IDPM Postgraduate Taught
With over 470 postgraduate masters students enrolling every year, IDPM is the UK's largest university-based postgraduate training centre specialising in international development.
We offer a wide range of Masters degree courses tailored to the academic background and needs of our students. These courses are usually structured around the following elements:
- a number of core and optional modules, designed to enable participants to pursue specialist studies on topics of direct professional concern to themselves
- skill-based workshops to strengthen study fellows' professional competencies
- a field visit in the UK or overseas as part of most of our programmes.
Masters courses usually run for 12 months full-time or, in most cases, 24 months part-time commencing every September.
Follow this link for a complete list of IDPM's Masters and Postgraduate Diploma courses.
Teaching Quality
IDPM student opinions (video)
Following a four-day subject review of postgraduate taught teaching during November 2000 by an independent panel from the Government's Quality Assurance Agency , IDPM was awarded the maximum score of 24 - achieving excellence in all six aspects of teaching investigated in the review process.
The six areas in each of which the maximum possible score (four) was achieved were:
- Curriculum Design, Content and Organisation
- Teaching, Learning and Assessment
- Student Progression and Achievement
- Student Support and Guidance
- Learning Resources
- Quality Management and Enhancement
This acts as confirmation of IDPM's strong committment to high quality education and training.