Jump to content

Masters2020

Members
  • Posts

    9
  • Joined

  • Last visited

Recent Profile Visitors

The recent visitors block is disabled and is not being shown to other users.

Masters2020's Achievements

Decaf

Decaf (2/10)

6

Reputation

  1. Hello there! It depends, but based on my experience in the interdisciplinary programs, here is how it works: in Year 1, you'd generally take 30ECTS each semester (60ECTS the entire year). In Year 2, 9ECTS in the first semester are only the Capstone Project, to which you would add 21ECTS (Normally 3 classes + 1 one seminar). And the final semester is the 30ECTS Thesis. That means that you'd complete your coursework in 1.5 years, leaving the last 6 months just for your thesis. Almost everyone does that. Having said that, you may design your curriculum as you want. If you wanna take more credits in Year 1 to have less credits in Year 2 in order to, well, start your thesis earlier or focus more extensively on the Capstone Project, that's perfect! You can also take less credits & make up for that in Year 2. It's up to you. As I said, most people do technically finish the Master's in 1.5 years (excluding the thesis). I don't know about disciplinary programs, since they don't have the Capstone, but I think it's broadly similar (those 9 ECTS are additional classes for them). Hope that helps, and good luck everyone with decisions coming up soon. Keep in mind that the overall acceptance rate is 25%, so huge congrats if you are accepted, and no worries if you're not –– IHEID has very peculiar ways of assessing candidates, and that means absolutely nothing about your skills or profile. It's just a very particular assessment process, I would say.
  2. I believe you have an outstanding profile for MIA, not necessarily because of your GPA (congratulations, it's just incredible), but the other things you've done! Nope, my guess is that internships do not necessarily give an added value if you have other solid experiences as it's your case, though the MIA profile is so diverse that you find literally everything; people who have interned at top embassies or think-tanks, or those who barely have any work experience but compensate it with other outstanding achievements.
  3. My guess is that some graduates would work in Geneva, and others just leave to their countries to work there on issues they are familiar with (education, public policy, investment...). Europeans are more likely to stay in the Geneva community, since it's way easier because of visas etc. (and generally good salaries if you're lucky to get a full–time, stable job). The Geneva market however is getting more competitive than ever, and you can see that by some requirements (French mostly, but also appreciating Spanish or German)
  4. By the way; needless to say that the command of languages is very important asset in the application. A lot of people at the school are fluent in their mother tongue, English and an additional language. I think this helps, for instance, when applying to MDEV or MIA. I've also read comments saying that grades are less important than recommendations or motivation. To be honest, I have a feeling the assessment is done according to how 'complete' & 'coherent' your entire application is; if you have a 3.3 GPA, yet with leadership/competitive work experience, awards, study abroad programs, scholarships & related, that's gonna be seen as something really positive. If you worked & studied at the same time, and couldn't therefore get a 4.0 GPA but still got a 3.3 or 3.4, that's still fine as long as you explain it on your letter, more so if that work experience is somehow related to what you'd like to do at MIA! If you have a 4.0 GPA in a B.A in Development or Political Science, you apply to MIA (or even MDEV...) but you don't seem to lay out your vision or objectives in a clear way, they may not look at your profile with a lot of excitement. Same if you apply to MIA & you stress too much the fact that you wanna do academic research without focusing on how or where you'd like to apply it (because then you should go for IRPS). At the same time, grades do matter. If your transcript shows you had very good grades in your first year but those got way worse recently, that's gonna hurt you if you don't explain why. This is, again, my guess as a student who went through the process. I don't work at admissions or anything like that. Again, the application has to fit into a broad set of expectations and criteria which probably many applicants fulfill, yet at the end it's all down to the motivation you have for a specific program, and how you can express that motivation across all the documents in a consistent and ambitious way.
  5. Could be, yeah. It was just my guess given the amount of people I see/know from IRPS, but if the website says 30–35, trust them!
  6. Hey there! The MIA is really diverse. Some people are in their late 20's (27–29, or even more than 30) after getting some meaningful work experience, generally in Geneva (I know three people who have done this, for instance). However, MIA generally attracts a lot of recent graduates (I wouldn't be able to give a number, but my guess is that approximately 1/3 of accepted applicants comes straight from undergrad). Some people come from top American colleges (both MDEV & MIA), such as Columbia or Harvard; others have a demonstrated leadership experience on many fronts; others are from India or South East Asia, and I feel their GPA's are not generally assessed under the same criteria as a US or a European University. Given the diversity we have, I'd say your grades or the university you come from are absolutely not the most relevant factors in the application process. What your referees tell about you (I strongly recommend to submit 3 – 2 by professors & 1 by a work supervisor) + your motivation letter are probably more relevant, as long as both things as correlated and it's supported by an interesting/outstanding CV. As far as I'm concerned, not many people come from Political Science –– some do (IR mostly), but others come from Economics, PPE or Law! To sum up; the average age should be somewhere between 23–25, with some people coming straight from undergrad and others with 1–2 years (or more) of work experience. Hope this helps!
  7. Hey there –– I'd argue that all programs at iHEID are competitive. Having said that, the number of students accepted for each one is supposed to be correlated with the demand it gets. While MIA & MDEV get a huge number of applications and only around 80 make it to each one, International History may be less competitive in terms of how many people apply, though only around 20 are accepted every year. I hope this helps.
  8. Hello @Boudibou123. In MIA, around 85–90 students are accepted. It's the biggest program in terms of how many people apply, but also the one with the highest amount of students. As a reference, International Relations/Political Science has only around 20 students accepted every year, pretty much the same as Int'History or Int'Economics. @electricsquirrel –– MDEV is similar to MIA in terms of popularity, and it's probably the best to apply to if you have an unconventional background. Even if IHEID itself is extremely diverse, MDEV is arguably the most diverse program in terms of backgrounds, interests and ambitions across students.
  9. Hey there –– I'm a current student at iHEID (In one of the interdisciplinary programs, but have also a lot of info on the disciplinary ones). Feel free to send any questions, concerns or doubts you may have about literally anything! I'll do my best to answer. Good luck for your applications!
×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website. See our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use