Campus Information
Geneva is home to UBIS, an innovative young institution that delivers modern programs in Business and International Relations. There is no other city in the world with so much access to the world headquarters of major businesses, financial institutions and international organizations. The UBIS DNA is composed of three main factors: Real World Experience, Individual Attention and an International Perspective. UBIS’ professors are highly experienced professionals. They bring to the classroom real-world problems and analyze them with the critical eye of experience. Our professors will provide students with a strategic framework within which to position the issues that they will be facing in their professional lives.
UBIS is a truly international community: Our faculty, staff and students come from over 40 different nationalities and from every corner of the world. UBIS also has a strong network of international academic partners and an international Alumni network. Currently, the UBIS’ Family is spread over four continents.
At UBIS, we align our programs with the needs of society and build capacities of our students so that they have a firm foundation to navigate through territories they may not be familiar with. Besides providing knowledge and experiences in business and international relations topics, UBIS places great emphasis on the development of the person because the future of work does not demand only technical knowledge of a particular topic. The ability of individuals to constantly adapt and change and find their place in society is also crucial. Therefore, at UBIS we design teaching methodologies that give our students the opportunity to get to know themselves better, to maximize their strengths, to understand their own influence and to have the confidence and courage to implement projects that have a positive impact on the world. In other words, we give them 21st century tools to cope with business and societal challenges that we might not even be aware of yet.
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Admission Requirement / Eligibility Criteria
The Geneva School of Diplomacy follows a system of rolling admissions, i.e. admissions may be submitted anytime throughout the year for an intake in the future. We have two intakes September and February . You can enter your preferred start-date on the application form.
On our respective programmes pages, you will find useful information on admission requirements, on how to prepare your application and on how we can assist you during this process. For Non-EU applicants, please apply at least 6 months before the intake as visa and/or permit application process may take up to 4 months. Late applications may be considered on a case-to-case basis; please consult our Admissions Office for assessment.
Please note that those who do not require a tourist visa (short stay of up to 90 days) still need to apply for a student visa (long-term) before entering the Schengen area. We therefore strongly advise you, once you are admitted, to get in close contact with our Admissions Office. You will be assisted with the requirements and official documents, which are essential in the visa application process. We strongly advise you not to request your visa without prior approval from the Admissions Office.
Although GSD is committed to assisting students with immigration procedures and completion of their applications, please note that GSD has no legal capacity to intervene with the authorities. It is a student’s responsibility to fulfill legal obligations to obtain immigration approval.
Entry to the GSD BA-IR Programme requires that candidates should have reached the age of 17 at the beginning of
the Programme and have an appropriate school-leaving qualification or its equivalent.
Candidates should also have reached a minimum English proficiency level equivalent to an overall IELTS1
test score
of 6. This should include a minimum score of 6 in both the Writing and Reading components of the IELTS test, or
TOEFL12 minimum score of 550.
In order to progress to Year 2 students need to achieve a mark of at least 50% in each of the Year 1 Examinations and
attain a level of English language proficiency equivalent to IELTS band score 6 or TOEFL 550. Students’ attendance
and general attitude to studying will also be taken into account.
Prospective students may be dispensed from written proof of English language test if they have:
1) Attended an international school where the language of instruction was English.
2) Their mother tongue is English.
3) Passed the admissions interview (in person or facilitated via IT media) resulting in a satisfactory command of
the English language by the admissions department.
4) Passed the compulsory motivational essay as part of the application process written in English