APPLICATION FORM
2016-2017 Master of Advanced Studies (MAS)
in Transitional Justice, Human Rights and the Rule of Law
Programme duration: 19 Sept 2016 – 19 August 2017
Applications will close on:
29 February 2016 if applying with a scholarship through the Geneva Academy
31 March 2016 if applying without scholarship request
Please indicate if you apply with or without scholarship by choosing one of the option below:
1) with a full scholarship
2) with a half scholarship
3) without scholarship
 Please fill out the Full scholarship application form!
 Please fill out the Half scholarship application form!
YOU MUST CHOOSE ONE TRACK OR THE OTHER.
IF YOU APPLY TO MORE THAN ONE YOUR APPLICATION WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED!
A. PERSONAL INFORMATION
1. Full name (as it appears in passport):
/
(First name)
2. Date of birth:
(Day)
/
(Middle name)
(Month)
(Last/family name)
3. Place of birth
(Year)
(City)
(Province)
4. Citizenship(s)
(Country)
5. Sex
____
Female
Male
(Country(ies))
6. Mailing address for all correspondence
Complete address, including country and postal code
(Valid until______/_______ /_______)
7. Permanent address (only if different from no 6)
Complete address, including country and postal code
E-mail:
E-mail:
Home telephone:
Home telephone:
Business telephone:
Business telephone:
Cell phone:
Cell phone:
B. RELEVANT INFORMATION
8. Higher education: list every university and professional school (including law school) attended (please attach an additional page, if
necessary)
Institution
Degree or diploma
Field of study
Dates attended
Grade average,
honours, etc.
Official or
estimated rank in
class
_______out of ________
Official
Estimated
n/a
_______out of ________
Official
Estimated
n/a
_______out of ________
Official
Estimated
n/a
9. Relevant work experience (please attach an additional page, if necessary):
Employer
Period of employment
Position
Brief description of your duties
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10. English language proficiency
Courses will be taught in English.
Primary language:
Language of university education:
Applicants whose primary language is not English and who did not follow their university education in English must take a proficiency test
(e.g. TOEFL, IELTS or Cambridge).
TOEFL
Score:
IELTS
Cambridge certificate
Other, namely:
Test date(s):
Minimum requirement for admission: TOEFL score of 600 in the paper-based test, 250 in the computer-based
test and 100 in the Internet-based test, IELTS overall score of 6.5, or Advanced Cambridge certificate, grade B.
Waiver request (Please attach a letter)
Exams are waived for applicants who have at least two years of professional and/or academic experience in English. Please submit a letter written in
English describing this academic and/or professional experience.
11. French language
Students might have to attend a few events or conferences in French.
French speakers can use their language for exams and in class to ask questions, and for presentations providing
that professors are proficient in French. Presentations and questions made in French during class will not be
translated.
Native speaker
Certificate:
(If available)
DALF, score:
Please specify level:
Fluent
Passive
Basic
None
C. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
12. Honors, awards, prizes (please attach an additional page, if necessary)
13. Publications (give title, date of publication, and name of publisher – please attach an additional page, if necessary)
14. Bar membership(s) (please state jurisdiction(s)):
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D. SUPPORTING MATERIALS TO PROVIDE
Please do not staple or bind the pages. All submitted materials become the property of the MAS programme upon
receipt and will be neither returned to the applicant nor forwarded to other schools or agencies.
 Curriculum vitae
 Personal Statement
 Two letters of recommendations (Letters of referees can be sent separately by email or by post until one month
after the application deadline)
 Certified copies of relevant degrees and diplomas (with officially certified translations when not in English,
French, German, Italian or Spanish). If copies are not certified, you will need to present the original diplomas upon
arrival in Geneva.
 Certified copies or originals of official records of university examinations taken and grades obtained, with the
same need for translation as above. ). If copies are not certified, you will need to present the original documents
upon arrival in Geneva.
 Language tests TOEFL, IELTS, DALF, or verification of language skills abilities. The Geneva Academy does not
have an attributed code. Please do not use the University of Geneva code nor the Graduate Institute code. (Test
scores can be sent separately by email or by post until one month after the application deadline)
 Copy of your passport
 Scholarship Application Form (IF applying through the scholarship track)
Careful: you cannot apply to both tracks: without scholarship and with scholarship. You must choose one or the
other.
Incomplete applications one month after the application deadlines will not be considered
I certify that the information provided in this application and in any attached materials is true and
complete. I understand and agree that misrepresentation or omission may be the basis for denial of
admission or dismissal from the MAS programme. I understand and agree that it is my obligation to
promptly notify the MAS programme secretariat if there are any changes in the information I have provided
herein.
Signature
Date
The information provided will be treated in the strictest confidentiality
APPLICATION PROCESS CHECKLIST
 Download and fill out the MAS Application Form
Verify that all supporting material is provided (only letters of recommendations and language scores can be sent separately
and maximum one month after the respective application deadlines).
 Download and fill out the Scholarship Application Form if applying through the scholarship track
All documents can be sent by postal mail or e-mail:
Villa Moynier, Rue de Lausanne 120B - CP 67 - 1211 Genève 21 - Switzerland
Tél +41 (0) 22 908 44 88 - Fax +41 (0) 22 908 44 99
http://www.master-transitionaljustice.ch - TJM@geneva-academy.ch
MAS Application Form