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MSc - Master of Science
Online/Distance Learning
Part Time
Sep 2026
3 Year
The MSc in International Development programme offers you an unparalleled opportunity to deepen your understanding and engagement with the most pressing challenges confronting people, communities and institutions in the Global South. This programme builds and strengthens your critical skills for analysing development processes and inequities, and for exploring development issues in a range of different social, historical and political contexts.The programme is multidisciplinary in nature and aims to provide you with:a rigorous grounding in major debates, theories and critical concepts andproficiency in applying your knowledge to investigating contemporary development challenges, policy processes, and initiatives
