International Development Management (BSc)

Are you contributing to change?

Are you ready to make a true impact? Are you committed to real climate change, equality, and fair trade? In this study program, you turn your commitment into action.

You will develop into a specialist in sustainable transitions. You understand what interests various stakeholders defend, and ensure international cooperation, and make sustainability your guiding principle.

Finding the balance between people, planet and prosperity is critical in this study program. We believe that through fair trade, equal rights, and equal opportunities, a healthy balance between people, the planet, and prosperity can be achieved, not from behind a desk, but in hands-on practice and through direct contact. Determine your own educational content by choosing elements from 5 themes. Would you like to specialize in climate change and food security or disaster and conflict reduction? Or would you like to work engage in social inclusion and contribute to resilient communities? Either way, you will learn to bring people from different cultural and social environments together, defend interests, and facilitate innovation.

‘Only together we can make a change’

With your knowledge, you can work worldwide: from nature reserves in Uganda and coffee plantations in Peru to the climate lobby in Brussels. You can work for a range of parties, both commercial and non-commercial. For example, you might become an emergency relief coordinator at the Red Cross, set up your own sustainable business, work as an advisor on climate change and sustainable production, advocate for human rights or become a food security specialist at the FAO.

This program is an exciting hub where students with myriad ideas and backgrounds work together towards one common goal: a just society and a healthy earth. We are waiting for you!

Building your world

Study at Van Hall Larenstein, the most sustainable University of Applied Sciences in Holland. Choose your own path and follow a study program that offers you the skills to build a future-proof world for you and your environment.

We offer a range of unique English-taught study programs in fields in which Holland performs at the top. So whether you are interested in nutrition, are looking for a bachelor's in equine sports and business, or want to work on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, we have the right program for you!

Career

Van Hall Larenstein has close connections to the international business world and NGOs. This allows you to apply the theory into practice: besides obtaining highly valued work experience during internships abroad, students go on excursions at companies where they work on real-life cases. We also invite professionals over to give guest lectures. We strongly believe that international experience is crucial in the development of our students as intercultural competencies are required in almost all career fields. Right from the start, you will develop a professional network of students and colleagues from all over the world.

The lines of communication in our university are short: our students work in small classes with personal attention from the lecturers. Our programs are designed to give you the opportunity to make your own choices. This will prepare you for a fascinating career in a professional field that really matters!

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Why VHL?

• Small-scale University of Applied Sciences You will quickly feel at home here thanks to our personal guidance and you will meet many new, interesting people.
• Learning by doing You will conduct research using modern facilities and enjoy collaborations with (international) experts in your field.
• Study programs that make an impact With your specific knowledge and skills, you will have the tools to create a future-proof world. VHL graduates are in high demand for employers.
• International internships are incorporated into each of our programs to obtain well-valued international work experience even before you graduate.