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The University of Geneva is an institution devoted to research, teaching and dialogue. It is the site of academic creativity and the transmission of knowledge. Since its foundation in 1559 the UNIGE has developed ever higher ethical standards and steadily increased in quality and the will to innovation. Today it is one of Europe’s leading universities. The UNIGE also shares the international calling of its host city, Geneva, a centre of international and multicultural activities with a venerable cosmopolitan tradition. Its desire to expand its collaboration with partner institutions and broaden its appeal to researchers and students from around the world has made the UNIGE a "globalised university", a meeting place for academic disciplines and various cultures, and a forum for ideas. We are pleased to have you visit this website, intended for a general international public, and look forward to welcoming you to Geneva.

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Degree type MASTER'S DEGREE
Duration 2 years
CFU 120
Class LM-18
COMPUTER SCIENCE
Access Free access
Locations GENOVA
Language English
Teaching mode In-person
Head of programme
Department SEZIONE INTERSCUOLA DI SCIENZE MATEMATICHE, FISICHE E NATURALI DEL DIBRIS
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Programme overview

Our Master of Science is organized in two curricula:

  • Data Science & Engineering , centered on the management, analysis, and visualization of massive amounts of digital data for artificial intelligence, data analytics, or visual computing 
  • Software Security & Engineering , devoted to the development of high-quality, innovative software systems through state of the art technologies, security assessment, hardening techniques, and standardized processes  

Learning by doing

The program blends traditional classes with:

  • labs activities and projects development, possibly in collaboration with the industry
  • seminars and short courses on selected topics

Career perspectives

Depending on the plan of study, graduates qualify as senior data scientist, business intelligence analyst, AI engineer, information security officer, technical leader, project manager in the industry or in research centers, or pursue their studies toward a PhD.

The 2030 Agenda ONU for Sustainable Development

The design of the MSc in Computer Science and related teaching activities promote the following goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

  • Goal 4 - Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all
  • Goal 5 - Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
  • Goal 9 - Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation

What you will learn

Cloud & high performance computing.

programming techniques for large-scale applications 

distributed systems

from distributed algorithms and protocols to multi-agent systems, networks, and blockchain 

machine learning

statistical foundation, efficient algorithms, deep learning

data pipelines and data governance

data lifecycle from acquisition through Internet of Things to data management and data protection 

data analysis (DSE)

from data warehousing to data visualization 

mobile development (SSE)

technologies and programming for mobile devices 

images and natural language processing (DSE)

text analytics and computer vision 

software engineering (SSE)

concepts, methods, and technologies for developing high-quality software 

computer graphics and augmented reality (DSE)

from geometric modelling to human-computer interaction 

software security (SSE)

analyze, fix, and prevent security problems in software system 

Legend: DSE refers to the Data Science and Engineering curriculum, SSE refers to the Software Security and Engineering curriculum 

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several lecturers are leading scientists in their field
multi-disciplinary and team work is encouraged
seminars and short-courses on hot topics are organized year-round
work side-by-side with faculty and staff is common practice
students come from all over the world
a vast job market will be easily accessible

Data science and engineering

The know-how and competence required to effectively manage and analyse data are pivotal in the development of technologies able to support the decision making process, and to improve quality of life by producing smarter systems or delivering better services.

You will learn to

  • model, process, and extract knowledge from data,
  • deal with heterogeneous, complex, and noisy data, and
  • interact with domain experts and understand their problems and demands

by focusing on artificial intelligence, data analytics, or visual computing.

Software security and engineering

Digital technologies underlie all aspects of our life: from the ubiquitous apps everybody uses many times a day, to the less obvious software embedded into appliances, vehicles, and critical systems. Unsecure, poorly performing, badly designed software has become a threat to smooth management, safety, and security of our society. High-quality software needs to be carefully produced and maintained, through professional processes and cutting edge technologies.

You will learn

  • security assessment of software systems and hardening techniques,
  • development of secure-by-design software,
  • high-quality methodologies for software development,
  • cutting-edge technologies, and
  • software project management.

Head of programme

prof.ssa Catania

Welcome to the Master of Science Programme in Computer Science @UniGe. Whether your ambition is to become an expert in Data Science and Engineering, or in Software Security and Engineering, you are going experience our friendly and inclusive atmosphere and share our enthusiasm for learning. Our community - students, faculty, teaching assistants, and staff - strives for blending educational and research programs.

Barbara Catania

Where to find us.

DIBRIS Valletta Puggia Via Dodecaneso, 35 16146 Genova GE

If you want to know more about our program, please get in touch with our Didactic support units by sending an email to [email protected]

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University of Geneva

University of geneva, geneva switzerland, # =155 qs world university rankings, 3 postgraduate programs, available scholarship, find your perfect course, about university of geneva.

From the time of its creation in 1559 by Jean Calvin, right up to the recent discovery by University astrophysicists of extrasolar planets, the University of Geneva (UNIGE) has continued to grow and develop while maintaining its longstanding tradition of excellence with an international angle. The University of Geneva is  the second largest university in Switzerland and is a public institution of the Republic and Canton of Geneva. It pursues three missions: teaching (classes are, in general, taught in French), research, and service to the wider community.

Faculties and focus

The UNIGE is composed of eight faculties:

  • Social Science and Economics
  • Psychology and Educational Sciences
  • School of Translation and Interpretation

There also several interdisciplinary centers in areas such as informatics, neurosciences and environmental studies.

Having completed its transition to the "Bologna System" in 2007, UNIGE is now part of the European Space of Higher Education. It offers more than 340 types of degrees and more than 200 continuing education programs covering an extremely wide variety of fields: exact sciences, medicine and humanities.

UNIGE develops its priorities along six axes: life sciences (from gene to patient), physical sciences (from atoms to galaxies), neurosciences (from neuron to philosophy), historical sciences, environmental sciences and finance and society. UNIGE is host to three National Centres of Competence in Research: Frontiers in Genetics, Materials with Novel Electronic Properties (MaNEP) and Affective Sciences.

Through its participation in the League of European Research Universities (LERU), UNIGE stands out as one of the 20 best research universities in Europe. It is also a member of other international networks: the International Forum of Public Universities (FIUP), which brings together around twenty universities that are recognized within their country for the importance they give to research and their sound contribution to the development of society, and the Coimbra Group, an association of long-established European multidisciplinary universities meeting high international standards and committed to creating special academic and cultural ties in order to promote internationalization, academic collaboration, excellence in learning and research, and service to society.

Collaboration with top organizations

UNIGE is active in the 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), or the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).

Available programs

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.

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
  • Prehistoric Archaeology
  • Environmental Science
  • Children’s Rights
  • 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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University of Geneva is one of the top public universities in Geneva, Switzerland. It is ranked #=155 in QS World University Rankings 2025.

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A scientific polymath paves her own path to intellectual freedom

September 12, 2024

By Matt Wood

Assistant Director of Communications, Biological Sciences Division

A scientist’s career can take many forms. Most commonly, researchers focus on a very specific system, like the interactions between tuberculosis-causing bacteria and the immune system , or a single natural phenomenon, like the climate change-driven spread of invasive species . Others master a core process, like genetic modification, and partner with other scientists to apply their knowledge to a variety of problems.

Stephanie Palmer, PhD , sees herself in a different mold. “Digging into one system or one question for your career is a completely wonderful way to do science,” she said. “It's just not how I do science.”

Palmer’s work sits at the intersection of biology, physics, mathematics, and computer science. When pressed to define her research in a single sentence, she says it mostly focuses on how animals’ visual systems help them make predictions about what’s happening next in their environment. That starting point has led her down many paths, from studying how salamanders anticipate movements of their prey to circadian rhythms, cephalopod camouflage, and color vision in butterflies. If she had to give herself a label, she might call herself a theoretical neuroscientist, but now she has a more appropriate description: polymath.

Palmer was recently named one of six new awardees of the Schmidt Science Polymath Program , which supports creative, recently tenured professors with multidisciplinary track records and research ideas that cross field boundaries. Each awardee receives up to $2.5 million over five years to support research groups by funding students and postdocs or acquiring equipment and resources.

Schmidt Sciences is a nonprofit organization founded in 2024 by Eric and Wendy Schmidt that works to advance science and technology that deepens human understanding of the natural world and develops solutions to global issues. The Polymath Program is intended to help awardees to pursue risky, novel theories that would otherwise be difficult to fund through traditional federal sources — exactly the kind of work Palmer likes to do.

“Of all the grants and fellowships I could have applied for, I feel like this call was written for me,” she said. “To me, polymath means that you are versed in many different fields, and that is how I organize my thinking. I love a constant unmooring from things that I know to work on something new.”

Unexplored territory and the pioneer spirit

Palmer can trace her broad interests to her parents, two “delightfully odd ducks” who modeled two very different kinds of careers. Her mother was a high school English teacher who read voraciously and wrote poetry in her spare time; her father, an aerospace engineer. At times, Palmer was drafted as the intra-parent translator, a skill that came in handy later as she made friends and explored a wide range of interests.

As an undergraduate at Michigan State University, she started out on a pre-med track, but quickly realized she enjoyed chemistry and physics through a research assistantship. After graduating with a degree in chemical physics, she won a Rhodes Scholarship to Balliol College, Oxford University, where she pursued a DPhil (the Oxford and Cambridge equivalent to a PhD) in theoretical physics. It was there in the graduate hall of residence at Oxford, where students from all fields of study lived together, that she employed her social skills to start building a multidisciplinary network of future colleagues.

“I learned from this incubator how to talk about different fields and also about the range of questions good scholarship can address, from law and classics to math and neuroscience,” she wrote in her application for the Schmidt Polymath program. “I have carried that experience and those relationships with me throughout my career.”

Palmer’s time at Oxford could have built the foundation for a successful career as a theoretical physicist; while there, she discovered the configuration state of a peculiar magnetic crystal, now named the Palmer-Chalker state after her and her advisor John Chalker. But while talking to friends who worked in a neuroscience lab, she was compelled to make another career shift. Her physics work was interesting, but the path felt well-worn. By contrast, in neuroscience, “the sheer number of open questions appealed to me, as did the pioneer spirit of breaking off into largely unexplored territory,” she wrote.

Palmer next took a postdoctoral research position at the University of California, San Francisco that was specifically designed to bring theoretical physicists and mathematicians into neuroscience. The transition was exciting but daunting. She threw herself headlong into learning everything she could about the brain and nervous system, from attending more graduate courses to shadowing a friend doing autopsies for their pathology internship. She spent three years doing nitty gritty experimental work to record brain activity from songbirds while they learned and refined their songs. After this work ended in frustrating, largely negative results, she changed course again to tackle the visual system in the retina, moving to another postdoctoral fellowship at Princeton University for her last stop before coming to UChicago in 2012, where she is now an Associate Professor of Organismal Biology and Anatomy.

‘Bringing intuition into equation land’

At UChicago, Palmer continued her work on the retina, but true to form, it wasn’t just about that very specific set of cells at the back of an eyeball. Instead, she used it as an entry point into understanding how the brain makes calculations that guide behavior in complex, ever-changing environments.

Some of the most important calculations are predictions about objects moving in the field of vision. Animals like salamanders track prey, like insects buzzing nearby, to calculate their flight path and pick just the right time to lunge forward and snatch a meal. This might seem like pure reflex, but it involves a lot of computations in both the retina and the brain.

In a series of publications, Palmer and her team showed they could capture how animals like the salamander encoded the optimal calculations for making these predictions first in the retina, and that they can be described by a few simple, biologically plausible rules . They also showed how animals filter the information overload of a natural environment to select the most important inputs for making decisions, and how they can use this information for complex behaviors like escaping predators and capturing prey .

Palmer says her physics background lends itself well to this kind of work, offering insight into the structural properties and physical constraints of things like the networks of neurons needed to calculate visual predictions. That training also helps fold in the more abstract world of mathematics — the equations needed to parse data and make sense of the natural world.

“I think theoretical physicists are good at bringing intuition into equation land. It’s the intellectual way you work, or the way you think, that is the most portable thing from physics into biology for me,” she said.

This way of thinking provided more opportunities for Palmer in 2023, when the National Science Foundation (NSF) launched two major initiatives based at UChicago. The first, called the Center for Living Systems , is one of four Physics Frontier Centers the NSF launched that year. Its goal is establishing a new field of physics that focuses on how living matter can store, retrieve, and process information. Palmer is one of the major activity co-leaders for the center, lending her expertise on the origins of adaptive mechanisms and computation in complex mechanisms.

The second opportunity, announced just two days later, is the National Institute for Theory and Mathematics in Biology (NITMB), a joint effort between UChicago and Northwestern University supported by the NSF and the Simons Foundation. The institute, which is the first of its kind in the US, will build a nationwide research community to uncover the “rules of life” through new mathematical theories, data models, and computational and statistical tools. Palmer is the is associate director of training for the NITMB, tasked with creating new ways to teach and share mathematical concepts with the public, by linking them to familiar biological and natural phenomena we experience every day.

Michael Coates, PhD , Chair of the Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy at UChicago, said Palmer brings a new dimension of integrative biology to an already very outward-looking department. “Her creative approach fits remarkably well within a community of biologists exploring innovation and diversity,” he said. “The quality of Stephanie’s research speaks for itself, both in the attention it gains and the collaborative links it generates.

In addition to her research, Coates says Palmer is also a very generous and gifted educator. Her introduction to research class for graduate students in the department creates a shared forum for paleontologists, neurobiologists, biomechanists, and developmental biologists, and the theoretical, mathematical thread she adds to the discussion is “a quintessentially ‘Palmeresque’ touch,” Coates said.

Turning to bigger research questions

The Schmidt Polymath Program seems perfectly designed for someone with Palmer’s varied interests, but it does come with stipulations. Any projects supported by the award can’t be the type of research that could be funded through traditional federal sources, like the NSF or National Institutes of Health. She says that won’t be a problem. “I like having a project you work on for about eight months, publish the result, and then look for a new thing to do.”

She doesn’t intend to leave her work on computation behind, but instead expand it to bigger questions about how organisms evolved the ability to perform those calculations — discovering not just how the salamander tracks a fly, but how its environment drove the adaptations that let it figure out where the fly is going next.

Her first proposed project will examine the evolution of neural computation in color vision for butterflies. Palmer’s team will work with Marcus Kronforst, PhD , who has extensively studied the genetic basis of wing patterns and mimicry in butterflies and how mate preferences evolve in response. They hope to uncover how mate selection preferences in male butterflies are changed by modifications to their visual system, and if these changes expand or limit how the butterfly can identify preferred wing patterns of potential mates.

“Working with Stephanie has been incredible. I owe a huge debt of gratitude to her for her adventurous spirit in taking on this project and for her incredibly broad knowledge base,” said Kronforst, who is a Professor of Ecology & Evolution at UChicago. “She’s a major resource to students and researchers across the biological sciences at UChicago who study neuroscience, vision, movement, and color. Her knowledge, enthusiasm, and generosity in discussing and studying these topics is really quite remarkable.”

Palmer’s next proposed project will explore a more elemental system — the circadian rhythms of bacteria, to see how their environment shapes computation and the ability to migrate to new habitats. All organisms have internal clocks that synchronize with signals from their environment, like daylight during a 24-hour period. Some of Palmer’s early research shows that bacteria use external light signals to shape the rhythms of their internal clocks, like when to crank up or turn down their metabolism. She wants to work with other experts on this phenomenon, including Michael Rust, PhD , Professor of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology, to collect data and develop new frameworks for how circadian rhythms change with the environment over time.

Intellectual freedom and joy of learning

Palmer says that at certain points in her career, different mentors have advised against indulging in such a wide range of interests. Stick to one topic, build up a body of published work, and then maybe branch out once you’ve achieved tenure and job security. But she also remembered what Bill Bialek, her postdoc advisor at Princeton, told her. “He reminded me that I've always been like this, and it's a selling point. He basically said, ‘it makes you different.’”

After nearly 12 years at UChicago, she doesn’t regret her choices.

“So far, it works. I’ve had some success. My postdocs have been able to get jobs. So, I feel good that my taste has been solid,” she said. “When you have good math skills, you can make a living doing a lot of things. But this is why I wanted this job, for the intellectual freedom and the joy of learning and doing new things.”

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19 Best universities for Computer Science in Switzerland

Updated: February 29, 2024

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Below is a list of best universities in Switzerland ranked based on their research performance in Computer Science. A graph of 11.5M citations received by 342K academic papers made by 19 universities in Switzerland was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

1. Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne

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2. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

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3. University of Zurich

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4. University of Geneva

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5. University of Bern

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6. University of Basel

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7. University of Lausanne

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8. University of Fribourg

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9. University of St. Gallen

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10. University of Italian-speaking Switzerland

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11. University of Neuchatel

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12. University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Italian Switzerland

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13. University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland

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14. University of Applied Sciences of Northwestern Switzerland

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15. Bern University of Applied Sciences

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16. Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies

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17. University of Lucerne

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18. Lucerne University of Applied Sciences

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19. Webster University Geneva

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The best cities to study Computer Science in Switzerland based on the number of universities and their ranks are Lausanne , Zurich , Geneva , and Bern .

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PhD Programmes at the Graduate Institute, Geneva

PhD programmes at the Institute require a four-year commitment, with the first three semesters in residence. During the first two semesters, you will take theoretical and methodological doctoral seminars before presenting a preliminary thesis at the end of the third semester, with the defence of your thesis taking place at the end of the eighth semester. Our PhD programmes meet the established requirements for accreditation in Switzerland. The courses are taught in English, however the thesis could be written either in English or French.

We offer six disciplinary PhDs:  PhD in Anthropology and Sociology ,  PhD in International Economics ,  PhD in Development Economics ,  PhD in International History ,  PhD in International Law  and  PhD in International Relations/Political Science .  

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PHD IN ANTHROPOLOGY AND SOCIOLOGY  

  • Four-year programme
  • Provides students with theoretical perspectives and methodological tools to explore the social and cultural systems that influence policy interventions
  • Involves a year of coursework and preparation followed by extensive fieldwork and a dissertation

PHD IN DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS  

  • Four-year programme centered around a research dissertation
  • A crucial field at the heart of policy debates
  • Fieldwork opportunities in developing countries

PHD IN INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS  

  • Stimulating collegiate work atmosphere
  • Trains students to undertake innovative research 

PHD IN INTERNATIONAL HISTORY & POLITICS  

  • Combines coursework, seminars, preliminary thesis and doctoral thesis
  • Equips students with the analytical, conceptual and methodological tools to successfully complete original book-length research

PHD IN INTERNATIONAL LAW  

  • Designed for outstanding students with a strong commitment to international law
  • Research supervision available for a wide range of topics
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PHD IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS / POLITICAL SCIENCE  

  • Stand-alone four-year PhD programme or Fast-track master’s/doctoral program allowing students to complete a master’s and PhD within five years
  • Designed to prepare students for a research-focused career in international relations

The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva is pleased to announce the opening of 30 fully funded 4-year PhD positions in our 5 departmental programmes in Anthropology and Sociology, International Economics or Economics of Development, International History and Politics, International Law, International Relations and Political Science.  The d eadline  for application  is 15 January 2022 . Each of the six 4-year PhD packages distributed by each department will combine 2 years of full scholarship followed by 2 years of teaching assistantship.  

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