International Development Practice - A6006
Master's degree
Graduate as a global change-maker with the skills, networks and real-world experience to tackle the world’s most urgent challenges, from climate disasters and poverty to inequality, conflict, environmental security, displacement, gender injustice and fragile governance.
The Master of International Development Practice at Monash will prepare you to lead meaningful change in an increasingly complex world. Learn directly from leading industry practitioners and researchers while building the practical tools needed to design, manage and evaluate impactful development initiatives.
You’ll go beyond the classroom through hands-on learning, including opportunities for international field trips, applied research projects and internships with development organisations. These experiences allow you to build professional connections and gain practical insight into how development works on the ground.
Graduate with the expertise and confidence to deliver effective, inclusive and sustainable development programs, and to shape a more just and resilient future.
How will the course help advance your career?
You will graduate prepared for an impactful career across the global development sector. Career pathways span government and non-government aid agencies, social enterprises, community organisations, consultancy, and international institutions such as the United Nations, Asian Development Bank, Oxfam, CARE International and Plan International.
Graduates go on to roles in humanitarian and development project management, policy and advocacy, corporate social responsibility, consultancy, program design and evaluation, and research across the international development and foreign aid sector.
At a glance
Course Details
Location |
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Duration |
1 year/1.5 years/2 years (full time), depending on prior qualifications. See entry requirements. |
Start date |
First Semester (February), Second Semester (July) |
Qualification |
Master of International Development Practice |
Entry Requirements
You need to satisfy the following entrance requirements to be considered for entry to this course.
Minimum Entry Requirements (International students)
Qualifications
Entry level 1: 96 points to complete Duration: 2 years full-time, 4 years part-time | An Australian bachelor degree (or equivalent) with at least credit (60%) average. |
Entry level 2: 72 points to complete Duration: 1.5 years full-time, 3 years part-time | An Australian bachelor degree (or equivalent) in a cognate* discipline with at least credit (60%) average. Or An Australian bachelor degree (or equivalent) and an Australian graduate certificate (or equivalent) in a cognate* discipline with at least 50% average in both qualifications. |
Entry level 3: 48 points to complete Duration: 1 year full-time, 2 years part-time | An Australian bachelor honours degree (or equivalent) in a cognate* discipline with at least credit (60%) average. |
*Cognate disciplines include: humanities or social sciences
English entry requirements
Level A
| IELTS (Academic): 6.5 Overall score, with minimum band scores: Listening 6.0, Reading 6.0, Writing 6.0 and Speaking 6.0 | or | Pearson Test of English (Academic): 58 Overall score, with minimum scores: Listening 50, Reading 50, Speaking 50 and Writing 50 | or | TOEFL iBT: 0 - 120 scale: 1 - 6 scale: | or |
Courses that require English Level A only: Other approved English tests (minimum entry scores apply) Courses with English Level B, C, D, E and F: Other approved English tests (higher entry scores apply than specified) |
University entrance requirements
Minimum entrance requirements for admission to Monash University Australia.
The course structure and progression map can be viewed in the Handbook.
See also: Arts course maps
Partner with another course
Double degree courses allow you to study towards two different degrees at the same time, and graduate with two separate qualifications. And because a required subject in one course can count as an elective in the other, our double degrees take up to two years less than if you studied for the two degrees separately.
Making the application
Future students
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Fees
Fees are subject to change annually.
International fee
Fees are per 48 credit points which represents a standard full-time course load for a year. The fees for 2026 are:
A$46,000
Scholarships
We offer over 360 types of scholarships, valued at up to $280,000. Some scholarships offer one-off payments while others continue for the length of your course. Learn more about Monash Scholarships.
Other costs and fees
For information on other study costs and fees, see other study costs.
Enrolment Obligations
International students enrolling in a CRICOS-registered course can study no more than one third (33%) of their course by distance and/or online learning. Students must enrol in at least one unit that is not by distance and/or online in each compulsory study period unless the student is completing the last unit of their course. See standard 8.19 and 8.20 of National Code of Practice for Providers of Education and Training to Overseas Students 2018.
CRICOS code: 079175B
International course guides
If you are an international student and wish to find out more about our courses, entry requirements, studying at Monash and more, please download our international course guides below.
International Study Grants
