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Life after iob
What do IOB alumni think of the IOB educational Asian/Africa/Inter-American Development
Bank), national NGOs, INGOs (e.g.
programmes?
Transparency International, Oxfam, World
The results are very encouraging: an
Vision, Action Aid), higher education/research
overwhelming majority of our alumni (92%) are
(universities, consultancies, think tanks) and
satisfied with the education that they received
bilateral or multilateral donor agencies (e.g.
at IOB. Four out of five alumni would definitely
World Bank, USAID, GTZ).
encourage others to study here. Hardly any
alumni are dissatisfied or would not recommend
IOB.
Of all IOB alumni, 95% feel that their studies
at IOB prepared them adequately for their
subsequent careers. Most (96%) had (partially)
improved themselves jobwise as a result of
studying at IOB.
Most IOB graduates work (or continue to work)
in the governmental sector (24 %), international
organisations (19%), NGOs (13%) and higher
education/research institutes (13%).
Some of the most common employers among
IOB graduates are within the governmental
sector (e.g. Ministry of Finance, Ministry
of Planning), parliaments, international/
supranational organisations (e.g. United
Nations, African Union, European Commission,
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Would you encourage someone to study at the IOB ?
0 % 0 %
4 %
16 %
definitely would
probably would
maybe
80 %
probably not
definitely not