TCD and UCD, Dublin
The Masters in Development Practice (MDP) is a two-year program offered jointly by Trinity College Dublin (TCD) and University College Dublin (UCD). Most course modules are categorized according to each of the Global MDP Program's four pillars—health, natural, social, and management sciences. Some are categorized as cross-disciplinary, although the program as a whole emphasizes the interconnectedness between development issues in these four fields. Course offerings include Global Health, Gender and Development, and Climate Justice, Human Rights and Development. The program includes two summers of field training, in Rwanda and Geneva.
In 2009, TCD (established 1592) and UCD (established 1880), two institutions with similar profiles though different histories, announced Innovation Alliance, an initiative for greater collaboration between them. Each institution has an enrollment slightly higher than 15,000, with about 3,500 graduate students at UCD and about 5,000 at TCD.
Climate Change and Justice, Evaluation and Gender
MDP students from TCD and UCD complete two summers of field training, one in Geneva and one in Rwanda, where they are hosted by the National University of Rwanda (NUR). Their work in Africa takes them to Earth Park, the Biosphere Reserves and biodiversity hot spot in western Rwanda, southwestern Uganda, and eastern Congo as well as to areas in and around the Virunga National Park (Congo), Bwindi Impenetrable Forest (Uganda), Volcanoes National Park (Rwanda), and the Gishwati Forest (Rwanda).
The field-training session in Geneva is offered in partnership with the nongovernmental organizations Earthmind and Realizing Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative. Here students may find opportunity to intern with major international development and development-related organizations in Geneva.
- €10,000 per annum for EU students
- €17,000 per annum for Non-EU students
Honors Degree (GPA 3.5+ or Upper Second Class Honors) (Development Experience or Professional Qualifications are added advantages and may compensate for a lower GPA)
