In the context of international humanitarian action new professionals must be:

• Able to select and analyse research material;

• Trained to confront new problems in their multiple dimensions;
• Able to understand reality and to elaborate innovative solutions; and
• Accustomed to assessing their results.

Taking into consideration prior experience and their future career prospects, Master's students agree with their supervisors the weight given to the following elements:

- Partnerships
After taking the second semester abroad in a second European university, a number of European students (30) can take part in a joint research project and spend the first three months of their third semester in a NOHA partner university with a European Commission grant within the Erasmus Mundus Partnership framework. This research programme is fully integrated into the course and will be registered in their Diploma Supplement.

- Internship
NOHA students carry out 'stages' or internships in local, regional, and international organisations working in the area of humanitarian action such as Oxfam, Red Cross, CARE, and Doctors Without Borders; and in international agencies and institutions such as the European Commission's DG for Humanitarian Aid (ECHO), the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), the World Health Organisation (WHO), and the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF).