MSc Global Development (Globalisation, Trade & Industry)

For entry in the academic year beginning September 2027, the tuition fees are as follows:

• MSc (full-time)
  UK students (per annum): £15,400
  International, including EU, students (per annum): £30,500

The fees quoted above are fully inclusive of tuition, administration and computational costs.

Fees for entry are subject to yearly review. The University reserves the right to increase your tuition fee by up to 7% each year for courses lasting more than one year, including to reflect rising costs associated with delivering our educational and wider student experience. Postgraduate fees information .

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International student CAS deposit

Self-funded international applicants are required to pay a deposit of £2500 towards their tuition fees before a confirmation of acceptance for studies (CAS) is issued. Some applicants will be required to pay a higher deposit. More information on tuition fee deposits .

All students should normally be able to complete their programme of study without incurring additional study costs over and above the tuition fee for that programme. Any unavoidable additional compulsory costs totalling more than 1% of the annual home undergraduate fee per annum, regardless of whether the programme in question is undergraduate or postgraduate taught, will be made clear to you at the point of application. Further information can be found in the University's Policy on additional costs incurred by students on undergraduate and postgraduate taught programmes (PDF document, 91KB).

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This course provides an advanced treatment of recent controversies and progress on the role of governance and institutions in raising standards of living in the world.  The analysis draws on cutting-edge economic theory and empirical evidence, emphasising the importance of political economy factors to understand the functioning of states and markets and their systemic effects on the process of economic development.  Emphasis is also placed on the importance of carefully using empirical evidence to inform policy discussions.

This course seeks to provide an advanced treatment of recent theories, policy issues, controversies and progress on the role of governance and institutions in raising standards of living in the developing world. The analysis draws on cutting-edge economic theory, without neglecting history, and emphasises the importance of political economy factors to understand the functioning of states and markets in developing countries and their systemic effects on the process of economic development. Emphasis is also placed on the importance of carefully using empirical evidence to inform policy discussions.

Lectures and tutorials.

• Understanding cutting-edge economic theory and empirical evidence, and apply it to policy issues concerning economic development. 

• Present and defend an advanced economic argument in a clear and succinct manner.
• Achieve or maintain high standards of grammar and logical thinking.

• Be able to critically interpret and debate current issues.
• Develop a professional economist’s understanding of key controversies

• Demonstrate knowledge of a wide variety of statistical sources and policy issues concerning the process of economic development.

Feedback will be provided in written form via VLE and through class interactions.

Readings include mainly journal articles. The following references provide an introduction to this area:

• Baland J.-M., Moene K.-O. and Robinson J.A. (2009) “Governance and Development”, in Rodrik D. and Rosenzweig M. (eds.) Handbook of Development Economics, Amsterdam: North Holland.