Master in Education Policies for Global Development

Application requirements

Academic background

• A Bachelor’s degree title on Educational Sciences or in any other relevant field (preferably in Sociology, Social/Cultural Anthropology, Political Sciences, Human Geography and International Relations).
• The degree programme should last a minimum of three years and correspond to 180 ECTS.

Academic qualifications

• A minimum grade average of 7/10 (or equivalent of C), or GPA of 2.75/4.

English proficiency

• High English language proficiency to be demonstrated through Secure English Language Test (SELT) result at the required levels.

The Master in Education Policies for Global Development (GLOBED) aims to set new standards as an international Master in the field of globalization, education and international development.

So far, the programme has been awarded an Erasmus+ grant by the European Commission for the periods 2014-2019 and 2018-2024.

Started in September 2015, GLOBED constitutes a solid and coherent international education program in the areas of global education policy and international development. The existing postgraduate offer in Europe does not devote sufficient attention to these themes; education for development is usually part of broader International Development Studies, and typically features a narrow disciplinary and territorial focus. By bringing together research centres from all around Europe from different backgrounds and networks, GLOBED will promote an interdisciplinary approach to the field of education and development, and will provide expertise from all regions of the world.

The GLOBED project is funded by the European Commission (under the Erasmus Lifelong Learning Programme) and is being developed by a consortium of four European Universities. The consortium includes the Globalisation, Education and Social Policies research group from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, as the coordinating institution; the College of Social Sciences from the University of Glasgow, the Department of Political Sciences from the University of Bremen; and the Department of Educational Sciences from the University of Cyprus.

Study program

The Master in Education Policies for Global Development (GLOBED) is a postgraduate Masters programme (120 ECTS), taught full-time over 2 years and divided in 4 semesters (30 ECTS each).

Students shall start their studies at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, followed by a semester that will contain elective courses offered by the University of Glasgow and the University of Cyprus, provided that students will follow these courses at one university or the other. Students will start the third semester with an internship at our Host Institutions or Associate Partners and will do the fieldwork afterwards. Finally, students will write their thesis during the fourth semester, right after the Winter School.