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SOAS University of London MSc Development Economics with Placement Year
SOAS University of London

MSc Development Economics with Placement Year

London, United Kingdom

2 Years

English

Full time

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Sep 2024

GBP 25,320 / per year *

On-Campus

* for overseas student fees +£1,385 placement year fee | home student fees: GBP 12,220 per year +£1,385 placement year fee

Introduction

The MSc Development Economics with Work Placement Year is the flagship Master's programme offered by the SOAS Economics Department.

It combines the two core intellectual traditions nurtured for decades in our unique department: a pluralist approach to economics and a focus on real-world development issues. If you are interested in understanding how the global economy works, what economic challenges and opportunities countries in the Global South face, and what to do about intensifying inequalities and ecological breakdown, this degree is for you.

In macroeconomics, you will engage with different schools of macroeconomic thought on issues like inflation, unemployment, inequality, money creation, climate change and macroeconomic policy. In microeconomics, different theoretical perspectives on issues like market failures, risk, market structures and production are compared and contrasted. In development economics, you are introduced to economic theories and policies for development through a historical, pluralist and decolonial approach.

For your placement year, you will have the opportunity to take part in a full-time, 10– 12-month work placement at an organisation of your choice.

Students in this program can apply for a dissertation co-supervised with key international organisations, such as the International Trade Centre (ITC), the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO), the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the World Bank.

Why study MSc Development Economics with Work Placement Year at SOAS?

  • SOAS is ranked 27th in the UK for economics (QS World University Rankings 2023)
  • We are top 20 in the UK for student satisfaction with teaching (Complete University Guide 2023)
  • We are top 40 in the UK for economics (Complete University Guide 2023)

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