Social Sciences for a changing world
The Anthropology & Sociology department at the Geneva Graduate Institute approaches the study of international affairs and development by exploring how social and cultural life, as well as political and economic practices, are shaped across multiple spatial and temporal scales. Our unique programmes aim to provide students with theoretical perspectives and methodological tools to explore the social and cultural systems that influence, and are influenced by, policy interventions, especially – but not exclusively – in the field of development and international affairs, while covering terrain as diverse as migration, human rights, environment, gender, health, law, and finance.
Studying Anthropology & Sociology at the Geneva Graduate Institute will allow students:
- The opportunity to study in a bi-disciplinary department nestled in the heart of International Geneva with exceptional access to international organisations;
- Unique insights into global and international issues taught by a diverse faculty with world-class expertise covering a range of global locales;
- The chance to join a truly international, intellectual, and multicultural community of students, researchers, and faculty;
- Combined coursework in small class settings, opportunities for independent field research and close mentoring;
- Access to an academic and diverse set of international career options, in everything from international organisations, to the public and private sectors, and universities worldwide.
BUILDING A CAREER
90% of our students find work within four months of graduation. Recent ANSO graduates have secured employment with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, International Labour Organization, International Committee of the Red Cross, Médecins Sans Frontières and more. Others have taken up doctoral, post-doctoral or faculty positions at the University of Geneva, the Max Planck Institute, the University of Oxford and University College London, Stanford University and Berkeley University of California, 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.
