Ma International Development

Anglia Ruskin University

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Qualification

12 months

Course duration

8/31/2025

Start Date

US$21567

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Our MA International Development postgraduate degree will provide you with critical and analytical insights into the key debates, theories, policies and practices of international development in the Global South and the Global North. Focusing on key concepts such as power, poverty, inequality, international cooperation, and colonial legacy, as well as policies related to climate change, gender equality, social protection, and post-conflict reconstruction, you will use a range of data sources to explore three key pillars of international development - theory, policy and practice - and discover the important links between them. You will also have opportunities to link up with local and global international organisations. For example: guest seminars with practitioners and activists in the field, ARU’s membership with Chatham House, and our practice-based dissertation option. These will help you create and nurture new networks in the field, and can also help you meet potential employers. What will you do on our MA International Development? Discover the theories of international development, from modernisation, dependency, and neoliberalism, to post-colonial, post-development, and post-modernist perspectives. Explore their evolution in a historical context, examine their implications on development policy and practice, and identify their links to current debates and development agendas, such as the UN's Sustainable Development Goals, and the ‘Leave No-one Behind’ agenda. Unpack and critically analyse key development policies, including those related to gender, migration, human rights, rising powers, and national and global governance. You will track and critically evaluate recent shifts and trends in such policies; debate a range of related topics such as social protection programmes, advocacy, and public action; and examine key development challenges including climate change, poverty, inequality, conflict, migration, and human rights.

For international students

A first degree with honours in a related subject and at a minimum final classification of Upper Second (2:1). If English is not your first language you will be expected to demonstrate a certificated level of proficiency of at least IELTS 6.5 ( Academic level) or equivalent English Language qualification, as recognised by Anglia Ruskin University.

12 months - Full time

Fee

£16,700.00 (US$ 21,567) per yearThis is a fixed fee Please check with institution

Start Date

8/31/2025

Address

Anglia Ruskin University, East Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB1 1PT, CENTRAL ENGLAND, England

About

Anglia Ruskin University is one of the top 350 institutions in the world (Times Higher Education's World University Rankings 2019), and welcomes students from over 185 countries to study there. The University is spread across campuses in Cambridge and Chelmsford.
The University has impressive state-of-the-art facilities and has invested £100 million over the past years. It houses one of only nine optometry schools in the UK, and has its own public art gallery - The Ruskin Gallery. It also has a new Science Centre, a Law School Law Clinic, mock law courts, computer gaming suites and 24/7 libraries complete with books and online learning resources.
Students have the opportunity to seek careers advice during their time learning through the University's Employability Service, which offers everything from information on writing a stand-out CV to succeeding in an interview. This can be done face-to-face with an advisor, while additional help is also available online.
Anglia Ruskin University offers students support in a wide range of areas. These include a dedicated service for those with a disability, including a mental health condition, medical condition or specific learning difficulties. There is also a counselling service, advice on finances, and an International Centre focusing on the queries and needs of overseas students.
During their time studying towards their degree, students are encouraged to get involved in a club or society in their spare time, to meet new friends, gain another skill and add something different to their CV. These range from dance class to the alternative music society. Students can also start their own to demonstrate their leadership skills.

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