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1 October 2024
Applying to our programmes – the LLM in International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights and Master in Transitional Justice, Human Rights and the Rule of Law – and moving to Geneva to study at the Geneva Academy is an important decision, and many questions can arise when you apply:
To respond to these many questions, we organize online Q&A information sessions that allow prospective students to exchange with our Student Office.
‘These sessions precisely aim at both presenting our programmes and hearing from prospective students. We very much appreciate these exchanges that allow us to clarify our application process and one’s journey from the submission of an application to the enrolment in our programmes’ explains our Head of Education Dr Clotilde Pégorier.
These information sessions take on Fridays from 13:30 to 14:30 (Geneva time, CET) and are scheduled as follows:
If you are interested in meeting us virtually, please register through this Google Form.
Geneva Academy
Geneva Academy
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Geneva Academy / Sandra Pointet
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Adobe
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Geneva Academy