Overview

Applicants to this Master in Globalisation and Development at University of Antwerp must show a keen interest in challenges for poverty reduction and sustainability related to economic and financial globalization, mobility and migration, value chains and/or climate change and environmental crises.

Your future

Some of the most recurrent employers among IOB graduates are within the government sector, parliaments, inter/supranational organisations , national and international NGOs, higher education/research, and bi- or multilateral donor agencies. IOB also offers a multi-disciplinary Doctoral Programme, leading to a PhD in Development Studies.

Programme content

The objective of the Master programme is to provide students with a solid understanding of the globalisation phenomenon in all of its dimensions (worldwide markets for goods and services, capital and labour/migration, the planetary challenge of the environment and sustainable development). It also offers insights and tools with which to analyse and affect the impact of globalisation on local development and poverty alleviation in low- and middle-income countries. As such due consideration is given to the complexity of local-global interactions in the multifaceted arenas of globalisation.

This Master offers only one track: Global opportunities for local development. This track focuses on the analysis of the interaction between external and local actors at the interface of global and local development processes.

Programme Structure

Courses Included:

Theories of development

Research Methods

Globalisation and Development

Local institutions and poverty reduction

Dissertation

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-23 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-06-01 00:00:00 , EEA/EU
- Apply before 2026-03-01 00:00:00 , International

Language

English

IELTS

6.5

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TOEFL^® IBT

79

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Credits

60 ECTS

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Antwerpen, Belgium

Disciplines

International Development View 9 other Masters in International Development in Belgium

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

IELTS

6.5

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Other requirements

General requirements

Applicants must hold a Master degree in development studies or a related discipline with good study results (Economics, Economic Planning, Political Sciences, Administrative Sciences, International Relations, Public Administration, Sociology, Business Economics, Geography, Anthropology and Demography).

Applicants with a Bachelor degree of four years of study are not automatically excluded but need to demonstrate equivalence to a Master degree on the basis of the Bachelor's curriculum that includes several research-oriented courses, successful attendance of relevant additional academic courses/trainings and/or highly relevant professional experience.

Applicants with only a Bachelor’s degree of three years of study will not be admitted to the Advanced Master programmes.

Applicants who obtained their University degree under the European Bologna system (see http://www.ehea.info/members.aspx), must hold a Master degree.

Student insurance

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Liability
Home contents and baggage
Accidents
Legal aid

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Tuition Fee

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International

2849 EUR/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 2849 EUR per year during 12 months.
EU/EEA

2849 EUR/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 2849 EUR per year during 12 months.

Living costs for Antwerpen

787 - 1230 EUR /month

Living costs

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

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