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Career Services Event
Tuesday
10
March
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IO Career Day 2026

International organisations
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Maison de la paix, Pétale 2

Our flagship annual career fair for international organisations and UN agencies.

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In 1927, the Geneva Graduate Institute was founded alongside the League of Nations to educate and equip the world’s first cohorts of international civil servants. Each year we reinforce this connection between the international organisations in Geneva and the Institute by bringing those organisations to our campus in the heart of international Geneva.

IO Career Day is our flagship annual career event for international organisations and United Nations agencies hosted at La Maison de la Paix and organised by the Institute's Career Services.

The event is exclusive to students and alumni of the Geneva Graduate Institute and the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights.

 

Information for students:

Registration for the event, along with the full list of participating international organisations, will be shared on this page in early 2026.

 

 

Information for international organisations:

 

How to participate:

Are you an IO or United Nations agency interested in participating in the 2026 edition of IO Career Days? Write to career@graduateinstitute.ch to reserve your booth. 

 

About our students:

The approximately one thousand Master and PhD students of the Geneva Graduate Institute represent over 100 nationalities: approximately 10% are Swiss, 30% are from Europe, and 60% are from elsewhere around the world.

They undertake degrees in International Relations and Political Science, International Economics, International History and Politics, International Law, and Anthropology and Sociology. Additionally, our interdisciplinary Master's program in International and Development Studies has specialisations in Conflict, Peace and Security; Environment and Sustainability, Gender; Race and Diversity; Human Rights and Humanitarianism; Mobilities, Migrations and Boundaries; Sustainable Trade and Finance; and Global Health.

 

Event format:

  • Time and location: Tuesday 10 March 2026 from 11h00 - 16h00 at La Maison de la paix in Geneva.
     
  • Cost: Free of charge for participating organisations and for attending students and alumni.
     
  • Each organisation is allocated a booth. At your booth, you can showcase your organisation's work and talk directly to students and graduates.
     
  • There are limited slots available to give presentations in a classroom setting for 30 minutes. Please let us know if you are interested.

 

 

A glance at past years:

This year is the 5th annual edition of IO Career Day, formerly known as UN Career Days. Below you can see photos and key figures from past years' editions of the event.

IO Career Days 2025:

  • Dates: 3-4 March 2025
  • Participating IOs and UN agencies : 29
  • Participating IOs and UN staff members: 70
  • Students attended: 530+
     

UN Career Days 2024:

  • Dates: 27-28 February 2024
  • Participating UN agencies : 26
  • Participating UN staff members: 66
  • Students attended: 600+
     

UN Career Days 2023:

  • Dates: 28 Feb - 2 Mar 2023
  • Participating UN agencies : 19
  • Participating UN staff members: 46
  • Students attended: 500+

 

Photos from last year:

Employer presentation in classroom
Employer presentation in classroom

Disclaimer

This event may be filmed, recorded and/or photographed on behalf of the Geneva Graduate Institute. The Institute may use these recordings and photographs for internal and external communications for information, teaching and research purposes, and/or promotion and illustration through its various media channels (website, social media, newsletters).

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