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Emerging Economies and International Development MSc
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This Emerging Economies and International Development MSc is an interdisciplinary social science degree in international development with a unique focus on middle-income countries. It explores what we can learn from the experiences and development models of these emerging powers.
Key benefits
- Enjoy a distinctive approach to development that focuses on middle-income countries.
- Focus your studies on development theory and practice.
- Learn from a multidisciplinary course taught by experts in international development, economics, politics, anthropology, sociology and history.
- Choose from an extensive selection of optional modules, spanning research methods, development practice, gender, social policy, poverty and inequality, and region-specific teaching.
- Taught by a truly international department of academics with research, field work, and policy experience from around the world.
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Employability
As an Emerging Economies and International Development MSc graduate, you will be equipped with a combination of research training, development practice skills and subject knowledge that can be applied in a number of international development roles as well as in national policy.
The expertise and skills you learn in this programme are very attractive to the labour market and will enhance your employability in the development sector, both within the UK and other OECD countries, as well as within emerging economies.
But you’ll also be able to use your transferable skills in a number of alternative careers, such as in consultancy organisations, in private sector companies with global operations, or in policymaking.
Graduates of the Emerging Economies and International Development MSc have gone on to work in:
- Development Think Tanks
- International Non-Governmental Organisations
- Government and policy
- Consultancy and advisory bodies
- Labour rights consultancy
- Women’s rights consultancy
- United Nations
- Social enterprises
Curious to find out more? Access on-demand content including taster lectures and talks, and meet our current staff and students on our subject hub page.
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Employability
As an Emerging Economies and International Development MSc graduate, you will be equipped with a combination of research training, development practice skills and subject knowledge that can be applied in a number of international development roles as well as in national policy.
The expertise and skills you learn in this programme are very attractive to the labour market and will enhance your employability in the development sector, both within the UK and other OECD countries, as well as within emerging economies.
But you’ll also be able to use your transferable skills in a number of alternative careers, such as in consultancy organisations, in private sector companies with global operations, or in policymaking.
Graduates of the Emerging Economies and International Development MSc have gone on to work in:
- Development Think Tanks
- International Non-Governmental Organisations
- Government and policy
- Consultancy and advisory bodies
- Labour rights consultancy
- Women’s rights consultancy
- United Nations
- Social enterprises
Curious to find out more? Access on-demand content including taster lectures and talks, and meet our current staff and students on our subject hub page.
Application closing date guidance
We encourage you to apply as early as possible so that there is sufficient time for your application to be assessed. We may need to request further information from you during the application process.
King's College London is committed to the recruitment of students with the greatest academic ability and to maintain a diverse student population. In order to ensure a balanced international student population for our most competitive programmes, we have implemented the following deadlines:
The final application deadline for any applicants who are currently residing in mainland China is 10 January 2024 (23:59 UK time).
- If you reside in mainland China and apply for this programme after the above final deadline, your application may be automatically withdrawn and you will not be eligible for an application fee refund.
Our first application deadline for all other applicants is on 10 March 2024 (23:59 UK time). The final application deadlines for this programme are:
- Overseas (international) fee status: 26 July 2024 (23:59 UK time)
- Home fee status: 26 August 2024 (23:59 UK time)
After the first application deadline, if the programme becomes full before the final deadlines stated above, we will close the programme to further applications.
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