Career focus

At the BSoG, we offer our students a unique educational experience based on what we call the STEP approach to teaching and learning: our programmes are Student-centered, have a solid Theoretical knowledge base, their educational Excellence is guaranteed, and they are strongly Practice-oriented. It makes our School a prominent hub for the study of European and global challenges, from the BA right up to the PhD level. Find out what STEP can offer you.

Prestigious internship opportunities

The BSoG offers a variety of internships to our students. Our internship partners are prestigious and internationally renowned organisations and companies, ranging from European institutions to small start-up businesses, from think tanks to international corporations. It is important to note that these internships are available exclusively for BSoG students and only during the time that they are enrolled in one of our programmes.

Click here for more information about our BA internship programme.

Career seminars and individual coaching

The BSoG organises career workshops for its students to help them with their professional choices ahead. In their final year, our Bachelor students have access to career seminars and individual coaching sessions to ease their transition from university to the job market. Additionally, personalised coaching sessions help students create tailored job application materials, conduct mock interviews, and develop career plans.

Capstone project

Practice-oriented learning activities are often organised by adjunct professors, experts from the working field who combine their professional activities with a part-time teaching assignment. External speakers are also regularly invited to speak within specific courses, or during (extracurricular) events that are open to students. One particular example is the Capstone project, which aims for our BA as well as MA students to synthesise and draw upon their acquired knowledge and skills to address a complex, real-life policy problem for an external client from a major international organisation or a non-governmental organisation. The learning and research process is led by the students themselves, who have to work together in teams. The purpose of this course is for students to experience a professional work environment. Some recent examples:

Alumni community

The BSoG educational programmes have a large, international alumni community with whom we are regularly in touch through our quarterly IES Alumni Newsletter and Vesalius College Alumni Newsletter, as well as via alumni groups on social media. On those platforms, the BSoG as well as our alumni themselves share information about relevant upcoming events, vacancies, career updates, opportunities to contribute as alumni to our School’s activities, etc. Various alumni are also actively engaged with our School's activities, by giving guest lectures in our programmes, providing information to prospective students at Open Days or in webinars, hosting our interns in their organisations, etc.

Where do our graduates continue their studies?

Here is a selection of universities and programmes where graduates of our BA in International and European Law have continued their studies. Below the table is a link to a file with more detailed information.

University Programme(s)
Columbia University MSc in Social Work – MA of International Affairs
KU Leuven                                                 MA of European Studies: Transnational and Global Perspectives – MA Business Economics – MA in European Studies - MBA (Brussels)
Royal Holloway University London MSc Geopolitics and Security
King’s College London MA European Union Law – MA International Conflict Studies – MA Public Policy – MA War Studies
University of London School Oriental & African Studies (SOAS) MSc Migration, Mobility and Development – MSc Violence, Conflict and Development
London School of Economics & Political Science   MSc in Management of Information Systems and Digital Innovation – MSc Political Science (Conflict Studies and Comparative Politics) – MSc Political Economy of Late Development – MSc Environmental Policy and Regulation– MSc Politics and Communication
Leiden University                         MSc in Political Science
Boston University MSc Leadership – MA in International Affairs – MA of Business Administration
College of Europe MA in International Relations and Diplomacy Studies
Aarhus University MA in International Relations – MSc Human Security
University College London MSc Crime Science – MSc Economics
Diplomatic Academy of Vienna MA of Advanced International Studies
Georgia Institute of Technology MSc in Cybersecurity
New York University MA in International Relations
Universitat de Barcelona MA Citizenship and Human Rights: Ethics and Politics
Trinity College Dublin MPhil in Race, Ethnicity, Conflict
University of Edinburgh MSc International Relations
University of Groningen MA International Relations and International Organization
University of Luxembourg MA in European Governance
University of Maastricht MA International and European Tax Law – MA European Studies – MA Globalisation and Development Studies
University of Oxford MSc in Global Governance and Diplomacy – MSc in Migration Studies – MPhil in International Relations
Utrecht University MSc in Sustainable Business Innovation and Innovation