Economic Geography: Resilient Rural Regions
Winter intake start date
2027-02-01
Winter intake deadline
2026-10-15
Do you want to know how agricultural transitions, socio-cultural discontent, and climate change impact European rural areas? Come satisfy your curiosity in the master Resilient Rural Regions!
This master explores the rural-specific socio-spatial impacts of global transformations and how rural regions and communities deal with such transformations in socially and environmentally sustainable and place-specific ways.
You will learn:
- How global and societal megatrends affect local and regional spatial organisations in rural areas, and how rural communities can adapt to that
- How historical nature and landscape values and regional identities can be preserved and enhanced during the transformation processes
- How to manage the social impacts of these transformations in a sustainable way
- How to deal with transitional processes in different professional practices related to rural development
If you want to contribute to sustainable and liveable rural areas, this master is just what you are looking for!
MSc in Economic Geography
Resilient Rural Regions is a track within the master in Economic Geography. This master provides you with a deep understanding on the unequal spatial and social effects of global megatrends, such as technological, demographic and climate changes. You will dive into topics like economic geographical processes, wellbeing, quality of life, labour market developments and mobility, and how these take shape in different regions along the European urban-rural continuum.
If you are interested in following a two-year programme in Economic Geography in two different countries (the Netherlands and Germany), then our Dual Degree Master International Programme in Economic Geography is the master programme for you! If you are looking for a two-year programme and are interested in doing research, you can also integrate the master in Economic Geography with our two-year Research Master in Spatial Sciences.
Cambridge C1/C2 certificate: overall score 180.
IELTS Academic: overall score 6.5 (min. 6.0 in all categories)
TOEFL iBT*: overall score 90 (min. 18 in Reading and Listening, 20 in Speaking, 21 for Writing)
TOEFL iBT*: overall score 4.5 (min. 4 in Reading, Listening and for Speaking, 4.5 in Writing)
The programme welcomes applicants from a broad range of backgrounds within the social sciences, economics, and interdisciplinary studies that provide the knowledge and research skills needed to study regional development, socio‑spatial inequalities, and policy responses.
Students with an academic Bachelor's degree in Human Geography, Spatial Planning, or a related discipline are invited to apply to the MSc Economic Geography.
Also programmes such as Economics and Business Economics, Business Administration, Sociology, International Relations and Organization, Political Sciences, Bèta‑Gamma studies, Policy Analysis and Management, and Environmental Management and Sustainability Sciences are admissible.
10 ECTS in statistics required
