Admission process

Master Students

Students applying to the IIG graduate program must submit the following:

  • A completed application form (should include your Motivation letter);
  • Official Undergraduate Transcript (a provisional version is fine to start with but the official version would be required later), certified translation in English) ;
  • Official Undergraduate Diploma (certified translation in English will be needed  after you get accepted);
  • English proficiency test: either TOEFL (min score 80),  IELTS (min score 6.0) or Cambridge Certificate in Advanced English (CAE). IIG institutional code number for the TOEFL is 0130;

  • Curriculum Vitae / resumé;

  • Letter of reference from an employer or a professor;
  • Copy of valid passport;
  • One JPEG picture  
  • Non-refundable application fee of CHF 150.- 

Candidates over 30-years-old (non EU or  EEE) would not be granted a student visa and may study online

Contact: Nathalie Bost master@iig.ch or Roxane Goig (Master in International Relations): mastermird@iig.ch