Student & Alumni Network

Students at UPEACE receive a unique and rigorous education which allows them to make significant contributions to peace and security issues after their graduation. UPEACE alumni offer a unique comparative advantage to potential employers:

• UPEACE Alumni represent an outstanding diverse, multicultural group. During the 2009-2010 academic year, for example, more than 200 students enrolled at the UPEACE campus in Costa Rica from 57 countries; 57 percent of the students are women; and 45 percent come from developing countries.
• UPEACE Alumni are exposed to specialized relevant training by visiting UN, NGO and other international organization representatives (such as UNHCR, ICRC, ICC, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, and Amnesty International) during their studies.
• UPEACE Alumni are young professionals with international experience who can offer employers an array of work experience, skills, and bi- or multi-lingual proficiency.

More than 900 students have graduated from UPEACE with Masters degrees and are dispersed around the world to apply their education, skills and commitment to social peace and human security.

The following is a list of organizations and agencies that some UPeace Alum are working with in their efforts to spread peace around the world:

Non government organizations

• The European Free Trade Association (EFTA)
• Heinrich Boll Foundation, Lagos, Nigeria Office.
• Amnesty International, International Secretariat, London, UK.
• National Center for Social-Emotional Center, The Rasur Foundation
• Earth Charter
• Inter-American Court of Human Rights
• Friedrich-Ebert Stiftung (FES) Pakistan

United Nations Agencies

• UN OCHA-IRIN, West Africa. Dakar, Senegal
• High Commissioner for Refugees (Protection) at UNHCR, Geneva
• International Criminal Court
• United Nations Department of Public Information
• UN Mission for the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC)
• United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA). Headquarters, Beirut, Lebanon
• United Nations Development Programme in Namibia, Southern Africa.

Academia

• University of Bamberg, Germany
• Australian National University
• Centre for Conflict Management and Peace Studies Gulu University
• London School of Economics
• Center for Conflict Management of the Nationa University of Rwanda
• McMaster University, Canada.
• Suwon Information Industrial and Technical High School in South Korea.

Government

• Norwegian Refugee Council. ICLA (Information, Counselling and Legal Assistance)
• Electoral Commission of Uganda
• New Zealand Ministry of Social Development Analyst
• United States Agency for International Development
• Goverment of Tanzania in Kinondoni, Municipal Council
• Organization of the American States
• United States Government Relations and Global Support
• Government of British Columbia, Canada
• Nigerian Armed Forces Command and Staff College

Private Sector

• Independent research on Peace and Human Rights in Uganda
• Independent Expert on Survival Strategies in Urban Ukraine
• Project Manager, Sparber and Associates, Washington, DC

Media

• Media Correspondent of the "Azattyk" Kyrgyz Service, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
• Research Associate, Committee to Protect Journalists