6 Development Studies Master's Degree Programs in Spain

This joint master's degree ranks in the top 5 programs in Spain on Cooperation and Sustainability, and its multidisciplinary nature is reflected in the variety of its students, both in terms of fields they come from (Social Work, Economics, Sociology, Architecture, Health Sciences, Law) and their countries of origin, being one of our university´s most international programs.

In this master’s degree, you will understand the fundamentals of human development and how different cooperation and social economy businesses work. You will acquire the necessary management, financial and organisational tools to lead non-profit entities or to develop transformative projects in your current professional field. 

This Master´s Program is designed to train experts in international development cooperation through a complete program that pays attention to the theoretical and practical dimensions of development cooperation. The general objective of the Master is to provide students with advanced training, of a specialized nature and based on theoretical and instrumental knowledge that will allow them to acquire and develop the necessary skills and abilities to obtain a qualification as a professional in development cooperation.

The main objective of this Master´s degree is to train professionals, researchers specialised in the design, processing and control of food products from the point of view of ensuring their quality, safety, and viability, bearing in mind both sensory acceptance criteria and nutritional value. The knowledge, aptitudes and skills acquired by students who study this master’s degree will allow them to join, with a solid base, professional jobs in product development and innovation in RDI departments, or in process control and planning in quality control departments or in research positions in universities or other public or private centres. This Master has a double itinerary: professional and research. The research itinerary will allow the student to follow studies leading to a doctorate.

The Máster Universitario en Cooperación al Desarrollo (interuniversity UVEG, UJI, UA, UMH) responds to the need to offer, by the five Valencian public universities, high-level training in Development Cooperation. The complexity and growing concern about development and poverty issues have led international organizations, states and social entities to channel resources to a sector that demands qualified professionals with specific and interdisciplinary training.

We offer advanced and multidisciplinary training on the forces that explain poverty and inequality in developing countries and on the methodologies, policies and strategies of international development cooperation.