发展经济学硕士课程提供有关将经济原理应用于国际发展问题的培训。该计划在深入了解当代发展中经济体所面临的问题的同时，还讨论了旨在克服经济不发达状况的各种政策。该计划结合了经典的方法来理解发展过程和现代的解释，这些解释涉及对社会组织和心理学的研究。它通过社会规范和互动的角度来审查发展，在传统社会中，社会规范和互动与市场力量本身一样强大。该计划培训高素质的专业人员在促进经济发展的国家和国际组织中从事职业。它充分利用了学院在该领域数十年来独特的研究专业知识。
Master economic theory and use data analysis to address key problems faced by contemporary developing economies. Use your inquisition to explore global poverty, inequality, malnutrition, civil strife and institution failure. Build skills in quantitative research methods and critically analyse the policies aimed to overcome economic underdevelopment.<br>Pursue careers in national and international organisations, business and the financial sector, and overseas governments by capitalizing on the School's unique decades-long research expertise in this area.<br>Build on your existing knowledge, abilities and skills by developing a deeper understanding of development economics, sustainable economic growth and environmental valuation, whilst choosing modules and areas of interest to specialise in. You'll develop the skills necessary for independent research and application in the area of development economics.<br>Placement opportunity<br>Students on this course have the opportunity to undertake a research placement at Brac University (BracU), Dhaka, Bangladesh or North South University, Bangladesh, as part of their degree. The placement takes place in the Summer term. It includes co-supervision of the MSc dissertation by academics from Kent and BracU or North South University and gives students exceptional access to primary data and academic experts in the field of development economics in Bangladesh.