Key Information
Duration: Full-time, 36 months
Start dates & application deadlines: Starting September 2027. Apply before May 2027.
Language: English
Delivered: On Campus
Campus Location: London, United Kingdom
Disciplines: Economics
English Requirements
- TOEFL iBT: 100 (or new TOEFL iBT 1-6 score: 5)
- PTE Academic: 70
- IELTS: 6.5
Overview
This Applied Development Economics programme from SOAS University of London focuses on the way in which mutually reinforcing tendencies of climate breakdown, financialisation, and post-pandemic economic and social pressures affect multiple dimensions of wellbeing, including the institutions, norms, policies and practices conditioning daily life in Africa.
Why study the SOAS-Wits Joint MPhil/PhD in Applied Development Economics?
- ranked 27th in UK for economics (QS World University Rankings 2023)
- top 20 in the UK for student satisfaction with teaching (Complete University Guide 2023)
- top 40 in the UK for economics (Complete University Guide 2023)
Programme Structure
Research Topics:
- This project seeks PhD proposals that interrogate unemployment in post-apartheid South Africa, from either a political economy or micro-economic perspective. South Africa has one of the highest rates of unemployment in the world, and it might have been expected that substantially reducing unemployment would have been a priority of the democratically elected government from 1994.
- Amidst the emergence of numerous promising initiatives challenging economic orthodoxies in Africa—such as the student-led Rethinking Economics For Africa, the feminist Nawi Collective and an expert meeting in Dakar aimed at rethinking economic paradigms—the understanding of how economic ideas arise and take root on the continent could be further enriched. Economics, as a discipline that profoundly shapes visions for economic and social development alongside concrete policy approaches, occupies a central role.
Admission Requirements
Academic Requirements
GPA: Upper Second Class
English Requirements
- TOEFL iBT: 100 (or new TOEFL iBT 1-6 score: 5)
- PTE Academic: 70
- IELTS: 6.5
Other Requirements
General requirements: We normally require a 2.1 bachelor's degree (or its equivalent) plus a Masters degree in appropriate subject area plus one reference. In exceptional cases we may accept applicants who do not meet these criteria if they show evidence of a strong Masters degree and/or appropriate level of relevant work experience.
Fees and Funding
Tuition Fees
International: 44,552 AUD/year (≈ 23,390 GBP/year)
Domestic: 9,628 AUD/year (≈ 5,055 GBP/year)
Living Costs in London, United Kingdom
2,166-4,109 AUD/month
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