GPISH Alumni

The Institute‘s global alumni body now consists of more than 799 graduates – including 282 GPISH alumni – who are dispersed across the world.

They are supported in their continuing professional and career development through the IIS’ Alumni Relations Unit. Our Alumni Relations Unit offers our graduates a number of services and benefits, including:

Professional development and networking opportunities at Annual Chapter Group meetings of the IIS Alumni Association, Alumni Lecture Series, and Local Meet & Greet events.
Access to funding for research, publishing monographs and articles, conferences, and courses supporting research activities up to £1,000.
Access to a customised Career Support Programme.
Leadership opportunities to become a regional President or Secretary for the Alumni Chapter Groups in Asia, Europe or North America.
Access to facilities at the Aga Khan Centre, including to the Aga Khan Library, London.
Access to global job opportunities and events as well as the international alumni directory via the IIS Alumni Online Community Portal.
Opportunities to publish articles in the annual Alumni Newsletter which features academic and professional contributions of IIS alumni and much more.
Becoming an alumni mentor to current IIS students and new graduates through the IIS Alumni Mentorship Programme.

Read further information on our alumni page.

GPISH Alumni Career paths

34%

Jamati & Imamat institutions

27%

Academic Careers

13%

Development work

12%

Education

10%

Government

8%

Consultancy

What our Alumni say?

Uzair Ibrahim

Pakistan, GPISH 2021

"It is very difficult to find a graduate-level programme comparable to GPISH anywhere in the world. GPISH is avant-garde in its nature and approach, paying attention to those facets of Islam that traditional graduate programmes on Islam tend to ignore. It forces you to delve into complex and fascinating intellectual areas, and contributes very meaningfully to the growth of the student as an individual and academic. GPISH is truly interdisciplinary, and I would highly recommend it to anyone who is interested in finding out about their heritage.”