The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies is a new Institute generated by the merger of the Graduate Institute of International Studies (HEI) with the Graduate Institute of Development Studies (IUED), established respectively in 1927 and 1961. It is a private foundation, receiving financial support from the Swiss Confederation and the Canton of Geneva.
The Institute’s mission as an institution of higher education
and research is to provide independent and rigorous analyses of current and emerging world issues with a double emphasis on international relations and development studies.
It has a particular concern for promoting international cooperation and bringing an academic contribution to less advances nations.
Activities
The Institute gives selected students from all over the world the opportunity for graduate (Masters and Ph.D), bilingual (English - French), disciplinary
and multidisciplinary studies, which will endow them with high-level skills and will allow them to play a significant role in international cooperation and development.
Masters
Master in International Affairs (MIA)
Master en Etudes du développement (Mdev)
Under the umbrella of the Masters in International
Studies (MIS):
• Master in International Economics
• Masters in International History and Politics
• Master in International Law
• Masters in Political Science
Ph.D. Programmes
Ph.D. in Development Studies
Under the umbrella of the Ph.D.
in International Studies:
• Ph.D. in International Law
• Ph.D. in International Economics
• Ph.D. in International History and Politics
• Ph.D. in Political Science
The Institute is active at theoretical and applied levels of research and brings policy-relevant expertise to contemporary world issues. It also offers executive education aiming at meeting
in a flexible manner the demands of public and private international
actors for professional development. Ideally located in Geneva, it benefits from the environment of international, governmental and non-governmental organisations as well as diplomatic missions and contributes to intellectual debate and prospective reflection on all international and global issues.
