give students a broad knowledge of politics and economics, it did not award a separate journalism degree by name until 1910.The University of Missouri School of Journalism also claims the title of "first in the world", but it did not open until 1908 in Columbia, Missouri in the United States.