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Leadership and Development MSc

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Our Leadership and Development MSc focuses on the issues that highlight the significance of leadership processes and outcomes in the dynamics of development. Through this programme, you will gain an understanding of the increasingly key role leadership plays in development and transformation, with a focus on global south contexts. Next-generation leaders must be able to thrive across different socio-cultural contexts while achieving success in organisations. In a dynamic global context with a wide array of diverse actors and stakeholders, leaders need a unique set of skills and must be uniquely prepared. The Leadership and Development programme seeks: (i) To deepen students' understanding of the different patterns of leadership that have underlined social, political and economic processes and outcomes in societies across the world; (ii) To advance critical knowledge on development in relation to leadership and problem-solving; (iii) To develop in students deep analytical skills on responses to global challenges in the 21st century. Students learn to understand the complexity of leadership operating across different levels and the interconnections among all of this.

Key benefits

  • Innovative approach to the interdisciplinary study of leadership as it relates to development and transformation: the only MSc programme in the UK where Leadership is studied in relation to development and societal transformation.
  • Taught by key intellectuals and experts on leadership, peace and security from both the global north and south.
  • Interrogate key leadership concepts and challenge mainstream assumptions, to understand how leadership has unique, intense and far-reaching complexities that defy standard narratives around: what leadership is; how assertions of influence occur and why certain (effective and ineffective) leaders emerge; and the relationship between institutions and leadership.
  • Students can transform their perspectives on leadership and undergo personal development to translate their ideas into change-making opportunities within their own contexts.
  • Opportunity to network with the ALC’s global network of renowned academics, practitioners, activists and institutional partners that include universities, international organisations, and research and policy institutions from across the world, with teaching by key intellectuals and experts on global leadership and peacebuilding from both the global north and south.
  • Access to a broad selection of optional modules across King’s, with emphasis on the Faculty of Social Sciences & Public Policy.
Yuqing

My tutors always try their best to support us and often invite high profile guests in the field of politics and economics to interact with us in the workshop, which is really helpful in deepening our understanding of leadership

Yuqing, Leadership & Development

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Employability

Graduates of our MSc programme use the skills and knowledge that they develop to build careers in further academic research, teaching, public and private sectors, transnational corporations, international organisations (UN, EU, AU, ASEAN and worldwide regional organisations) and non-governmental organisations.

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Employability

Graduates of our MSc programme use the skills and knowledge that they develop to build careers in further academic research, teaching, public and private sectors, transnational corporations, international organisations (UN, EU, AU, ASEAN and worldwide regional organisations) and non-governmental organisations.

Application closing date guidance

We recommend that you submit your application as soon as possible as we may need to request further information from you to assess your application. This is particularly important if your application is successful, and you are required to meet any conditions and/or you need a Student Visa to study at King’s.

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 students who are currently residing in mainland China is 7 January 2023 (23:59 UK time). 

Please note: if you reside in mainland China and apply for this programme after the above deadline, your application may be automatically withdrawn and you will not be eligible for an application fee refund. 

  • Our first application deadline for any other applicants is on 6 March 2023 (23:59 UK time). The programme will remain open until the final application deadlines below if there are places still available:
  • Overseas (international) fee status: 24 July 2023 (23:59 UK time)
  • Home fee status: 24 August 2023 (23:59 UK time)

After the first application deadline, the programme will close at any point once it is full. Please note, you will not be eligible for an application fee refund if you apply after the first application deadline, and we are unable to process further offers because places are filled and we close the course before the final application deadline.

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