The Graduate Institute Geneva - Financial aid

• The Institute strives to support its students throughout the duration of their studies, to the extent of its ability. It does so through financial aid (below) and paid jobs (teaching assistantships, research assistantships and administrative positions). 
• In particular, the Institute makes extensive efforts to assist its doctoral students. We aim to make financial aid available to all first year doctoral students with documented financial need.

APPLYING FOR FINANCIAL AID 

New students submit their financial aid applications at the same time as their applications for admission.

• The two evaluation processes are totally separate: the academic evaluation committees have no access to financial aid application lists and documents during the evaluation process. The admission evaluation is therefore “need-blind”. 
• In the third application round (late applications), it is not possible to apply for financial aid. 
• First year students who did not apply for financial aid, or whose financial aid application was not successful, may apply for a second year aid package between 1 April and 30 May of their second semester. 

DISCOVER THE INSTITUTE

The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies is an institution of research and higher education dedicated to the study of world affairs, with a particular emphasis on the cross-cutting fields of international relations and development issues.

Through our core activities, we aim to promote international cooperation and make a contribution to the progress of developing societies. More broadly, we endeavour to develop creative thinking on the major challenges of our time, foster global responsibility and advance respect for diversity.

We are a cosmopolitan community located in the heart of Geneva, an international city and a centre of global governance. By intensely engaging with international organisations, NGO’s, governments and multinational companies, we participate in global discussions and prepare future policy-makers to lead tomorrow’s world.

WHO WE ARE

Our vocation is to analyse and stimulate critical thinking in the fields of international relations and development issues.

• CRITICAL THINKING, COMMITTED TO SOCIETY: The Institute was created in 1927 at the time of the League of Nations. It was then the first academic institution in the world entirely devoted to the study of international affairs. Its vocation is to analyse and stimulate critical thinking in the fields of international relations and development issues through its teaching (master and PhD programmes), research, executive education and public events. The Institute fosters interdisciplinary dialogue, drawing on the main social science disciplines (anthropology, development economics, international economics, international history, international relations, political science and sociology), as well as international law. Intellectual excellence is at the heart of the Institute’s mission, driven by the conviction that only rigorous enquiry and critical thinking can provide concrete solutions to the world’s challenges. The Institute’s commitment to critical enquiry goes hand-in-hand with its dedication to international cooperation and human solidarity.
• KNOWLEDGE THAT SERVES STUDENTS AND INTERNATIONAL ACTORS:  

• For students seeking an international career, the Institute equips them with the intellectual and practical means to play leading roles in the world arena, whether in teaching or academic research, national or international public service, not-for-profits or the private sector. This is possible thanks to the Institute’s high-quality faculty, multidisciplinary analysis of global themes and strategic location in Geneva, a hub for global governance.
• For governmental and non-governmental organisations, the Institute’s research findings help shape and deliver international policy.
• For professionals working in the international arena, the Institute’s Executive Education programmes allow them to develop successful careers.
• For an educated public in Geneva and beyond, the Institute’s public events stimulate debate and critical analysis of the world’s major challenges.
• A UNIQUE CONCENTRATION OF EXPERTISE: Thanks to its professors and students, notably PhD students; thanks to the three centres created with the University of Geneva (the Geneva Academy, CIDS, CERAH); to the institutions present within the Maison de la paix and its multiple ties with actors in International Geneva (diplomatic missions, international organisations and non-governmental, etc.), the Institute gathers and offers a density of exceptional expertise on the challenges of globalisation.
• A GLOBAL INSTITUTION: The Institute’s thematic fields, along with its worldwide academic partnership network, alumni community and Executive Education programmes, make it a truly global institution.