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The Centre delivers a successful interdisciplinary MSc programme that equips students with skills and knowledge to develop careers in the development industry, including with NGOs, local and state government and multilateral organisations.

Delivered by leading specialists in the field, and drawing from disciplines including International Relations, Sociology, Politics and Human Geography, the programme also provides the foundation for international development research careers in applied or academic settings, including for those wishing to go on to doctoral study in the area.

Studying International Development at Northumbria means being welcomed as part of a community of internationally recognised researchers, educators, practitioners and students working together to tackle poverty and inequality. Through placements, practical assignments, networking events, supported international field visits, and specialist careers events and guidance, International Development students don’t just ‘study’ – they develop the specific skills, contacts, knowledge and experience they need for their careers in the field, whether as practitioners, policy makers or researchers

Professor Matt Baillie Smith, co-director of Centre for Global Development

MSc Programmes Available for Study

MSc International Development

This interdisciplinary course examines efforts to eradicate global poverty and promote development. It equips students with critical and up to date understanding of development policies, theories, strategies and practices, the operation of development organisations, and the ways individuals and communities experience and challenge poverty and marginalisation. With an emphasis on practice this course is ideal for people wanting to enhance or build a career in international development.

Full Time Options

Part Time Options

For further information about the MSc International Development, please contact Dr Pete Howson.

PhD Supervision

We offer PhD supervision across our areas of expertise including:

Activism
Gender and development
Participatory design and digital civics in development settings
Climate change
Cosmopolitanism
Development education, global learning and citizenship
Environment and development
Environmental justice and natural resource conflicts
Foreign policy and international relations
International volunteering, including local volunteers and South-South volunteering
NGOs and civil society
Health and development
Public engagement in development
Resource and environmental politics
Wellbeing and development
Diaspora, Migration and Transnationalism
Emotions and development
Work and Employment
Transboundary water conflicts
Bonded Labour and Contemporary Slavery
Evaluation and measurement

For information on how to apply or if you have any further questions around PhD supervision, please contact Prof Matt Baillie Smith or Prof Katy Jenkins, co-directors of the Centre.