Course summary
Explore key issues and challenges in finance for economic development in developing countries with our MSc Development Finance master’s degree. You will examine the key issues in development finance, and conduct analysis of financial markets in emerging economies, financial sector reform, and policies and institutions, to promote financial inclusion. For more information, please visit the programme page: https://www.reading.ac.uk/ready-to-study/study/subject-area/international-development-and-applied-economics-pg/msc-development-finance
Modules
Sample modules: *Development Finance
- Microfinance
- Theories and Practices of Development
- Consumers, Producers, Markets and Trade
- Appraisal of Agricultural and Rural Development Projects
- Poverty, Inequalities and Gender in Development.
Entry requirements
IELTS: 6.5 overall with no element less than 5.5 (or equivalent). Entry requirements: Applicants are normally required to have a good undergraduate honours degree, ideally 2:1 or above (or equivalent from an internationally recognised university outside the UK). Applicants who have relevant career experience are also welcome to apply. Students may join immediately after their undergraduate degree, or after some years of employment to enhance career prospects by acquiring further skills. Your undergraduate degree should include a significant element of economics/accounting or finance. Please note: If you have little or no training in economics, you may be admitted if you attend our pre-sessional economics course.
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
No fee information has been provided for this course
Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .
Additional fee information
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Provider information
University of Reading
Whiteknights House
PO Box 217
Reading
RG6 6AH