MSc Global Development

Fees for entry in 2027 have not yet been set. For reference, the fees for the academic year beginning September 2026 were as follows:

• MSc (full-time)
  UK students (per annum): £14,700
  International, including EU, students (per annum): £30,500
• MSc (part-time)
  UK students (per annum): £7,350
  International, including EU, students (per annum): £15,200

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 aims to give fieldwork experience of social and economic development in action. It offers students an opportunity to observe development interventions in situ and to reflect on how theoretical explorations of development covered in some of the core course units are operationalised in the real world. 

• Knowledge of the landscape for development interventions in the Global South
• Critical understanding of the relationship between theory and practice in development interventions 
• Knowledge and understanding of the challenges of doing development in the Global South

• Ability to identify and analyse development concepts and practices 
• Ability to deploy approaches, concepts, methods and theories of development to help explain ‘real-world’ scenarios 
• Ability to explain the distinctive development experience of a country in the Global South and the lessons we can draw from it 

• Ability to interact and effectively communicate with various actors in development (e.g. donor agencies, policy makers, fellow professionals and lay communities) at various levels (local, district, national, international) in the Global South. 
• Team working skills: leadership skills; ability to organise self and others to accomplish tasks; sharing knowledge and managing differences, 

• Essay (30%)
• Written assignment (70%)

Feedback for written assignments will be delivered via VLE. 

Much of the learning and interactivity of the course takes place during the fieldtrip. 

The unit’s reading list can be found here:

https://www.readinglists.manchester.ac.uk/leganto/public/44MAN_INST/lists/333427687830001631?auth=CAS

GDI programmes on which course unit is offered: MSc Global Development (core for all pathways with fieldwork: DM, ECCD, GTI, MMD, PGDP, PID) & as a fieldwork option for the MSc GUDP and MSc ID.

Important notice

The School of Environment, Education and Development (SEED) aim to run advertised fieldwork in the 25/26 academic year and we very much hope that students will be able to enjoy the fieldwork experience in the usual way. The ability of fieldwork to proceed, and whether any changes to proposed fieldwork might be necessary, will remain subject to the current global situation and factors such as the:

• rules and guidance on travel and activities implemented and published by the UK and overseas governments;
• outcome of any risk assessments conducted by the University;
• educational value and student experience of the fieldwork, if significant changes to the proposed fieldwork would be necessary;
• availability of appropriate insurance cover;
• availability of appropriate travel and accommodation and any significant changes to their financial costs.

We will therefore assess on a regular basis the viability of any travel and fieldwork and communicate any decisions to our students at the earliest possible opportunity.

Any fieldwork that does go ahead will be subject to a rigorous risk assessment process and the implementation of any protective measures identified by the risk assessment to ensure the health and safety of all our students and staff.

If the fieldwork does not go ahead as planned, then the School's focus will be on seeking to offer a suitable alternative and ensure that the Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs) of the programme are met.