Services

The members of the Graduate Institute Alumni Community benefit from the exclusive services:

Career

The Institute’s Career Services remain available to Alumni who wish to recruit for internships or positions that require experience. Speak with your Human Resources department; an announcement on our password protected pages can be seen by 1,000 students and more than 9,000 young graduates and experienced Alumni.

Coaching

Make the best out of your professional experience, manage your career transition or assess your skills with our partner HCM Partners Sàrl. You can meet with them via Skype. The special price of CHF 180 per hour is available for Institute Alumni.

Executive Education

Benefit from preferential Alumni rates Executive Education or recommend our programmes to your acquaintances.

Official Documents

  • Transcript

Get your transcript by writing an e-mail to Student Services and providing the address where you wish it to be sent.
The administrative fee of CHF 15 for degrees completed after 1988 or CHF 30 for studies before 1988 must be paid in advance through the online payment form.

  • Licence-master equivalency

On 1 December 2005, the University Conference of Switzerland decided that licences and diplomas issued previously by the Institute were equivalent to a master’s degree. Alumni who wish to obtain a certificate of equivalency for their licence in international relations need to write to Mrs Sonia Kessler at the Rector’s Office of the University of Geneva.

Special Rates for a stay in Geneva

Stay in the Edgar and Danièle de Picciotto Student House, the Parc Barton Pavilions or one of the hotels close to the Institute, and take the opportunity to visit us.

  • Internal housing options: the Edgar et Danièle de Picciotto Student House offers studios with double bed for the price of CHF 170 per night and the Parc Barton Pavillions offer single rooms for CHF 85 per night or CHF 100 per night. Further details in this document. For bookings, please contact: housing.administration@graduateinstitute.ch
  • The Mon Repos Hôtel & Résidence*** offers special prices for our Alumni. Single rooms are available for CHF 171 per night, double rooms for CHF 207 (single occupancy) or CHF 221 (double occupancy), and junior suites for CHF 320.
  • The Hôtel Eden*** also offers special rates for our Alumni. Single rooms are available for CHF 195 per night, and double rooms for CHF 230 (single occupancy) or CHF 260 (double occupancy). These prices include a breakfast buffet, service and VAT.

There is an additional hotel tax of CHF 3.30 per night, per person.