Overview
What you will study:
Through real-life case studies, the Innovative Financing for Education course offered by Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies will cover a broad range of innovative financing mechanisms introduced within the education sector to critically analyse the relevance, applicability, adaptability, efficiency, efficacy, and effectiveness of financing models for reaching the targets of SDG 4.
Additionally, with comprehensive advisement from the instructors, students will engage in a final project designing an innovative financing approach to solving an education challenge identified in a specific context.
Objectives:
- Learn how to assess key educational issues at the regional/national level and explore alternative solutions
- Develop critical reading and synthesis skills and apply them to available evidence on innovative finance in education
- Be able to formulate problems and explore design of potentially relevant innovative finance solutions
- Build measurement and evaluation skills relevant to innovative finance mechanisms
- Acquire skills in engaging with stakeholders and negotiations
Programme Structure
The program focuses on:
Innovative finance for education
- Critically review the application of innovative finance solutions to education sector
- Identify and reflect on the gaps and challenges
Domestic financing of education
- Explore key issues in domestic resource mobilisation and emerging actors
- Compare contribution of innovative finance mechanisms
International financing of education
- Identify the big questions at the global level
- Learn about the implications on the achievement of development goals
Measuring impact
- Understand key ideas on impact and outcomes measurement
- Apply these ideas to innovative finance projects in education
Engaging stakeholders
- Learn about key stakeholders and their engagement
- Develop skills relevant for deal-making and negotiations
Project work
- Identify a problem that may require an innovative financing solution
- Compare alternatives, prepare a design and evaluation plan
Key information
Duration
- Part-time
- 5 months
Start dates & application deadlines
- Starting
- Apply before
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Language
English
Credits
15 ECTS
Delivered
Online
Disciplines
Finance View 11 other Short Courses in Finance in SwitzerlandWhat students do after studying
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Academic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Other requirements
General requirements
- Professionals from the education and finance sectors in investment firms, foundations, donors, intermediaries, nonprofit organisations, international organisations, corporate social responsibility, and government agencies are encouraged to apply.
Tuition Fee
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International
9600 CHF/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 9600 CHF for the full programme during 5 months. -
National
9600 CHF/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 9600 CHF for the full programme during 5 months.
Funding
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