The UCL Bartlett Development Planning Unit (DPU) promotes just, sustainable forms of development, seeks to understand rapid urbanisation and encourages innovation in the policy, planning and management of cities and regions in the global south. It's programmes are supported by international agencies and national and provincial governments. Research is an important part of the learning that the DPU promotes around theory, methodology and practice in the field of international development. Currently the DPU has four research clusters, each with sub-clusters which reflect the development of different, but intersecting, strands of their work. Recent graduating PhD students work in a range of positions, mostly based in the Global South. These include lectureships in leading universities, postdoctoral research projects, international development institutions (e.g. Inter-American Development Bank, Asian Development Bank), government ministries and international non-governmental organisations. Others work in private consultancy firms. Research course may also offered on a four-year full-time basis.