Exchange & Study/Research Abroad

The Institute is keen to encourage academic exchanges with other institutions and to increase its international presence. To this end, it has established an important network of partnerships and exchange programmes with some of the most prestigious universities.

For further information on academic questions, please contact: Dr. Laurent Neury [Laurent.Neury (at) graduateinstitute.ch], Academic Adviser, Tel. + 41 22 908 62 61

Agreements with the following universities mean that our students are able to spend a semester studying outside the Graduate Institute in one of the partner institutions. Exchange students are selected on the basis of academic merit.

• Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University, United States;
• Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, United States;
• Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Yale University, United States;
• Graduate School of Asia-Pacific (Waseda University), Japan;
• Graduate School of International Studies [pdf], Seoul National University, South Korea;
• Lee Kuan Yew School of International Public Policy, Singapore National University, Singapore;
• Sciences Po Paris, France;
• Université de Saint-Gall, Switzerland;  

During the third semester of their course, Master’s students are able to obtain up to 30 ECTS credits or equivalent.

At present, the Graduate Institute only has PhD student exchange agreements with Yale and Waseda universities; they are open to PhD students of all academic units. These agreements mean that advanced PhD students (those whose preliminary theses have already been completed and approved) are able to conduct local research directly relevant to their theses.

In addition, the International Law Unit of the Graduate Institute has also signed agreements with the following establishments:

• Boston School of Law, Boston University, United States;
• Harvard Law School, Harvard University, United States;
• Michigan Law School, Michigan University, United States;
• UCLA School of Law, UCLA, United States.

These four agreements are only open to Master’s and PhD students of the International Law Unit.

Deadline for applications: 1 March 2010 

The Europaeum makes available to an advanced PhD student from the Institute a study grant of a value of £500. This grant is intended to enable the student to spend three weeks at Oxford University, take advantage of the libraries and specialist archives, and meet with researchers and professors from the university. As part of its services, the Europaeum can also assist the laureate with accommodation.

Deadline for applications: 10 November 2009

The Jenkins scholarship, worth €15,000 per annum, and usually valid for one year, offers a PhD student from the Graduate Institute the opportunity to undertake research at Oxford University.

The Gallatin scholarship [pdf], awarded each year, enables a PhD student to study for 10 months in an American university of their own choice.

Deadline for applications: 15 February 2010.

In its capacity as a member of the SYLFF consortium, managed by the Tokyo Foundation, the Institute offers PhD students in receipt of a Tokyo Foundation grant the opportunity to undertake research in one of the SYFLL network member institutions. Grants are worth a maximum of US$ 7,000. The period abroad must last for a minimum of 15 days and a maximum of three months.

Deadlines for applications: 10 May 2010, 1 August 2010 and 1 December 2010.

The SNSF (Swiss National Science Foundation) offers research grants to young researchers (PhD students whose preliminary theses have been accepted) to enable them to spend between six and 24 months in one or several research institution(s) abroad. These subsidies are intended to cover personal costs, fund part of the travel costs and contribute towards research and conference costs.

Deadlines for application to the local commission of the SNSF at the University of Geneva: 1 January 2010 and 1 August 2010.