About the International Development Program

Welcome to the Graduate School of Andrews University. The faculty, staff, and students are pleased you want to connect with our International Development Program (IDP).

As the professional market continues to demand specialized knowledge and advanced degrees, graduate studies are progressively a practical, sophisticated, and wise career move. Our goal is to connect you with comprehensive instruction, personalized student-professor interaction, attention to research, and emphasis on the dimensions of administering projects in diverse environments—this will give you the understanding, application, and competitive edge you need to become a leader in your profession.

The IDP provides full-time professionals the opportunity earn their Master of Science in Administration by taking applied coursework on a part-time basis. This unique capacity building program began in 1996.

Students attend four three-week intensives.

Develops leaders to assume employment roles both domestically and abroad.

Brings together a culturally diverse group of students seeking to enhance their personal and professional development.

Core courses explore the social sciences to understand people-centered development.

Skills are developed in planning, implementing and evaluating projects.

Gain knowledge of basic principles in organizational behavior, administration, and leadership as they relate to non-profit organizations.

Explore ethical principles and organizational accountability while mastering social research methods.

The program places a strong emphasis on the framework and best practices for strategic project management.

A concentration or specialization is selected according to the interest of the student.

Requires bachelor, or equivalent, as a pre requisite.

What IDP Students are Saying…

"…Let me tell you that the class you taught us [Program Planning and Grantwriting] was of vital importance for my work. What a difference afterwards! Since then the projects I've been writing are much better and professional because of the logframe. Thanks again for the excellent classes and discussions. By the way, the Tobacco Project I wrote and submitted as my assignment to you: it seems that it was all funded and we should start it by April.…" —Karla, Uzbekistan (March 25, 2003)

"…I would like to inform you that I have submitted my research baseline study abstract and its activities to the Global Health Council sometime ago and now I have approved by the Global Health council organizer to present my paper and its activities during the Global Health Council's 30th Annual conference in Washington, D.C, USA. All my travel expense, accommodation, food and transportation will be paid by the conference organizer. I received the US visa last week to go to the conference.…" —Yel, Cambodia (April 17, 2003)

"…I must say the MSA/IDP programme has benefited me. Besides helping me improve the quality of my work and projects that are directly under me, I have been able to pass on the knowledge that I have received so far to many more people. The opportunity of discussing with others what I am currently studying, helps me to understand the subject even more. I hope my colleagues are having the same experience.…" —David, Kenya (March 31, 2003)