Apply for MSc programme in South Asia and International Development at Edinburgh

From September 2011, the Centre for South Asian Studies at the University of Edinburgh introduced a new MSc programme in South Asia and International Development. It is the only UK postgraduate international development programme with an explicit South Asia focus. This programme is linked to the University of Edinburgh's Global Development Academy, which fosters a dynamic interdisciplinary community of scholars who are working in partnership throughout the world to tackle the most important issues facing international development. Courses provide analytical skills to help students to understand the processes that have shaped poverty and underdevelopment with particular reference to India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka. The programme is interdisciplinary, combining rigorous training in analytical and qualitative methods with an emphasis on policy and practice as they relate to international development. It has two compulsory, core courses. They are ”Politics and Theories of International Development” and ”South Asia: the Roots of Poverty and Development”.
Applications can be submitted now for entry in September 2012. The closing date for applications will be July 15th 2012.
Please note that it is in your interest to apply well before the closing date: Scholarship and funding schemes have different closing dates for application and generally require applicants to have a firm offer of a place at Edinburgh. The paperwork connected with visas and immigration also takes time to process.

For any queries about the MSc programme, please contact the Programme Director, Dr Jeevan Sharma, Lecturer in South Asia and International Development School of Social and Political Science. 

More information on the program web page, http://www.sps.ed.ac.uk/said