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September 2025 - August 2026
Study Mode Full-time
Application start 4 November 2024
Application end 13 February 2025
Application end (with scholarship) 9 January 2025

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Timelines

If you receive an offer, you cannot defer it to a later year. However, it is possible to reapply.

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Without scholarship

  • Applications open in November
  • Application closes on 24 February 2024.
  • Admitted students and those put on a waiting list will be informed at the latest by the end of April
  • All non-admitted students will be informed at the latest by the end of May

With scholarship

  • Applications open in November
  • Applications close on 26 January 2024.
  • Admitted students and those put on a waiting list will be informed at the latest by the end of April
  • All non-admitted students will be informed at the latest by the end of May

We make every effort to keep our admission process as swift as possible. Please note that due to the number of applications received we cannot reply to inquiries asking us to verify receipt of application materials or confirm application status. Thank you for your understanding.

Career Advice

During the year, our students benefit from the Career Services of the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies.

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Our Campus

Our campus spans from Geneva’s international area to downtown Geneva with its vibrant cultural life.

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Student Life

Our three master’s programmes are organized around intimate learning communities enabling close interaction between students and professors.

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Events

Our events provide a critical and scholarly forum for experts and practitioners to debate topical humanitarian, human rights and transitional justice issues.

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The Geneva Academy provided me with the chance to get in touch with very distinguished international law practitioners and academics. It was a unique opportunity to meet the people behind the books I used to study and have discussions with them on a daily basis.

Brian Frenkel

Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs Officer, Permanent Mission of Israel to the United Nations and other International Organizations in Geneva

Portrait of Tamara Aburamadan News

LLM in International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights: What our Students Say

16 December 2020

Tamara Aburamadan, currently enrolled in our LLM in International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights, tells us about the programme and life in Geneva.

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LLM in International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights: What our Alumni Say

8 December 2020

Katja Schöberl is the IHL Legal Adviser for the German Red Cross in Berlin. In this interview, she tells about the programme and what it brought to her career.