International Law in Armed Conflict 9 months Postgraduate Program By University of Geneva |Top Universities
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Program Duration

9 monthsProgram duration

Tuitionfee

18,000 CHFTuition Fee/year

Main Subject Area

Law and Legal StudiesMain Subject Area

Program overview

Main Subject

Law and Legal Studies

Degree

LLM

Study Level

Masters

The Executive Master in International Law in Armed Conflict is one of the few part-time, innovative and intellectually challenging programmes in the law of armed conflict offered today. The programme is designed for professionals with demanding jobs and responsibilities. It provides strong theoretical and practical knowledge and responds to the growing need for specialists to address complex humanitarian challenges. Based in Geneva, this executive programme runs for nine months (October–June) and admits 15 to 20 practitioners annually. Six to nine additional months are needed to complete a master’s thesis and defend it before a jury.

Program overview

Main Subject

Law and Legal Studies

Degree

LLM

Study Level

Masters

The Executive Master in International Law in Armed Conflict is one of the few part-time, innovative and intellectually challenging programmes in the law of armed conflict offered today. The programme is designed for professionals with demanding jobs and responsibilities. It provides strong theoretical and practical knowledge and responds to the growing need for specialists to address complex humanitarian challenges. Based in Geneva, this executive programme runs for nine months (October–June) and admits 15 to 20 practitioners annually. Six to nine additional months are needed to complete a master’s thesis and defend it before a jury.

Admission requirements

100+
6.5+
9 Months
Jan-2000

Tuition fee and scholarships

Domestic Students

0 CHF
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International Students

18,000 CHF
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The University of Geneva (UNIGE) is the second largest university in Switzerland and is a public institution of the Republic and Canton of Geneva. It pursues three missions: teaching (Master’s degree programs are, in general, taught in French), research, and service to the wider community.

The UNIGE is composed of eight faculties:

  • Sciences
  • Medicine
  • Arts
  • Social Science and Economics
  • Law
  • Theology
  • Psychology and Educational Sciences
  • School of Translation and Interpretation

UNIGE is also home to several interdisciplinary centers (informatics, neurosciences and environment).

UNIGE completed its transition to the "Bologna System" in 2007, and is now part of the European Space of Higher Education. It offers more than 340 types of Master’s degrees and more than 200 Continuing Education programs covering an extremely wide variety of fields in the exact sciences, medicine and humanities. Excellence Master Fellowships are offered to students who graduated in the top 10% of their Bachelor’s degree programs.

Master’s degree programs include:

  • Dental Medicine
  • Global Health
  • Neuroscience
  • Mathematics and Computer Science
  • Biology
  • Physics
  • Prehistoric Archaeology
  • Geology
  • Environmental Science
  • Children’s Rights
  • Theology
  • Management
  • Statistics
  • Wealth Management
  • Economic Sciences


UNIGE is a member of League of European Research Universities (LERU), making it one of the 20 best research universities in Europe. It is also a member of other international networks including the International Forum of Public Universities (FIUP) and the Coimbra Group.

UNIGE also an active member European Union Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development, and regularly collaborates with institutions such as the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), the European Southern Observatory (ESO), a European organization for research in astronomy, the European Space Agency (ESA) and the NASA. Moreover, it maintains a privileged connection with the European Centre for Nuclear Research (CERN). Based on its unique international presence in Europe, UNIGE has continuously strengthened its ties with the international and nongovernmental organizations established in Geneva, such as the United Nations Organization (UNO), the World Health Organization (WHO), the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).

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