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.
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.
Sciences Po Paris’s two-year Master in Human Rights and Humanitarian Action provides a unique interdisciplinary framework — drawing on philosophy, history, sociology and anthropology — with three academic semesters in Paris and one semester for an internship, exchange or thesis.
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.
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.
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.
AUWCL’s LLM in International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law is the leading US programme of its kind, available in Residential, Hybrid and Online tracks in both English and Spanish, taught by world-renowned human rights scholars and practitioners.
Essex Law School’s LLM in International Humanitarian Law examines the legal regimes of armed conflict and acute crisis — covering the conduct of hostilities, protection of victims, non-state actors, cyber warfare and automated weapons — through interactive seminars and a substantial dissertation.