Study location	Netherlands, Nijmegen
Type	Master courses, full-time
Nominal duration	1 year (60 ECTS)
Study language	English
Awards	MSc

Tuition fee	€16,000 per year
Application fee	€75 one-time The handling fee is NOT applicable to: - Students with a nationality from the EEA countries or from countries that are candidates for EEA membership* - Students who receive a full scholarship (proven by uploading a grant statement) This fee will be refunded to you once you are fully enrolled as a student at Radboud University. The fee is NOT refundable when you are not admitted.

Entry qualification

Undergraduate diploma (or higher) Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent, from a research university) from a geography-related discipline, such as Spatial Planning, Geography, Environment Studies. For students with a completed Bachelor’s degree in a related area such as International Relations, Social Sciences, Anthropology, Psychology, History, Philosophy, Religion Studies, European Studies, Political Science, Public Administration, Economics, Development Studies, Language Studies, Architecture, (Urban) Design Studies, Leisure and Tourism, Conflict Studies and Management Sciences your prior education might first need to be approved by the Examination Board, by a matter of an intake interview. Please provide a list of all courses you have taken, are taking and are planning to take including course content, the number of hours and literature used. See an example here. You may compile this list yourself or upload a course syllabus. The entry qualification documents are accepted in the following languages: English / German / Dutch. Often you can get a suitable transcript from your school. If this is not the case, you will need official translations along with verified copies of the original. It is required that you send verified copies of the entry qualification documents directly to the university by postal mail. Important! Never send original documents by post! Radboud University Central Student Administration P.O. Box 9102 6500 HC Nijmegen

Language requirements	English - IELTS Academic: ≥ 6.5 overall, subscores ≥ 6.0, writing subscore ≥ 6.5 - TOEFL iBT: ≥ 90, subscores ≥ 22 - Cambridge C1 Advanced or C2 proficiency: C or higher All certificates may not be older than two years.

Other requirements

A motivation letter must be added to your application. Please explain why you have chosen this specific Master’s programme and how it fits your previous education. Resume Please upload an overview of education/experience that contains, in chronological order, information about your education and knowledge/experience acquired during an internship, training, or work. Background in research methodology Because of the academic nature of this programme, you are required to have basic training in research processes, e.g. research design and data analysis.

More information	Expenses, accommodation, working etc. ru.nl/..lisation-migration-and-development

Overview

This Master’s specialisation offers you the opportunity to investigate the effects of globalisation and migration processes on economies, societies, and resources in different parts of the world.

Master’s specialisation Globalisation, Migration, and Development: something for you?

- The approach is highly multidisciplinary and relates to fields such as sociology, development studies, and political science.
- The main focus lies on the Global South and its interaction with the Global North.
- The relationship with urban contexts of globalisation is particularly emphasised, but also focuses on linkages to rural developments.

Programme structure

The Master’s specialisation in Globalisation, Migration and Development is taught at the Nijmegen School of Management. It has a course load of 60 EC* (one-year) and offers space for elective courses, with which students can give their programme their own personal finishing touch. The structure of the programme is presented here.

Career opportunities

With expertise gained during this Master’s, a graduate can be employed in a wide range of jobs, both in and outside the Netherlands, for example:

- Policymaker or programme researcher for city municipalities focusing on integration and multicultural issues, especially in the low-income neighbourhoods
- Policy development expert for Provincial Governments
- Policy expert on the reception of asylum seekers/refugees and the related human development challenges
- Policy expert or field officer for ministries or NGOs, to, for example, visit developing countries to establish business contracts with local farmer organisations
- Research or programme officer for a development aid related organisation such as Nuffic, Cordaid, VSO, SNV, Novib/Oxfam, Hivos and COS (Association of Centres for international cooperation at the provincial level), or a migrant (umbrella) organisation
- PhD candidate researching migration and development, health and urbanisation, the rural impact of globalisation, and such
- Academic researcher at a university or research institute involved with migration and globalisation: e.g. MPI, IOM, Refugee Studies Centre in Oxford
- Geography teacher in secondary, tertiary or vocational education