Africa and International Development (MSc)

at University of Edinburgh

The programme is available on a full-time basis over one year or on a part-time basis over two years. It is incredibly flexible to allow you to pursue the knowledge and skills most relevant to you.

Core courses Our three carefully designed core courses ensure that you acquire the knowledge foundations and professional skills required to work professionally in the field of international development:

• Politics and Theories of International Development
• Research Design and Practice
• Governance, Poverty and Development in Africa

Option courses To that we add a variety of designated course options to allow students to develop specialised profiles as development professionals; for example:

• Key Skills in Development Practice
• Energy in the Global South
• Displacement and Development
• Infrastructure and Development

These entry requirements are for the 2022/23 academic year and requirements for future academic years may differ. Entry requirements for the 2023/24 academic year will be published on 3 October 2022.

A UK 2:1 honours degree or its international equivalent.

English language tests
We accept the following English language qualifications at the grades specified*:

• IELTS Academic: total 7.0 with at least 6.0 in each component.
• TOEFL-iBT (including Home Edition): total 100 with at least 20 in each component. We do not accept TOEFL MyBest Score to meet our English language requirements.
• C1 Advanced (CAE) / C2 Proficiency (CPE): total 185 with at least 169 in each component.
• Trinity ISE: ISE III with passes in all four components.
• PTE Academic: total 70 with at least 59 in each component.

With a multidisciplinary grasp of issues in regional and international development, many of our graduates have in the past secured work as professionals in:

• international organisations
• development agencies
• international consultancy firms
• governmental departments
• non-governmental organisations
• public sector
• academia