Oxford Brookes University and UNITAR jointly deliver this fully online MA in Humanitarian Action and Peacebuilding, designed for field practitioners and covering conflict analysis, culture-sensitivity, urban crises, psychosocial support and international humanitarian law.
Uppsala University’s one-year MA in Humanitarian Action and Conflict covers five core disciplines — anthropology, legal dimensions, management, public health and world politics — followed by a semester on Conflict and Peacebuilding and a supervised master’s thesis.
The Erasmus Mundus Joint Master’s Degree in International Humanitarian Action (NOHA) is the world’s longest-running humanitarian master’s, established 1993, offered by eight European universities with full scholarships available for the 2026–2028 cohort.
The MSc in Humanitarian Policy and Practice at UCL is a one-year interdisciplinary degree equipping students to shape effective and politically grounded humanitarian policies and programmes, drawing on UCL’s world-leading expertise in public health, anthropology and humanitarian affairs.
SOAS University of London offers a fully online MSc in Humanitarian Action that engages critically with the history, politics and practice of humanitarian action. Students explore how and where humanitarian aid is given, and how it interacts with the political and military complexities of emergency contexts.
Fordham University’s MS in Humanitarian Studies is a 30-credit interdisciplinary programme at the Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs, covering forced migration, human rights in conflict, urban disasters and education in crises, with evening classes in New York City.
Deakin University’s Master of Humanitarianism and Development is Australia’s leading postgraduate humanitarian programme, co-delivered with the Centre for Humanitarian Leadership (Deakin and Save the Children), available on campus, online or blended, with multiple 2026 intakes open.
The Global MA in Humanitarian Assistance and Crisis Management at SIT Graduate Institute is a full-time residential programme covering humanitarian principles, complex emergencies, international law, policy and advocacy, culminating in a capstone project.