Your future
As a Globalisation & Development Studies graduate, your thorough academic training prepares you for both a professional and an academic career.
Some of the companies and institutes where our alumni work:
- German American Chamber of Commerce
- United Nations
- European Center for Development
- Africa Clean Energy
- European Parliament
- Amnesty International
- Green Climate Fund
- Olympic Committee
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- GIZ (Main German Development Organisation)

Career prospects
You will have a wide array of career paths to choose from, including:
- Working in the development sector in NGOs, and other similar organisations, as a researcher, project manager, board member, strategist, awareness campaigner, fundraiser or lobbyist
- Joining the public sector in government agencies as a policy maker, analyst, researcher or project developer
- Entering the private sector as a consultant on developmental impacts
- Working in the media, as a reporter, copywriter or press officer, a think tank
- Entering a think tank or into academia, as a researcher or PhD candidate
Some examples of positions our graduates ended up in:
- Journalist, Axel Springer
- Marketing and Communications Officer, Africa Clean Energy
- Policy Officer, European Centre for Development
- Project Coordinator, Hand in Hand International
- Independent Consultant, RAIN Foundation
- Communications Trainee, Global Off-Grid Lighting Association
- Research Intern, Institute for Development and Peace
