Geneva Graduate Institute
Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement | |
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Former name | Graduate Institute of International Studies (1927–2007) |
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| Type | Semi-private, semi-public graduate school University institute |
| Established | 1927 |
| Founders | William Rappard and Paul Mantoux |
Parent institution | University of Geneva (1927–2009) |
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| Budget | CHF 111 million (2023) |
| President | Katja Gentinetta (de) |
| Director | Marie-Laure Salles |
| Faculty | 153 |
| Postgraduates | 1,092 (86% international) |
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| Location | , 46°13′15.8″N 6°8′37.3″E / 46.221056°N 6.143694°E |
| Campus | |
| Working languages | English French |
| Colours | Red Gray White |
| Nicknames | Geneva Graduate Institute IHEID |
| Website | www |
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The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (French: Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement, abbreviated IHEID), commonly referred to as the Geneva Graduate Institute, is a postgraduate research university in Geneva, Switzerland dedicated to international relations, development studies, and global governance.
Founded in 1927 by two senior League of Nations officials, the Geneva Graduate Institute was the world's first graduate school dedicated solely to the study of international affairs. With the Maison de la Paix acting as its primary campus, the Institute is located blocks from the United Nations Office at Geneva, the International Labour Organization, the World Trade Organization, World Health Organization, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the World Intellectual Property Organization and many other international organisations.
Today, the institute enrolls around a thousand graduate students from more than 100 countries, nearly 90% of whom are foreign-born. It is officially a bilingual English-French institution, although most classes are in English. A member of the Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs, it runs joint degree programmes with Colgate University, Smith College, Yale University and McGill University, and is Harvard Kennedy School's only partner institution to co-deliver double degrees.
The Institute maintains strong links with the League of Nations's successor, the United Nations, where many alumni have gone on to work. Its graduates include a former secretary-general, seven assistant secretaries-general, and three under-secretaries-general. Alumni have also served as director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, the International Labour Organization, the World Intellectual Property Organization, the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, and commissioner-general of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency and the High Commissioner for Human Rights.