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    MSc 1 year full-time, up to 4 years part-time

Course Description

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.

Entry Requirements

A 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.

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Fees

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Programme Funding

There are lots of options available to you to fund your master’s programme, from alumni bursaries to school and department scholarships and government loans.

Student Destinations

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.

Module Details

Semester 1 – Compulsory Modules

  • Sustainable and Resilient Development
  • Disaster Risk Management
  • Critical Perspectives on International Development

Optional Modules 

One of:

  • Sport, Politics, and Diplomacy
  • Learning from the Global South: Field Trip
  • Corporate Social Responsibility

Semester 2 – Compulsory Modules

  • Sustainable Development Project Management
  • Research Approaches in Development and Social Change
  • Dissertation

Optional Modules

One of:

  • The BRICS and the Changing World Order
  • The Politics of Violence: Development, Security, Sustainability
  • Media and Communication for Development and Social Change
  • Collaborative Project
  • Managing Sustainability

Summer – Compulsory Module

  • Dissertation

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