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Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences MA-COOP

Master in Population and development studies

Master in Population and development studies

The 2024-2025 programme is subject to change. It is provided for information purposes only.

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  • Programme title
    Master in Population and development studies
  • Programme mnemonic
    MA-COOP
  • Programme organised by
    • Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences
  • Degree type
    Master 120 credits
  • Tier
    2nd cycle
  • Field and branch of study
    Human and social sciences/Political and social sciences
  • Schedule type
    Daytime
  • Languages of instruction
    english / french
  • Theoretical programme duration
    2 years
  • Campus
    Solbosch
  • Category / Topic
    Human and social sciences - Political and social sciences
  • Jury President
    Laurence ROUDART
  • Jury Secretary
    Jacinto Cuvi

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General information

Degree type

Master 120 credits

Theoretical programme duration

2 years

Learning language(s)

english / french

Schedule type

Daytime

Campus

Solbosch

Category(ies) - Topic(s)

Human and social sciences - Political and social sciences

Organising faculty(s) and university(ies)
Infor-études

Contacts

+32 2 650 39 09

hdivince@ulb.be

http://philoscsoc.ulb.be/scsoc/fr/programmes/masters/ma-en-sciences-de-la-population-et-du-d

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Presentation

The programme's goal is to teach students to independently and critically analyse development aid policies and international cooperation practices.

   

This Master is interdisciplinary in nature, reflecting the wish to integrate teaching, research, practical work, field knowledge, and service provision. In addition to the required courses on cooperation and development, the programme offers a wide range of elective courses that enable students to either deepen their basic knowledge of disciplines taught at the Bachelor level, or explore new areas of study.

Students can spend a term or a whole year abroad. The Faculty has exchange agreements with more than a hundred partner universities in Europe and throughout the world.

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Programme

This Master programme trains students in development cooperation work. Graduates are high-level professionals who master international development issues and challenges, and understand the problems faced by developing countries as well as the efforts made to resolve them.

What's next ?

Prospects

Three main areas offer employment opportunities to graduates of this programme:

  • National and international institutions that fund development aid (European Commission, World Bank, bilateral Belgian cooperation programmes, etc.);

  • Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) acting independently, though mostly funded by the above-mentioned institutions. Jobs can be either at the NGO's headquarters or in ‘target‘ countries;

  • Private sector companies working as subcontractors for national and international institutions; consulting firms that identify, design, implement, and evaluate projects and programmes on behalf of these institutions, providing them with experts and technical assistance.

The programme prepares students for work in the field of development aid: project managers working for international development aid organisations, coordinators of international development aid projects, consultants, development programme analysts, etc.