Overview

You’ll gain the understanding and skills you need to pursue or develop a career in what is now a major area for international, national and local policy and practitioner communities. You’ll be equipped to work across many sectors including:

international development

conflict prevention and peace building

post-conflict recovery

humanitarian aid

natural resource management

You’ll have the opportunity to take specialist pathways, including specialising in selected regions (Europe, Africa, MENA, Asia, or Latin America and the Caribbean), with opportunities for selected study visits. The Peace, Conflict and Development programme at University of Bradford will provide enhanced training and engagement with widely used policy and practitioner analytical tools and models, enabling you to develop your skills and employability.

Career prospects

Students will benefit from practical skills-based training as well as academic education, in relation to engagement with key contemporary policy and programme debates of the key international and national organisations involved in peace, conflict and development. They will benefit from the strong international engagement of the relevant teaching staff in these debates, and the networks that these bring.

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Programme Structure

Courses include:

Applied Conflict Research

Security and Development in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Areas

Natural Resource Governance

African Politics and Security Dynamics

Issues in Development Theory

Policy Analysis for Governance and Development

Studying Peace in a Changing World

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Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-15 00:00:00

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Starting 2027-01-19 00:00:00

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Language

English

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Credits

180 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Bradford, United Kingdom

Disciplines

International Relations Sociology Political Science View 325 other Masters in Political Science in United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

GPA

Lower Second Class

English requirements

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General requirements

The University welcomes applications for this course from students with a second class UK bachelors degree with honours (or overseas equivalent from a recognised higher education institution).

English GCSE Grade C or 4 or above (or equivalent).

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Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

15700 GBP / year

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8340 GBP / year

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Living costs

Bradford

United Kingdom

713 - 1353 GBP / month

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Funding

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