Presentation

The University of Geneva is steeped in the international environment which is the defining trait of the city and country. For many years the university has been a respected and indispensable partner of "International Geneva". The many close ties and collaborations between the university and governmental and non-governmental international organisations (IOs/NGOs) have proven to be both invaluable assets and a distinguishing feature of our university.

Mission

At the University of Geneva, we aim to further strengthen and intensify our partnerships and privileged ties to IOs/NGOs and have therefore adopted an active policy to provide support to International Geneva, in addition to easier access to our scientific expertise.

To this end, the rectorate has set up a programme via its International Relations Office to bolster collaboration with IOs/NGOs. 

The objectives of the programme are to: 

• Promote synergies and develop on-going collaboration between UNIGE and IOs/NGOs
• Act as focal point to a number of International Organisations
• Coordinate and follow-up on the various existing partnerships and projects
• Support and encourage members of the academic community who wish to develop new forms of collaboration or further develop existing ones
• Propose new collaboration projects and negotiate partnership agreements
• Manage intra-curricular internships for mobility students from the University of California
• Manage and update a collaboration registry