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Career Services Event
Wednesday
22
October
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NGO Career Day 2025

For recruiters and students
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Maison de la paix, Pétale 2

Meet young talent, connect with our students and alumni, and raise the profile of your organisation all in one day.

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NGO Career Day is an annual one-day event hosted at La Maison de la Paix by the Graduate Institute's Career Services in partnership with numerous non-governmental organisations (NGOs) from around Geneva. It is one of our flagship career events of the fall semester.

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 employers:

 

How to participate:

Are you an NGO (or other non-profit organisation or foundation) interested in participating in the 2025 edition of NGO Career Day? Contact the Career Services team at career@graduateinstitute.ch to reserve your organisation's participation. Act soon as spaces are limited.

 

About our students:

The approximately 1,000 master and PhD students of the Geneva Graduate Institute represent over 100 nationalities from around the world. They are intellectually curious, culturally open and driven by the ambition to take on the challenges of today’s 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: Wednesday 22 October from 11h00 - 16h00 at La Maison de la paix in Geneva.
     
  • Cost: Free of charge for participating organisations and for attending students and alumni.
     
  • Booths: Each participating employer will be allocated one booth. At your booth, you can showcase your organisation's work and talk directly to students and graduates.

 

 

A glance at last year's edition:

This year is the 3rd annual edition of NGO Career Day. Last year, the 2nd edition took place on 21-22 October 2024. You can find the event webpage here, and below you can see photos and key figures.

Key figures:

  • NGOs participating: 26
  • NGO staff members participating: 70
  • Students and alumni attended: 400+

Photos:

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).

By participating in this event, you are agreeing to the possibility of appearing in the aforementioned films, recordings and photographs, and their subsequent use by the Institute.

Your personal data is collected only for the organisation of this event.

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