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PostgraduateCourse summary
Further your understanding of the political, economic and social forces that promote or prevent social and environmental justice around the world. During this specialist master’s, you’ll enhance your knowledge and understanding of international development, social justice, wellbeing, and environmental sustainability. You’ll critically examine the many political, economic and social factors that lead to inequality across the planet. These include people’s struggles for wellbeing and sustainability, and the visions that inspire them; and the roles of state, society and market factors. Throughout the course, you will look beyond the geographical binaries of ‘Global North and South’. This will allow you to examine similarities and differences across regions, and compare the factors that influence their development. Whether you are a graduate aiming to make a difference in the world, or a professional wishing to deepen your knowledge and critical thinking, this course is for you. Different course pathways to specialise your skills You have the choice of taking this specialist MSc in International Development, Social Justice and Sustainability course pathway or one of five other course pathways:
- MSc International Development
- MSc International Development Management
- MSc International Development with Conflict and Humanitarian Action
- MSc International Development with Economics
- MSc International Development with Education
- an in-depth and interdisciplinary understanding of the theories and concepts that underpin contemporary humanitarian action and conflict response
- a critical understanding of humanitarian, peacebuilding and development policy and practice
- practical skills in research, analysis and communication and an understanding of how these can be applied to the fields of humanitarianism, conflict and development
- a rich experience of working with people from a wide range of disciplinary, professional and national backgrounds
- Senior Program Officer, Hashoo Foundation
- Relief Support Worker, United Response
- Analyst, Start Fund Bangladesh
- Programme Assistant, The Advocacy Team
- Fundraising Assistant, Refugee Cafe
- Director of Programmes for North West Syria, Mercy Corps
- Programme Specialist, African World Heritage Fund
- Operations and Finance Officer, The Washing Machine Project
- Local Ambassador to the World Trade Organisation
Assessment method
- Coursework
- Dissertation
- Essay
- Oral presentation
- Report
Entry requirements
You should have a bachelor’s honours degree or international equivalent, typically a 2:1 or above. To apply for this course you should have an undergraduate degree in an appropriate subject such as politics, economics, anthropology, international relations, African, Latin American or South East Asian Studies or environmental studies. We will also consider graduates with an undergraduate degree in other subjects where you have relevant professional experience in international development. We may make an offer based on a lower grade if you can provide evidence of your suitability for the degree. If your first language is not English but within the last 2 years you completed your degree in the UK you may be exempt from our English Language requirements.
English language requirements
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
No fee information has been provided for this course
Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .
Additional fee information
Once you have started your studies, you should budget for an increase each year for every further year of study. Those who started from 2025/26 onwards should budget for up to 8% fee increase each year. Those that started before 2025/26 should budget for up to 5% increase each year. The amount will be set out on our fee pages by June for the following academic year.
If you defer your entry, you will pay the fees for the year that you start your course and these may be higher than the annual increase for your original academic year.
For information on tuition fees visit our web pages: https://www.bath.ac.uk/topics/tuition-fees/
Provider information
University of Bath
Claverton Down
Bath
BA2 7AY