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FerMUN Geneva

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FerMUN Geneva

Geneva, Switzerland · high-school

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Dates
Jan 5–2027 (day: 8)
Fee
TBD
Reg deadline
TBD
Delegates
TBD
Language
English
Format
In-person
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Summary

FerMUN Geneva is a high-school Model UN conference convened in Geneva, Switzerland, drawing delegates from across Europe and beyond for a multi-day simulation hosted in one of the world's densest diplomatic clusters. The conference traditionally takes place at venues associated with the United Nations Office at Geneva and the International Telecommunication Union, lending its committees an unusual proximity to the institutions they simulate.

Why this edition matters in 2027

FerMUN occupies a particular niche in the global MUN calendar: a francophone-influenced, Geneva-anchored conference whose committee slate tends to lean toward the technical and humanitarian agencies headquartered in the city rather than the New York-centric General Assembly diet that dominates many North American circuits. For delegates serious about international organisations, that orientation is the point. The Geneva setting matters because the city hosts the United Nations Office at Geneva and the International Telecommunication Union, along with a wider concentration of specialised agencies, permanent missions, and NGOs. Simulating a WHO emergency committee or an ITU working group in the actual neighbourhood where those bodies sit changes the texture of the exercise. For high-school delegates building a serious MUN record, FerMUN is also a credibility signal. The conference is well known within European circuits, and a chair or distinguished delegate award there carries weight on later university and scholarship applications in a way that smaller regional conferences do not.

How to prepare

The hardest part of preparing for FerMUN is usually not the substance but the register. Committees often run partly in French, and even English-language committees tend to attract delegates trained in the European drafting tradition, where resolutions are expected to be tighter and more legally literate than the maximalist documents common elsewhere. Read actual UN resolutions before you arrive, not just sample MUN ones. Research should follow the Geneva grain. If your committee mirrors a specialised agency, spend time on that agency's own reports, working documents, and recent decisions rather than on generic news coverage. For technical committees - telecommunications, health, refugees, trade - the gap between a delegate who has read the agency's own output and one who has not is immediately visible in the first session. Logistically, Geneva in the depths of European winter is cold, expensive, and tightly scheduled. Delegations should budget realistically, confirm accommodation early, and assume that travel from outside the Schengen area will require visa lead time. The conference itself rewards delegates who arrive rested and have already coordinated with their bloc by email rather than improvising in the corridors.

Eligibility deep-dive

Level
high-school
Age
—
Team size
—
Country quota
Open

Schedule & deadlines

  1. Conference

    Jan 5, 2027 – Jan 8, 2027

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Frequently asked questions

  • Who is eligible to attend FerMUN Geneva?

    FerMUN is a high-school level conference, so participation is built around secondary school delegations rather than university students.

  • Where in Geneva does the conference take place?

    The conference is hosted in Geneva, Switzerland, with sessions traditionally held in venues associated with the United Nations Office at Geneva and the International Telecommunication Union.

  • How do delegates apply?

    Applications for FerMUN Geneva are processed through the MyMUN platform, which handles delegation registration and committee assignment.

  • What makes FerMUN different from other European MUNs?

    Its Geneva location pulls the committee slate toward the specialised agencies headquartered in the city, and the conference is one of the better-known francophone-influenced high-school MUNs in Europe.

Last verified May 27, 2026 · Source: mymun.com

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