Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany : “The city that creates knowledge”: Since its foundation in 1737, the Georg-August-University has shaped life in Göttingen - the city lives from science and for science. Approximately one fourth of the population of 120,000 studies here and enjoys the international flair and the cultural diversity of the youthful city, rich in tradition, and located in the middle of Germany. The MA Development Economics offers the great advantage of drawing from long-standing research and teaching experience of two faculties, both deeply committed to development issues: In the Faculty of Economic Sciences 5 professors focus on development economics, in the, Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development another 5 professors work on development issues, and together they constitute by far the largest and internationally most visible concentration of development researchers in Germany.