Communication and Correspondence

Email address

The email address provided to students upon arrival at the Institute is indispensable for all communications purposes. Faculty and administration will use this email address to communicate important events, deadlines and urgent information to students. Students must therefore ensure that they consult the messages sent to this address regularly or forward them to a personal email account.
Students may keep their Graduate Institute email address indefinitely but should notify the IT Centre (helpdesk@graduateinstitute.ch) if they do not intend to use it after graduation. Email addresses which are dormant for six months or more can be deactivated.
 

Notice boards

Notice boards are an important source of student information. The notice boards are located at the Voie-Creuse Student Services, the Barton Villa, Rothschild and the Rigot Pavillion.
 

Coursework or correspondence addressed to a faculty member

Any coursework or correspondence addressed to a faculty member must be placed in his/her physical mailbox (located in the same place as his/her office) or sent to his/her email address at the Institute.
(firstname.lastname@graduateinstitute.ch), depending on his/her individual preference.
 

Change of address

Students are required to communicate in writing to Student Services, the library, the health insurance company and the University of Geneva all changes of address in the week immediatey following the change. In the absence of written confirmation from the student, the address on file will be considered valid for all correspondence or communication of declarations issued throughout the duration of the course.

Postal address of the Institute

All written communications must be addressed to :
Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
P.O. Box 136, CH – 1211 Geneva 21

Please also read the Recommendations.