Student Stories

As part of an ongoing series, we give students the creative liberty to opine on their favorite memories from the School and “why GPS” is a solid fit to pursue their graduate education

Sponsored Student Spotlight: Duangruetai Surasakjinda

Discover what motivated Frederick Hemans, 2018 MIA candidate, to pen a policy paper about China’s role in the Antarctic sea and how it’s turning heads

The program has been very practical where we have gotten the opportunity to put theory in to practice with real business cases for real companies.

SSE offers more than just the program: it offers a unique study environment, intriguing students and close relations with corporate partners.

I chose SSE as it is a high-ranked and reputable business school located in a city with a vibrant business community and start-up scene.

The Junior Diplomat Initiative Youth Dialogue bring students from the Graduate Institute and other Swiss universities together with diplomatic professionals and practitionners.

Students and employers connect on careers
45 employers and 474 students participated in Connexion, the Graduate Institute Careers Forum

Student stories: schools and malaria in Cameroon
Tor Geir Holmen (Master in International Affairs) tells us about building schools and tackling malaria in Bertoua, East Cameroon.

Seventeen PPIA alumni are currently working on master’s degrees at the Ford School—12 of whom attended the summer institute here, as well.

As part of an ongoing series, we give students the creative liberty to opine on their favorite memories from the School and “why GPS” is a solid fit to pursue their graduate education

As part of an ongoing series, we give students the creative liberty to opine on their favorite memories from the School and “why GPS” is a solid fit to pursue their graduate education

In a Q&A, two students open up about how their fellowships are preparing them to break global boundaries after GPS

“In Cuba, you see the old and the new, the free market and Marxist-Leninist systems, different cultures, different faiths, all coming together in a way you can’t experience anywhere else in the world.

In a Q&A complementing our Storify tour of a day in the life of Jeanne Marasigan, the 2018 BA/MIA candidate paints a picture of what attending GPS looks like today

“Viking warrior daughter” is how Emily Otto’s father refers to her before his friends. And he’s right. Otto is a twenty-eight-year-old cadet in the Texas A&M Army Reserve Officer Training Corps and

Muhammad Yunus on a visit to GW, hosted by the Elliott School of International Affairs, graciously agreed to spend the day meeting with students and faculty prior to his public speaking event.

Professor Aisling Swaine recently invited three Elliott School women to accompany her to attend the UN Security Council’s open debate on Women, Peace, and Security.

The No Lost Generation Student Initiative, founded in 2013 at GW, focuses attention on the plight of children affected by the Syrian crisis.

As part of an ongoing series, we give students the creative liberty to opine on their favorite memories from the School and “why GPS” is a solid fit to pursue their graduate education

“This was a very important experience for me, both as a student and as a person,” said Alkhiami, who spent a semester studying at the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom. “Even just coming back

Over two days in New York City, students at the Penn State School of International Affairs saw firsthand the diverse careers they can pursue after graduation, gained valuable insight on jumpstarting t

Travis Lindsay, 2017 MIA candidate, reflects on the ways in which his first year at GPS primed him for the accomplishments that followed, such as being published in The Diplomat

Sam Nunn School of International Affairs and Georgia Tech in general is a place where everything you thought you knew is challenged at some point.

Granted participation in the Kakehashi Project in 2016, GPS sent a cohort of students to Japan to absorb the culture and make memories to last a lifetime

In a Q&A complementing our Storify tour of a day in the life of Shadi Matar, the 2018 MPP candidate paints a picture of what attending GPS looks like today

As part of an ongoing series, we give students the creative liberty to opine on their favorite memories from the School and “why GPS” is a solid fit to pursue their graduate education

Working behind the scenes, GPS’s Professional Development Committee is dedicated to dreaming up how to make students stand out in the workforce

Read more about these and other policy-relevant internships at fordschool.umich.edu/careers-internships/field-reports

As part of an ongoing series, we give students the creative liberty to opine on their favorite memories from the School and “why GPS” is a solid fit to pursue their graduate education