International Development

As a student in the International Development (INDEV) program, you'll be uniquely positioned to create sustainable development approaches.

• Study in the only INDEV program located in an environmental faculty
• Take 6 business courses focusing on accounting, economics, marketing and more- other programs include only 4
• Spend 8 months of your 4th year on an overseas field placement in Africa, Latin America, or Asia
  develop your second language skills

INDEV students benefit from:

• Expertise in the Faculty of Environment relating to environmental, urban, and economic issues
• St. Paul's University College, with its commitment to educating innovators to shape a just and humane world, offers a Fellowship in International Development to all INDEV students

Armed with passion and a diverse academic background, you could go on to:

• Work for international development agencies or foreign service
• Become a relief worker for a non-governmental organization
• Help private companies involved in foreign investment grow in socially responsible way
• Work locally with governments, non-governmental organizations and the private sector
• Start your own business with the knowledge and experience you have gained

Most importantly, you'll be armed with the skills and training to make an impact on the world. Stephanie, pictured above, chose to study International Development at Waterloo because of it's intimate size. She also realized the amazing experience her 8 month field placement in a developing country would be for her. She has a few ideas of what to do when she graduates and knows that her time at Waterloo will help her get there.

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A green perspective

With many of the World’s development concerns mirroring sustainability issues, becoming a part of the only International Development program to be housed within an environmental faculty means you’ll graduate with an edge. 

You’ll gain a green perspective; a perspective that will inspire you to find solutions to the World’s most challenging problems – a perspective that will inspire you to challenge the conventional and evoke a positive change.

Find out what our International Development students think about Fair Trade Coffee by watching this YouTube video. Find more videos at our YouTube Channel.

Real world experience

Partnering with World University Service of Canada, International Development offers its students 8 months of real world hands on experience in a third world environment. Students will spend their last two terms overseas working on projects that create a real and lasting impact for the communities. Some projects students may work on are:

• Mangrove rehabilitation in costal Vietnam with a local community group
• Small business development with a local farmer's co-op in Ghana

Overseas field experience schedule