Handong Graduate School of Global Development and Entrepreneurship (HGD&E) advances sustainable development around the globe, to eliminate global poverty and develop local communities. In response to these practical needs, this school is committed to nurturing field oriented development specialists who can educate people and work with them to create local communities able to sustain themselves. Students at HGD&E receive personal mentoring from faculty members, study a specialized curriculum, and experience the school's rich resources in international cooperation. Focusing upon these three areas, Foundation Knowledge + Professional Competence + Execution Ability, will make the students experts in international cooperation and development.

Graduate School of Global Development & Entrepreneurship aims to produce field-oriented development specialists who are capable of finding out innovative, effective and sustainable ways to root out chronic issues surrounding poverty across the globe. We are searching for sustainable development cooperation by empowering community people and strengthening governance and systems, and enhancing ownership of local partners. In addition, we strive to educate area mission experts who, based on understanding of local religions, cultures, societies, and histories, can foster individuals with Christian faith and worldviews.

Master of Arts in Global Development and Entrepreneurship

• 2 years (4 semesters)
• Minimum of 36 credits, Thesis completion (English)

• Produce field-oriented experts equipped with capacity of transformative development
• Produce development specialists equipped with adequate knowledge on the multi-layered problems out-of-reach people are facing across the globe
• Produce development entrepreneurs equipped with skills of the various business experiences, with wisdom based on lessons from the history of development cooperation
• Produce program management and performance management specialists with advanced practical capabilities of monitoring and evaluation for sector-specific or inter-sectoral development interventions
• Produce Christian mentors who can foster agents of community transformation based on holistic world view, and area mission specialists proficient in local religions, cultures, mission history, and cross-cultural communication

Multidisciplinary Education
• Inter-sectoral education to understand the sophisticated feature of development interventions

Multidisciplinary approach in the research and field practice of development projects
• Faculty consists of experts from international development NGOs with rich experiences development cooperation

* Scholarship rate may vary depending on the situation
* For the first semester to freshmen, Graduate School scholarship will be offered regardless of qualification
* Ten students among those qualified will receive the Arilac scholarship through a due process and the four classes of the wholistic development are mandatory for the scholarship

International organizations, domestic and foreign development cooperation agencies, international development NGOs, development consultants, development cooperation research institutes, and government advisors in developing countries

Institute of Innovative International Development (IIID): https://www.handong.edu/lab-coop/lab/

• Arilac (Asian Language Institute): http://arilac.org/arilac/mainpage
• SAM Africa: https://samafricaministry.org/about-us.html