Distance learning with GDI
A flexible way to learn, reducing the cost of study
With over 20 years experience delivering high quality distance learning postgraduate programmes, the advantages of flexible study within GDI are clear.
Flexibility
Study around your commitments, and vary the pace of learning combining on and off campus periods to suit you.
Competitive costs
You don’t have to be in Manchester whilst you study; remain at home and you will typically reduce the total net cost of your study by two-thirds.
Career-relevant learning
Our programmes use cases and models from the real world, so you can apply your learning direct to your workplace.
Continuing professional development
The opportunity to register as an associate, allowing you to study individual modules for continuing professional development (CPD) purposes, but still gain postgraduate credits.
Advantages for employers
Studying while working allows you to apply your new skills and knowledge directly to work contexts, so employers see immediate benefits.
GDI programmes
Our current distance learning programmes are:
- Leadership for Development Master's (Distance Learning)
- Management and Information Systems: Change and Development MSc (Distance Learning)
The distance learning approach
GDI distance learning programmes have two entry points, with new cohorts starting every September and February.
In a typical study route, the full Masters programme takes two and a half years to complete. This involves four compulsory modules in the first year of study, completing the remaining four units in the second year, and then undertaking a dissertation. But that is just an example – our courses accommodate both faster and slower study routes.
The University’s elearning system provides study materials, online resources, and interactive online tutorial discussions with the module tutor and other course participants.
Distance learning students have full access to the University’s library, with more than 25,000 electronic journals and 400,000 electronic books. They benefit from the full range of the University’s other support services and from the reputational benefit of an alumni community of 250,000 former students spread across nearly 200 countries.
Funding opportunities
The Global Development Institute offers a number of funding opportunities for its master's courses including ten Commonwealth Scholarship Commission scholarships for Jan 2023 entry onto the MSc Management & Information Systems.
Further information
For further details, contact GDI’s Distance Learning Administrator, Emma Moores.