International Sustainable Development Msc

Loughborough University London

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Qualification

1 Year

Course duration

9/30/2025

Start Date

US$32931

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Overview Our International Sustainable Development MSc will enhance both your conceptual and practical understanding of international development with a specialisation in the areas of sustainability, resilience, disaster risks, inequality, security, migration and citizen engagement. Climate change, disasters and inequality are among the many urgent global challenges that international development must strive to address. This programme aims to develop your critical understanding of, and provide practical insight into how international development works in terms of contributing to the achievement of sustainable development goals. The theoretical inquiry will go hand in hand with a practical orientation to the field, and will be contextualised within the analysis of the broader economic, social, technical and political issues influencing the field today. Our programme offers practical-based learning through industry-led projects. Students will engage with leading organisations and agencies to develop professional skills throgh the Collaborative Project, with options to undertake a dissertation or internship with industry. To help further enhance your employability, our Future Space Enterprise Hub offers additional support for engaging with partners, sourcing internships, and establishing start-ups and consultancies. You'll also have the opportunity to participate in an international field trip as part of an optional module, Meaningful Development, whereby you will be exposed to fieldwork and partner with universities and organisations in the Global South to engage with communities. Your future career The careers and employability support on offer at Loughborough University London and has been carefully designed to give you the best possible chance of securing your dream role. Graduates are highly qualified to work in non-governmental organisations, development consultancies, international organisations and foundations, government aid agencies, social enterprises, academia and think tanks. This degree will suit candidates who are interested in critical perspectives on international development, sustainability, resilience, social change and social justice.

For international students

Students need to have 2:2 honours degree with a minimum of 55% (or equivalent international qualification), in social science, humanities or associated subject. Applicants are strongly encouraged to provide details of alternative qualifications or relevant professional or voluntary work experience as this will also be considered. The standard University IELTS English language requirement is 6.5 overall with 6.0 in each individual element (reading, writing, listening and speaking). TOEFL iBT overall score of 92, with not less than 22 in each test.

1 Year - Full time

Fee

£25,500.00 (US$ 32,931) per yearThis is a fixed fee

Start Date

9/30/2025

Address

Loughborough University London, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London, E20 3BS, Southern England, United Kingdom

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Loughborough University London is an inspiring new postgraduate campus on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
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University of the Year according to The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2019.
Loughborough University is ranked in the top 10 of every national university league table for 2018
Loughborough University is number one in the world for sports subjects (according to the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2017 and 2018)
Loughborough University retained its 6th place ranking in the 2018 Times Higher Education (THE) 'Table of Tables'
Ranked 6th in the UK in The Guardian University Guide 2018
Ranked 7th out of 131 UK universities in The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2018
Ranked 1st in the Times Higher Education (THE) Student Experience Survey for the Best Student Experience 2016
Loughborough has been outstandingly successful in receiving a total of seven prestigious Queen’s Anniversary Prizes for Higher and Further Education
Loughborough has achieved a five star rating in the QS Starts Scheme, an independent assessment of its performance

In 2012, the Park was the home of the celebrated London Olympic and Paralympic Games. Now it is the heart of one of the most exciting new developments in London – an emerging innovation quarter that is driving growth in the local region, across the city, around the UK and beyond. Loughborough University London is part of the Park’s Here East development, which is bringing together education, business, technology and media to drive forward creativity and entrepreneurship.
As one of our students, you will benefit directly from this dynamic, enterprise-focused environment and from the exciting, collaborative community it creates. You will learn from the most influential thought leaders, pioneering researchers and creative innovators and be privilege to the very latest thinking. By engaging with leading public and private sector companies, and cutting-edge local organisations, your studies will be led by real-life challenges. This will bring direct benefits to the local, national and global society, as well as to your own career.
We are excited about the opportunities that being on Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park affords us. We hope you are too!
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