INVOGE is a joint international Masters program run by Université Blaise Pascal (Clermont-Ferrand, France), Univ. Milan-Bicocca (Italy), Michigan Technological University (Houghton, MI, USA) and the University at Buffalo (Buffalo, NY, USA). INVOGE provides 24 EU and 24 US students with an excellent broad-based international training in volcanology and geotechniques, and a rich cultural / linguistic foundation. The staff and student program answers a clear need for a new generation of internationally mobile personnel with volcanological and geotechnical expertise, to meet challenges of a fast developing field.