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About Development Studies MA in University of Sussex

Develop the analytical and practical skills required to address some of today’s most pressing global challenges including inequality, sustainability and security.

Based at the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), you’ll learn how to approach development problems with creativity, confidence and the ability to work collaboratively.

You’ll develop an understanding of the main debates in development, and engage in informed and critical ways with professionals from diverse backgrounds.

Careers

Institute of Development Studies (IDS) postgraduates have gone on to work as ministers in national governments, high-level officials in development organisations, civil servants, leaders of civil society organisations and high profile academics at universities across the world. They are all working to define and solve some of the most pressing global challenges. 

They also apply their expertise to academic research in universities and institutes such as:

• the Women’s Research Institute
• Educational Trust Malawi
• the British Institute of Human Rights.

Academic qualification equivalents

• Bachelors degree with an overall mark of at least 54-69% depending on your university.

English language requirements (one of the below):

• IELTS          :          6.5 overall, including at least 6.0 in each component
• TOEFL        :          88 overall, including at least 20 in Listening, 19 in Reading, 21 in Speaking, 23 in Writing.
• PTE             :           62 overall, including at least 56 in all four skills.

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