Postgraduate Opportunities

There are numerous development-related postgraduate courses in the following institutions, both in Ireland and the UK.

Ireland

• National University of Ireland, Galway
  The Arts Faculty in NUIG offers diploma and postgraduate courses in Community Development, Culture and Colonialism and Gender, Globalisation and Rights. The Faculty of Law and Irish Centre for Human Rights offers courses in International Human Rights, International Criminal Law and International Peace Support Operations.
• University College Dublin – School of Politics and International Relations.
  As well as providing a Higher Diploma and an MSc in Development Studies, this school also runs postgraduate courses on Human Rights, International Relations, Nationalism and Ethno-Communal Conflict.
• Dublin City University – The Faculty of Law and Government
  DCU offers postgraduate courses in Development, International Relations, Globalisation, International Organisations and International Security and Conflict Studies.
• University of Limerick – College of Humanities
  The College of Humanities in UL offers MA degrees in International Studies, and Peace and Development Studies.
• University College Cork
  UCC offers an MA in Sociology of Development and Globalisation, drawing on both sociological and anthropological perspectives. They also offer an MPlan in Planning and Sustainable Development and an MA in Contemporary Migration and Diaspora Studies.
• Trinity College Dublin
  TCD offers an MSc in Global Health within their Health Sciences and Healthcare Faculty. TCD also offers an MPhil in Ethnic and Racial Studies, and International Peace Studies.
• National University of Ireland, Maynooth
  The Anthropology Department in NUIM offers an MA in Anthropology and Development.
• Kimmage Development Studies Centre
  The Kimmage Development Studies Centre offers both a postgraduate Diploma and an MA in Development Studies.

UK

• School of Oriental and African Studies, London
  SOAS offers a wide variety of development related postgraduate courses. Some examples include a general MSc in Development Studies, a Development Studies MSc with reference to Central Asia, or a Development Studies MSc focusing on Violence and Conflict, or State and Society. SOAS also offers an MSc in Economics with special reference to Africa, South Asia, Middle East, and the Asia-Pacific region. Other related courses include MA in African Studies, MA in Law, Development and Globalisation, MA in Human Rights Law, MA in International Studies and Diplomacy.
• Institute of Development Studies, Brighton
  The IDS in Brighton specialises in Development issues, and currently offers MA degrees in Gender and Development, Governance and Development, Participation Power and Social Change, Development Studies, Poverty and Development, Science, Society and Development. IDS also offer an MPhil in Development Studies.
• London School of Economics and Political Science
  LSE offers many development related courses such as an MSc in Anthropology and Development, MSc in Development Studies, MSc in Gender, Development and Globalisation, MSc Human Rights, MSc International Relations, MSc NGOs and Development, MSc Social Policy and Development, MSc Urbanisation and Development.

China

• The School of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China has recently launched a  Masters in International Development (The MID Programme). This programme will be taught in English. Foreign students can benefit from several aspects through joining this programme: 
  
     1. Two years’ experience in China
     2. A Master Degree offered by China’s top university
     3. A number of scholarships are available
     4. Chinese language training
     5. The programme focuses on development in general and China’s recent development in particular
     6. The programme will be taught by some leading intellectuals in contemporary China

         For more information about this programme please contact the MID Programme Office: midtsinghua.edu.cn

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