Economic Development

The Centre for Development Studies

The Centre for Development Studies (CDS) at the University of Glasgow is a leading institution in the UK for postgraduate study and research in the area of development studies. CDS is based in the Department of Economics but a number of other departments in the Faculty of Law, Business and Social Sciences contribute to the Masters programmes in Development Economics and Finance. Collaborating departments include Accounting and Finance, Management, Central and Eastern European Studies, Economic and Social History, Law, Politics, Sociology, Anthropology and Applied Social Sciences, and Urban Studies.

The Centre offers a range of integrated taught Masters programmes providing specialist postgraduate training in a variety of areas of contemporary concern, designed to meet the needs of those involved with and interested in problems and policies in developing countries.