MSc in Humanitarian Practice (LEAP programme)

The MSc in Humanitarian Practice is part of the Leadership Education Academic Partnership (LEAP) programme, developed specifically for humanitarian practitioners. It crosses traditional subject boundaries to enable you to reflect critically on issues arising from your own work, the wider humanitarian agenda and develop the skills set needed for contemporary humanitarian practitioners.

Focusing on a wide range of humanitarian issues, this course offers a thorough investigation of the agents of change in the humanitarian field. It brings together the disciplines of epidemiology, history, politics, anthropology, development studies, international relations, public health, management and humanitarian medicine, as well as the expertise of academics and leading practitioners. The blended nature of this course, through a combination of online and face-to-face teaching, promotes lifelong learning.

The MSc is delivered jointly by the Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute (HCRI) at The University of Manchester and the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) in partnership with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). Students  will benefit from a comprehensive and interdisciplinary approach to teaching and research, as well as individual tutoring and supervision from academics from a wide range of disciplines.