CAS Migration and Political Integration

The CAS provides practical tools to identify and address patterns of inequality in the context of increasing and diversified migration flows. It links research with best practices on integration in education and the labour market, naturalisation policy, and the poverty risks faced by migrant women — in Switzerland and internationally.

The course is open to anyone with a university degree or equivalent professional experience.

This CAS equips you for operational and analytical roles across migration and integration policy, for example:


Design & delivery of integration programmes 
Public policy analysis & impact evaluation 
Case management & counselling in migration, asylum and social services
Advocacy & public affairs in NGOs/associations
Diversity & inclusion officer in government, educational institutions or companies
Intercultural mediation & community engagement
Communication & knowledge transfer
Applied research / observatories

Examine the causes and consequences of inequalities in domains related to the integration of immigrants.
Examine the principal inequalities affecting different groups of immigrants in Switzerland.
Identify the most promising public policies for facilitating the integration of immigrants based on the latest evidence in the scientific literature.
Reflect on the difficulties of integration in Switzerland and on possible solutions.
Analyse integration difficulties in Switzerland and possible solutions.

Participants in the Master of Advance Studies in Public Administration (MPA).
Political leaders and administrative officials in the migration and social services sectors.
Social services professionals.
Representatives of political parties, interest groups and not-for-profit organisations.