The Economic and Social Research Foundation (ESRF) and Policy Research for Development (REPOA) in partnership with the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) of Erasmus University Rotterdam in The Hague, The Netherlands, are inviting applications for MA in Development Studies. The course is jointly delivered and managed by the three institutions, where ISS is the Masters Degree awarding institution. The two Majors of the ISS Master’s in Development Studies that are proposed for this arrangement are Social Policy for Development (SPD) and Agrarian and Environmental Studies (AES).
Course Structure: After completing the 10-months Postgraduate Diploma in Poverty Analysis programme, which runs from August-June, successful students will have the opportunity to apply (as a form of lateral-entry student) to the MA Development Studies at ISS, with an exemption to be given for the whole first term at ISS (September-December). Your stay for course work at ISS would be from January-June (6 months), which will also include the preparations for the Research Paper. After students have left ISS, there will be shared supervision (at a distance learning with e-mail and skype communications), which will be jointly done with ISS and ESRF/REPOA supervisors in Tanzania.
Target Group: Graduates of the Postgraduate Diploma in Poverty Analysis.
Requirements: The entrée requirements which the Diploma Course uses are the same as ISS, and will therefore have students with minimally a BA/BSc II2 (for Tanzania no specific English language tests are required) and a Diploma Degree, to apply for this shortened version of the MA in Development Studies.
Fee Structure:
- 6 Months Fee = 5,225 Euro (based on 871 €/month)
- Registration Fee = 115 Euro
- Shared Supervision = 1,750 Euro[1]
- Total Costs (ISS) = 7,090 Euro (of which 250 euro is reserved for supervisors in Tanzania)
- Student Related Costs = 4,500 Euro (living expenses (900 €/month)
- Additional costs (ticket, visa, immigration, short MA study visits) to be carried by student
For more information about the course please go to http://www.esrf.or.tz/ma. Application Forms and Reference Forms can be collected from the ESRF Office (51 Uporoto Street off Ali Hassan Mwinyi Road, Ursino Estate) or REPOA office (157 Mgombani Street, Regent Estate) or can be downloaded from the website mentioned above.
Applications should be sent to: Director of Programmes
Economic and Social Research Foundation
P. O. Box 31226
Dar es Salaam
Email: pgd@esrf.or.tz This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or Fax: +255 22 2760062