MSc in Development and International Business

In recent years interest in the relationship between international business and (especially international) development has increased. This new degree offers a framework for exploring the changing relationship between states and markets, politics of development, foreign direct investment, international institutions of global political-economic governance, global working lives, economic restructuring, migrant labor, multinational companies, work, geo-politics, industrialization, and development. 

This program:

• will help you to develop advanced and critical understandings of the development of the international business from various intellectual perspectives. From neo-liberal and mainstream business studies approaches, through to more critical approaches which engage with questions of power and resistance
• will give you an advanced theoretical grounding in the core aspects, and history and politics of, business and its growing internationalization
• will equip you with the skills to conduct rigorous empirical analysis and inquiry
• offers distinctive opportunities to conduct independent field-based research in diverse locations
• will prepare you for a broad range of careers but will specifically deliver the research skills and substantive knowledge required by NGOs, development organizations and national government departments.

Become part of QMUL Geography

• Professional and friendly environment: We are recognised as an international center for excellence in teaching and research. Our work is at the forefront of geography, shaping debates and providing significant new insight and understanding. We are also known for our friendly and welcoming ethos and are home to many of contemporary human geography's best-known scholars. Joining the School of Geography places you alongside academics that are actively developing and challenging contemporary thinking in their field. 
• Research excellence: Almost 80 percent of the School’s research outputs (books and articles) are rated as world-leading (4*) or internationally excellent (3*) placing it 5th in the UK for this measure. Our scores increased across all areas in the latest Research Excellence Framework (REF 2014) and we were ranked joint 11th for geography in the UK overall. We are also proud to feature in the top 100 geography departments in the world (QS World University Rankings by Subject 2018).
• Employability: Students completing this program will be well-placed to enter governmental, non-governmental organizations, civil society, and academic research roles.
• Twilight teaching: Some optional modules will include evening classes (5-7 pm) and intensive teaching periods will condense required attendance. Small group teaching will provide students the unique opportunity to work closely with leading academics in this field of study.
• Capital location: We're a School that cares about the world beyond the university, working with a range of community groups, artists, cultural and heritage institutions and policymakers, particularly here in east London. Our passion is to demonstrate through research and teaching the intellectual and political significance of geographical research and understanding. We encourage our students to become part of this vibrant intellectual culture.