Sustainability and Environmental Management

Entry requirements

We welcome applications from graduates with a 2:2 honours degree, or equivalent qualification, in an appropriate subject. We also consider candidates with other relevant qualifications and individuals with a minimum of three years' work experience.

Those without formal qualifications need to demonstrate relevant work experience and the ability to study at postgraduate level.

Months of entry

September

Course content

Sustainability is a growing field requiring highly-educated professionals able to tackle global environmental issues and urgent policy agenda. If you wish to act and embrace the challenge of “Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”, this course is for you.

Our master's degree in Sustainability and Environmental Management offers you the opportunity to:

• Gain critical knowledge in sustainability literacy and environmental sciences
• Develop interdisciplinary and problem-solving skills to tackle a range of environmental issues
• Evaluate and assess environmental issues, management practices and policies at a range of scales
• Develop a career in sustainability and environmental management
• Study alongside students from a range of cultural backgrounds offering you the chance to learn in an international arena and share ideas on a global scale
• Explore and specialise in a range of disciplines such as Geography, Environmental Sciences, Ecology, Business studies.

Course highlights

• Teaching and learning strategies based on constructivism, collaborative and inquiry-based learning
• Options modules provides opportunities for specialisation including work professional experiences
• Accreditation: Institution of Environmental Sciences (IES)
• Teaching by specialist staff including practitioners and researchers from our research centres and their networks (Flood Hazard Research Centre, Centre for Entrepreneurship and Economic Development Research, Urban Pollution Research Centre)
• Opportunities to engage with outreach activities (e.g. air pollution monitoring, flood risk management, urban greening) and our MU Action integrating theme “Sustainability of Communities and the Environment”.

The UN Sustainable Development Goals, together with the Paris Agreement, the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity and the UN-Habitat Programme call for urgent actions and positive societal tipping points in order to address two environmental issues: climate and biodiversity crises. Needs for support and expertise for government, authorities, businesses and NGOs aiming at becoming socially and environmentally responsible are rapidly increasing in this dynamic context.

This programme prepares students for roles in sustainability and environmental management. It instils a deep understanding of interconnected elements associated with the challenge of environmental management while meeting human needs and green economic recovery.

What will you study on the Sustainability and Environmental Management MSc?

Key principles and concepts of sustainable development and environmental management and how these relate to current and future environmental, economic and social changes

The role of institutions, organisations and other stakeholders in managing and regulating the human impacts on the environment from the local to the global scale

Framework and methodologies commonly used to assess and manage environmental aspects

Theories and practices used in sustainable decision making process

A wide range of research methodologies associated with the design and conduct of research project in the field of sustainability and environmental management.

What you will gain?

You will be able to:

• Select appropriate competencies, theories and framework to evaluate and develop innovative responses to environmental issues and sustainable development challenges
• Analyse complex systems using interdisciplinary approach
• Critically evaluate qualitative and quantitative data and environmental assessment techniques and methodologies
• Effectively learn both independently and collaboratively with a critical mind
• Communicate effectively complex sustainable development issues and strategies to different audiences
• Develop, plan and carry out task and research projects
• Reflect on professional practice, including consideration of ethical, societal and financial issues.

Fees and funding