About the college

College of Development Studies

The College of Development Studies was established as part of the faculties of the Islamic University of Minnesota in the United States of America. The college awards bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees in the following departments: Department of Development Studies, Department of Disaster and Crisis Management. The college strives for excellence and quality through the continuous development of curricula and study plans for all its departments.

The college offers bachelor's programs in the Department of Development Studies and the Department of Disaster and Crisis Management, as well as graduate programs in both departments.

College Vision

The program of the College of Development Studies aims to qualify students to be able to meet the needs of the community in development projects and programs, formulate development policies, make decisions, manage projects, and contribute to humanitarian work through:

• Developing their abilities to understand and analyze development issues, concepts, and elements.
• Strengthening their skills in diagnosing community problems, identifying priorities, and finding solutions.
• Enabling them to evaluate and review development plans and improve their performance.
• Training them to simulate successful global development models and identify strengths and weaknesses in unsuccessful projects.
• Developing a culture of scientific research in the field of development studies.
• Spreading awareness of development problems in Arab societies and shaping a special culture for development concepts in them.
• Providing scientific programs that train students to practice fieldwork in institutions concerned with development issues and their implementation methods.
• In addition to its primary mission of scientific research in qualifying its students through the academic curriculum, the college seeks to carry out additional supporting missions, most notably:
  1. Training courses in the field of development and disaster and crisis management in cooperation with national, Arab, and international organizations and institutions.
  2. Supporting specialized research and studies on development issues in all its aspects.
  3. Preparing studies and research and providing consultations in the fields of development.

College Mission

To prepare distinguished cadres scientifically and researchly in development studies and disaster and crisis management, capable of dealing with contemporary issues, and paying attention to development projects and achieving the desired development takeoff.

College Values and Objectives

The programs of Development Studies and Disaster and Crisis Management come in response to the needs of the Arab and international labor market. Many studies on activities and organizations related to development have shown a shortage of specialized human resources in development and the need for these organizations and institutions to work on intensive training of their employees to cover their real needs for specialists and researchers who are capable of working in these institutions and development organizations.

The two departments of the college qualify its graduates theoretically through the curriculum, materials, lectures, and seminars, and practically through workshops and field research, to be able to work in the ministries of development and planning, industry and trade, social development and political development, various media, humanitarian organizations, civil society organizations, non-governmental organizations, and international organizations in addition to research centers, studies, and specialized consultations in the subject of development, strategic thinking, knowledge economy, and crisis management in all its aspects.