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“It is no exaggeration to
describe my year at IOB/
Antwerp as enriching and
rewarding. In fact, the
well-structured
curriculum of IOB and the
multicultural
environment has made
“Very thrilling. Full of
me a better person, and
events and
this serves as a
uncompromising
springboard of reaching
activities. Exciting but
greater heights in my
short. Glorious but
academic and
provocative because the
professional pursuits. The
study environment
exposure and the unique
charges you to probe into
skills I have obtained here
cross-cutting issues in
shape the future”
development.”
“My year at IOB felt only
like a week, but has
provided me with
memories and knowledge
for a lifetime.”

“My year at IOB was full
of opportunities to learn
from diverse sources. The
diversity at IOB made me
feel I am getting
educated in as many
countries at the same
time. Without any
exaggeration, IOB is a
grand fountain of
knowledge and wisdom.”
“The joy of beating
deadlines. #Extremely
rewarding”

“The programme has
expanded my social
network abroad.”
“Trying to find solutions
for major governance and
development problems in
the Third World with
colleagues from various
cultural and academic
backgrounds has
sometimes made me feel
as if I was at the UN.”

“It gave me a whole
new perspective on
“At IOB I experienced the world affairs. It’s hard to
world in one classroom. ” explain in words exactly,
but I believe my views
have become somewhat
less “Westernized.”
Master Students’ sector of employment

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

19%

Development
& agriculture

7.25%

Economics
and management

33.33%

4%

4%

13%
9%

3%

26%
22%

Political sciences/
social sciences/
administration

59.42%

None

Government

Private Sector

Higher education

Research
institute

International
organisation

Consultancy

NGO

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