Graduate Institute Geneva (Master level)

Founded in 1927, Graduate Institute Geneva is a government-accredited postgraduate institution of higher education located in Geneva, Switzerland. It is continental Europe’s oldest school of international relations and was the world’s first graduate institute dedicated solely to the study of international affairs. It also offered one of the first doctoral programmes in international relations in the world. Graduate Institute Geneva counts, among its alumni and faculty, one UN secretary-general (Kofi Annan), seven Nobel Prize recipients, one Pulitzer Prize winner, and numerous ambassadors, foreign ministers, and heads of state. Foreign students from over 100 countries make up nearly 90% of its student body. Admission to Graduate Institute Geneva is highly competitive. It is also the only partner institution to co-deliver double degrees with Harvard Kennedy School.