UNDERSTAND THE PAST TO PREPARE THE FUTURE
Studying International History and Politics (IHP) at the Geneva Graduate Institute will give you unique intellectual skills and opportunities to study today’s international affairs and new diplomacies in their modern historical context and from various world-regional perspectives.
In the heart of International Geneva, the IHP department boasts a unique collective profile. Its faculty’s range of expertise in global and international history and politics sets IHP apart from all other International Affairs and History programmes.
Studying IHP at the Geneva Graduate Institute will allow students:
- Access to an unbeatable faculty-to-student ratio (2024: 1:4).
- The opportunity to hone both academic and applied intellectual skills with the world’s leading experts;
- The possibility to explore global challenges and international issues past and present from specific geographical viewpoints;
- Access to thematic courses that reflect the research expertise of the department faculty: the modern and contemporary global and international history of politics; development; diplomacy, conflict and security; environment; health; humanitarianism; commerce and finance; and culture.
- To take courses also in the other four IHEID departments
- The chance of being selected to study at one of 43 IHEID-wide exchange partner institutions on all continents for a one-semester stay abroad.
The graduates of IHP department’s MA and PhD programs have found success both in academia and across the international field, from NGOs to business, international organisations, governments, and more.
BUILDING A CAREER
90% of our students find work within four months of graduation. A degree in international history and politics at the Geneva Graduate Institute provides a set of tools for a practical career in multiple sectors:
- international cooperation, including national administrations working on international issues (ministries of foreign affairs, trade, economy, health, central banks, etc.),
- intergovernmental as well as non-governmental organisations
- international business (notably multinational companies), the finance sector, consulting and public relations agencies
- university-level teaching and research, think tanks, international foundations, media, etc.
Our alumni have secured employment with the European Commission, Médecins sans frontières, HSBC, World Economic Forum, UBS and elsewhere. Others have taken up doctoral, post-doctoral or faculty positions at Cambridge University, Princeton, Boston University and the University of St Andrews, to mention just a few.
Where our Master's programme alumni (2019-2022 cohort) are employed one year after graduation:
A cosmopolitan ENVIRONMENT
With roughly 1,000 students from 100 countries are enrolled in our various programmes, the Geneva Graduate Institute is home to students from all over the world. We are serving a very diverse community in the heart of International Geneva: nearly 20-25% of people in the Swiss city are connected to an international institution. The Institute’s close ties with the international community are reflected in the five social science disciplines taught here, all imbued with a global perspective.
