TO CHANGE THE WORLD, YOU NEED A NEW PERSPECTIVE.
New ideas and new perspectives are what distinguish The New School's graduate program in international affairs in New York City. Reflecting the university's commitment to bringing tools of social research and critical theory to bear on world issues, we offer a sophisticated, critical approach to international affairs that combines interdisciplinary study with problem-solving skills. Our focus is on global economics, poverty and development, cities and urbanization, international institutions, NGOs, human rights, conflict and security, and media and culture.

Our Students Are Our Strongest Asset
Our program includes nearly 300 students from 62 countries who are pursuing MA and MS degrees. These students span the spectrum from former U.N. staff to journalists and filmmakers, from former Peace Corps volunteers and NGO workers to lawyers and stockbrokers. Some seek a brand-new career in the professional world or academia; others are looking for new ways to address the limitations of existing approaches; all desire to expand and build upon their unique experiences in the service of a better world.

They are drawn to our program because of its multidisciplinary character. Our challenge is to train students for whom theory and practice are truly complementary, so that understanding itself becomes a means of change, and analysis becomes action. By understanding differently, new practitioners and scholars can help to change the institutions and the world in which these institutions operate.

Our courses are supplemented by internships, fieldwork, weekly midday seminars on international affairs, conferences, and other special workshops and talks. We offer summer international field experiences in such locations as Johannesburg, Buenos Aires, Barcelona, Bombay, Cameroon, Ghana, Hong Kong, Geneva, and Kenya.

Graduates of the International Affairs program are at work in careers in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors. They are making substantial contributions in multilateral and governmental organizations, international NGOs, diplomacy, state and local governments, media, foundations, education and research, human rights, child and family welfare, conflict resolution and peacekeeping, public interest advocacy, public health, emergency relief, energy and the environment, business, urban planning, and countless other arenas.