The department is a lively community that is recognised internationally as one of the top centres for research and teaching in development studies.

Our courses offer excellent training for a career in international development or for advanced study, and attract students of the highest calibre from across the world.
“I had waited for 10 years before my dream to study in Oxford became a reality and the experience was truly beyond expectation”
Our students are taught to develop as critical and independent thinkers and when they leave us they are equipped with the knowledge and skills they need to bring about real change.
“My time at Oxford strengthened my critical analysis and provided me with a unique interdisciplinary grounding in history, politics and economics that has equipped me well in dealing with public policy issues and program development strategy.”
Our courses offer excellent training for a career in international development or for advanced study, and attract students of the highest calibre from across the world.
“I had waited for 10 years before my dream to study in Oxford became a reality and the experience was truly beyond expectation”
Our courses offer excellent training for a career in international development or for advanced study, and attract students of the highest calibre from across the world.
“I had waited for 10 years before my dream to study in Oxford became a reality and the experience was truly beyond expectation”
Our students are taught to develop as critical and independent thinkers and when they leave us they are equipped with the knowledge and skills they need to bring about real change.
“My time at Oxford strengthened my critical analysis and provided me with a unique interdisciplinary grounding in history, politics and economics that has equipped me well in dealing with public policy issues and program development strategy.”
Our students are taught to develop as critical and independent thinkers and when they leave us they are equipped with the knowledge and skills they need to bring about real change.
“My time at Oxford strengthened my critical analysis and provided me with a unique interdisciplinary grounding in history, politics and economics that has equipped me well in dealing with public policy issues and program development strategy.”
Speakers, in alphabetical order:
![]() Lord Michael Bates Minister of State, Department of International Development - TBC |
![]() Nathalie Cachet-Gaujard Director of Science & Innovation China-Britain Business Council |
![]() Bao Ding CEO, China Railway Rolling Stock Corporation UK |
![]() Wen Hai Vice President of Peking University, Dean of PKU HSBC Business School |
![]() Sunan Jiang Minister Counsellor of Science and Technology, Chinese embassy in UK |
![]() Fengyun Lei Chief representative UK-China association for exchange of international personnel |
![]() Professor Doug Gollin Professor of Development Economics, Department of International Development, University of Oxford |
![]() Jiaofeng Pan Director-General of Institutes of Science and Development, Chinese Academy of Sciences |
![]() Dr David Baghurst Managing Director, Oxford University Innovation Hong Kong |
![]() Ian Walmsley - TBC Oxford Pro-Vice-Chancellor |
![]() Stian Westlake Director of Policy, NESTA |
![]() Professor George Yip Imperial College, Associate Dean for Executive Programmes at ICBS |
NDRC National Development and Reform Commission |
![]() Victor Zhang President of EU Public Affairs, Huawei Technologies Ltd |
Chair: Professor Xiaolan Fu, Founding Director of the Technology and Management Centre for Development (TMCD), Professor of Technology and International Development and Fellow of Green Templeton College, University of Oxford
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