Description

The Master in International Relations and Political Science is a two-year programme designed for students wishing to develop expertise in international relations. The programme prepares students for doctoral studies, research activities as well as careers dealing with different aspects of international relations which require strong analytical and research skills, whether in the public or the private sector.

The program is aimed at providing the analytical tools and the substantive background to understand a wide range of topics, both in the present and in the future. Students follow a standard sequence of core courses, as well as several subfield survey courses; in addition, there are numerous electives that can be taken. During the second year of studies, each student writes a master's thesis or, depending on whether he/she wishes to transfer to the doctoral program, a dissertation prospectus.

Throughout their studies, students have extensive access to political science faculty, both regular professors in the unit and recurring or one-time visitors. Classes for the most part are small and students work closely with faculty. This access, as well as the analytical strengths of the curriculum, the proximity to various international governmental and nongovernmental organizations in Geneva, and the broad geographical and cultural range of students in the program, make for a solid and rewarding grounding in the field.

Highlights

The Graduate Institute is an institution of research and higher education dedicated to the cross-cutting fields of international relations and development studies. Through our core activities, we develop creative thinking on world affairs and foster global responsibility. We are a cosmopolitan community located at the heart of an international centre of multilateral governance preparing future policy-makers to lead tomorrow's world.

The Institute offers postgraduate-level teaching (Master's and PhD), carries out thematic research on important global issues, and provides executive education. It is also a forum for forward-looking reflection.

Born of the merger of two outstanding and pioneering graduate schools, the Institute benefits from a diverse and rich legacy. In the case of international studies, its history is closely linked to the founding of the international system and the League of Nations in the 1920s. The Institute's expertise in development studies was forged at the time of emergence of the developing world in the 1960s.

Our location, Geneva, is home to many of the world's prominent international organisations, hundreds of non-governmental organisations as well as numerous headquarters of leading multinational companies, making it an ideal place to study, teach and research global issues.

Minimum Education

Bachelors

Subject Areas

• Development Studies
• International Relations
• Political Science/politics

Cost in US$:

2,500 / semester

This Program is open to

Worldwide Participants.

Scholarships are Available

Each year the Graduate Institute awards an important number of scholarships to Master and PhD students for its study programs in the field of international affairs, development studies, international economics, political science, international law, international economics and international history and politics. Scholarships are awarded according to academic merit and financial need of students. There are three categories of scholarship: * Full scholarships: with a few exceptions, these are worth CHF 18,000. Recipients are exempt from Graduate Institute tuition fees. * Partial scholarships: the value of these grants varies according to the individual needs of the recipient student. These grants do not cover tuition fees which recipients of partial grants are required to pay. * Tuition scholarships: these grants cover tuition fees for one academic year. They are awarded to exceptional students.

Application Process Involves

• Written Application

The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies's Mission Statement

The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies is a result of the merger of the Graduate Institute of International Studies (HEI) and the Graduate Institute of Development Studies (IUED), created respectively in 1927 and 1961. It is an institution dedicated to providing students from all over the world the means to undertake international studies, from a historical, legal, economic, political and social perspective. It owes its reputation to the quality of its cosmopolitan faculty; the selection of its students; the strength and the relevance of its study programmes involving four core disciplines (economics, history, law and political science); its policy-relevant approach to international affairs; and its bilingual English-French education. The Institute's location in Geneva, Switzerland, provides students with unique access and exposure to the many international and intergovernmental institutions making their home in the city. The curriculum's multidisciplinary approach makes HEID an ideal place for students interested in international affairs and development studies.

Year Founded

1927