Diplomat / Foreign Service
Represent, negotiate, persuade for a country
Take persuasion, languages and cultural fluency into the service of a nation: diplomacy, the foreign service, international organisations. It is a demanding, credential-bound reinvention through competitive entry and years of postings, but few backgrounds prepare you better for its core, communicating across cultures, than yours.
What you already bring
Negotiate
Communicate
Argue
Mediate
Write
Cultural literacy
Multilingual
Communication
Global mindset
International Relations
Politics
Communication & PRThe gap
The whole apparatus: competitive entry (the foreign-service exam or an international-organisation route), area and policy expertise, often further languages, and a mobile life of postings.
How to get there
- Learn the entry routes (the UD diplomatprogram, the UN and EU paths) and their requirements.
- Build the foundation: international-relations knowledge, languages, relevant experience.
- Talk to diplomats and international civil servants about the life before committing.
Your first move
Research the foreign-service and international-organisation entry routes and what they demand.
In Stockholm
Stockholm is home to the Foreign Ministry (UD), embassies and international bodies; the diplomatprogram and international-organisation routes both run from here.
