International and Development Economics University of Namur

Overview

About International and Development Economics at University of Namur

This 60 ECTS one-year postgraduate programme has been offered jointly by the University of Namur and the the Catholic University of Louvain for more than 20  years.

Your objectives:

• To acquire international standards of economic analysis and increase your abilities in this field.

• To complement your personal experience with foreign  perceptions of the world economy.

• To gain the maturity needed to further sharpen your  professional or research objectives.

• To be able to design and implement innovative programmes for economic and human development.

• To understand and assess the models and methods used by  international organisations, foreign governments and  consultants in development assistance and international  economic relations.

• To play an educational role by explaining to local decision-makers the rationale and usefulness of economic reforms in their local context.

Why study at UNamur?

• The International and Development Economics programme’s professorship includes academics with a well-established international reputation and extensive field experience in developing countries (India, Poland, Andean countries, Sub-Saharan Africa, etc.).

• You will have access to pedagogical resources (libraries, language and computer labs, etc.) on both the UNamur and UCL campuses.

• The University campus is situated in the centre of Namur, a small and student-friendly city only 60km from Brussels, the capital of Europe.

• The programme is fully taught in English.