Global Development with a Foundation Year (Hons) University of East Anglia

Overview

The Global Development with a Foundation Year (Hons) degree at the University of East Anglia   equips you to drive meaningful, lasting change worldwide. 

The world urgently needs a new generation to help tackle global challenges like inequality, conflict, poverty, and climate change.

In your foundation year, you’ll develop essential skills and knowledge in a supportive environment, preparing you for future success. You’ll benefit from enhanced individual support, ensuring that after completing your foundation year, you’re fully prepared to progress to year one.

After your foundation year, you could choose to progress to our BA in Global Development, or decide to follow another degree from the School of Global Development that aligns with your interests: BA Global Development with Economics; BA Politics, Economics and Global Development; BA Geography and Global Development or BSc in Sustainable Development. You can add on a study abroad year or a placement year as well.

Employability

• You’ll graduate with knowledge and skills valued by a vast range of organisations related to global development and many of our graduates go on to work in this sector. 

• These include government agencies, the United Nations, private sector companies, consultancy firms, and the many hundreds of large and small non-government organisations that focus on development and humanitarian work. 

• Alternatively, you could use the academic and transferable skills gained from our degrees for careers in business, the voluntary and public sector, education, and academia.

Careers

Example of careers that you could enter include:

• Civil service: jobs in national or local government, including diplomatic positions, communities and planning
• International NGOs: working in the global development and humanitarian sector
• Local or national charities: working in roles that support progressive change for people and planet
• Corporate sector: working with for-profit companies such as consultancies and green tech
• Teaching and academia: teaching the next generation or conducting original research