MSc Global Development (Migration, Mobility & Displacement) / Overview
Year of entry: 2025
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- Degree awarded
- Master of Science
- Duration
- 1 Year
- Entry requirements
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For full and part-time
We require a UK Honours degree with a First or Upper Second classification or the overseas equivalent, in any discipline.
When assessing your academic record we take into account the grades you have achieved and the standing of the institution where you studied your qualification.
Other international entry requirements
We accept a range of qualifications from across the globe.
To help international students the university provides specific information for many individual countries.
Please see our country-specific information page for guidance on the academic and English language qualifications which may be accepted from your country.
Professional entry qualification
If you do not meet our academic entry qualification criterion, your admission may still be approved if satisfactory evidence of postgraduate study, research or substantial relevant professional experience can be provided.
- How to apply
- Apply online
Course options
| Full-time | Part-time | Full-time distance learning | Part-time distance learning | |
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| MSc | Y | Y | N | N |
Course overview
- Join a university ranked second in the UK and 7th in the world for development studies (QS World University Rankings by Subject 2022).
- Benefit from a wide range of options for advanced training in areas of specialist expertise relevant to international development.
- Gain the skills necessary to analyse different perspectives on international development.
- Develop critical insights into the key strategies, policies and practices to promote international development.
Open days
The University holds regular open days, where you will have the opportunity to tour the campus and find out more about our facilities and courses.
On this day, you will find out more about the School of Environment, Education and Development (SEED), and meet academic and admissions staff who will be able to answer any questions you have.
For more information, see Open days .
Fees
For entry in the academic year beginning September 2025, the tuition fees are as follows:
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MSc (full-time)
UK students (per annum): £14,000
International, including EU, students (per annum): £29,000 -
MSc (part-time)
UK students (per annum): £7,000
International, including EU, students (per annum): £14,500
Further information for EU students can be found on our dedicated EU page.
Policy on additional costs
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).
Scholarships/sponsorships
We offer several postgraduate taught scholarships and merit awards to outstanding applicants and international students.
For more information on scholarships and bursaries, see our Fees and funding webpages and make sure to check our Manchester Alumni Loyalty Discount , the widening participation access Manchester Master's Bursaries as well as Humanities Postgraduate Scholarships
We also regularly welcome students on the University's Equity and Merit scholarship scheme.
Many of our students have gained British Chevening, British Council or Commonwealth scholarships, as well as country-specific awards.
Contact details
- School/Faculty
- School of Environment, Education and Development
- Contact name
- School of Environment, Education and Development +44 (0) 161 543 4028
- Telephone
- +44 (0) 161 543 4028
- GDI.admissions@manchester.ac.uk
- Website
- http://www.seed.manchester.ac.uk/
- School/Faculty
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