Development Studies - Research MPhil

The aims of the programme are to: provide an environment for innovative, intellectually rigorous and developmentally significant research, primarily on developing countries; and strengthen the research capacity of students from a variety of intellectual and professional backgrounds. The Natural Resources Institute (NRI) is a specialised multidisciplinary organisation within the University of Greenwich. The NRI provides research and consultancy in support of sustainable development, economic growth and poverty reduction, principally, but not solely, in the natural resources sector.

Students are assessed through their thesis and oral examination. Postgraduate research students from the NRI have a good record of finding employment within their specific technical discipline or in the field of international development.

Applicants should have: a taught Master’s degree, with a minimum average of 60% in all areas of assessment (e.g. Merit) level or above, in a generic subject area relevant to the subject matter of the proposed research project, and/or a First Class or Second Class, First Division (Upper Second Class) Honours degree in a subject(s) areas relevant to the proposed research project. In addition to the above, applicants whose first language is not English must also meet the English Language requirement, which is: a Bachelors or Master’s degree transcript from the UK or UKVI recognised Majority English Speaking Country (MESC).