The International Master of Science in Rural Development (IMRD) is a 2-year master's program jointly organised by several universities worldwide alongside input of international leading institutes in Agricultural Economics and Rural Development. It is an Erasmus Mundus programme, funded by the European Education and Culture Executive Agency. The program is jointly organised by 6 core European partners and 9 associated partners from outside Europe. The European partners include Ghent University (Belgium), Humboldt University of Berlin (Germany), Universidad de Córdoba (Spain), Agrocampus Ouest (France), University of Pisa (Italy), Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra (Slovakia). And the partners outside of Europe are the following: University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore (India), University of Arkansas (USA), Can Tho University (Vietnam), Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral (Ecuador), China Agricultural University, Nanjing Agricultural University (China), University of Pretoria (South Africa), Seoul National University (South Korea), Korea University (South Korea).
