Education, Gender and International Development MA

About this degree

This programme provides you with the opportunity to follow a course of study unique in the UK. You will explore a range of current issues and debates, including:

• discussions about gender inequalities in access to schooling, and in experiences and achievements within and through school and other forms and sites of education
• femininities, masculinities and gender relations within education
• links between gender, education and work
• ways in which the state and society (historical and contemporary) shape the politics of gender, education and development
• approaches to social justice, gender and education

This programme can be taken on campus, online (distance), or a combination of both (mixed mode). Please select the relevant mode of study at point of application. Note that distance and mixed mode options are not available to students applying for a student visa.

The MA Education, Gender and International Development will develop your understanding of the gender dimensions of research, analysis, policy and practice in relation to education in low- and middle-income countries. It will encourage you to consider the relationships and power dynamics between poorer and wealthier regions of the world.

The minimum requirement for entry to this programme is a second class Bachelor’s degree from a UK university or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard. As the academic content on this MA programme is demanding, we are particularly looking for applicants who can demonstrate commitment to, knowledge of and genuine interest in issues relating to gender, education and international development. Applicants will normally have a minimum of six months’ relevant work experience in a low- or middle-income country. Applicants who do not meet these criteria will occasionally be considered on the basis of an excellent personal statement that clearly demonstrates how other experience relating to gender, education and/or international development supports their application.

The English language level for this programme is: Level 2

UCL Pre-Master's and Pre-sessional English courses are for international students who are aiming to study for a postgraduate degree at UCL. The courses will develop your academic English and academic skills required to succeed at postgraduate level.

Further information can be found on our English language requirements page.

Recent graduates from this programme have taken up posts including in United Nations agencies, the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), International NGOs such as Oxfam, local civil society organisations, schools and universities. Other graduates have gone on to pursue further study.