Do you have an interest in designing and implementing development projects and programmes? How about researching development effectiveness? Or would you like to develop and enhance your skills for undertaking high quality rigorous impact evaluations?

Impact evaluation has become an important tool in development policy making. Multilateral and bilateral donor agencies and developing country governments are now committed to funding and utilising high quality impact evaluation, and taking this Master’s will support your career path. You’ll get to grips with the basics of modern evidence-based policy-making and impact evaluation, including the contexts and practices of evaluation, research design and more advanced methods of quantitative and qualitative analysis.

You can choose an internship or work placement at various organisations.

We have an agreement with CARE, Oxfam GB and Tearfund to explore internship opportunities for students on this course. This would give you the opportunity to work with an NGO alongside evaluation professionals for a period of around four months. You can apply for this once you’ve enrolled on the course.

The relationship between you and the NGO would start during the autumn semester, with terms of reference to be agreed by the Christmas break. You would then undertake the internship upon completion of the taught part of the course.

Upon completing your MSc, you’ll be equipped with a range of transferable skills, which means you can pursue a variety of exciting careers both in and beyond international development.

You’ll also be well qualified to enter a PhD programme with a view to continuing to an academic career both in the UK and overseas.

CAREER DESTINATIONS

A career in international development can take you in all kinds of directions such as a policy maker, non-governmental official, consultant or research institute staff – all of which can be involved in impact evaluations.

Previous graduates have gone on to work for the British High Commission in Ghana, UNITAR in Japan, the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, and PhD studies in related fields.