In September 2022, the eight cohort of students graduated in the Pieterskerk in Leiden. You can find their stories about the steps they took after completing the BA International Studies in the menu on the left. The stories are grouped per area in which they specialized during studying within our program.

In August 2024, the eight cohort of students graduated in the Pieterskerk in Leiden. You can find their stories about the steps they took after completing the BA International Studies in the menu on the left. The stories are grouped per area in which they specialized during studying within our program.

Are you working or doing a Master’s? Maybe you’re at your dream job, or in a completely different place than you expected to end up in. No matter in what phase of your life you’re in, we’d like to hear about it.

Nassim was in the first cohort of students who began the bachelor’s programme in International Studies in 2012. His foreign classmates changed his outlook on the world. He now advises managers and civil servants on issues in higher education and internationalisation. His international perspective helps him in that.

Before deciding on coming to Leiden for International Studies, Maurice Kirschbaum had already studied two years of law at King’s College in London. During his time as a jurist for SOS Jurists, a local legal aid NGO that helps asylum seekers in the Lake Geneva region, he realised he did not speak any of the languages of the refugees or could understand the politics of their cases he had to take to court. “I wanted to connect with people in those situations, so I applied.”

For Alba Medina Bermejo, everything came together in Leiden. Firstly, there was no International Studies in her native Spain. Secondly, she could focus on Africa and learn another language, as well as its history and culture. And thirdly, she loved its multi-disciplinary approach, which helps her in her current job: “It gives you a more holistic view of the current world issues and dynamics. You learn to see different sides to problems.”

As an alumnus of International Studies, you continue to be a vital part of our programme, even if you don’t always realise it!

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