[en] Highlights: • Single phase Sc doped BFO ceramics were successfully fabricated. • Dielectric constant and magnetization are enhanced in doped BFO system. • Polarization first increases and then decreases in doped BFO system. • M_r of 0.0105 emu/g and P_r of 16.1 μC/cm"2 were revealed simultaneously at x = 0.01. - Abstract: Multiferroic BiFe_1_−_xSc_xO_3 ceramics with x = 0.00–0.10 were synthesized by rapid liquid phase sintering. The influences of Sc doping on the crystalline structures, dielectric, ferroelectric, and magnetic behaviors of BiFeO_3 ceramics were explored. The X-ray diffraction and the Raman spectrometric analysis revealed that all the samples are nearly single phase of rhombohedral structure with the incorporation of Sc ions into BiFeO_3. With increase doping concentration of x, the dielectric constant, dielectric loss, and remnant polarization for the doped BiFeO_3 increase first and then drop down with further rise of x. A saturated ferroelectric polarization can be achieved at a small amount of Sc doping concentration (x < 0.03), with a optimized remnant polarization of 17.6 μC/cm"2 at x = 0.03. Meanwhile, the magnetization is also slightly increased by introducing Sc dopant, with a maximum remnant magnetization of 0.0105 emu/g at x = 0.01. These results indicate that BiFeO_3 ceramics with small amounts of Sc-doping may be promising for applications in magnetoelectric devices