Introduction
Be part of our next MSc Sustainability cohort and become an 'Agent of Change' in society, business or government. The course is run by ARU’s Global Sustainability Institute and the Eden Project, Cornwall.
Why Sustainability at ARU?
- Designed and delivered as a partnership between ARU and Eden Project, this course is 85% online, with five week-long 'residentials' – two of them at the Eden Project, Cornwall.
- Undertake a placement in a workplace of your choice to hone your skills as a Sustainability Changemaker.
- Benefit from experiential, active and peer-to-peer based learning.
- Customise your degree according to your learning needs and interests. Many assignments are 'free topic', following a set structure but allowing you to focus on a sustainability-related topic of your choice.
- Flexible entry requirements: we'll consider applicants without a 2:1 honours degree if they can evidence equivalent experience and potential to succeed.
On this Masters degree you'll learn about key sustainability challenges, and how we can address the complexity and uncertainty inherent in them all and make the best possible practical and policy decisions.
This course is available full-time or part-time and is open to graduates from all disciplines. It attracts students of all ages and cultural backgrounds.
As an MSc Sustainability student, you'll gain practical experience of addressing sustainability challenges and meet inspirational leaders who are already doing just that. You'll also practice using your new sustainability skills in a research context and through a 200-hour work placement.
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Key facts
Entry requirements
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Fees and paying for university
Lecturers
Davide Natalini
Senior Research Fellow
Philippa Calver
Lecturer in Sustainability
Rosie Robison
Professor of Social Sustainability
Aled Jones
Director, Global Sustainability Institute
Facilities
Outstanding student support
Join our postgraduate student community and:
- learn from expert staff who will guide your research interests and career development
- receive full support from our Employability Service, while you're studying with us and after you graduate
- access support, should you need it, with study skills, health and wellbeing, and more.
Global Sustainability Institute
This course is run by our Global Sustainability Institute (GSI). Their mission is to establish an internationally significant centre of excellence for integrated sustainability thinking and teaching, drawing on the breadth of expertise in ARU to help catalyse change.
Accreditation
IEMA accreditation
This course is accredited by the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA). As an Approved IEMA University Partner, our course content meets the IEMA internationally-recognised Graduate standard, so you can be sure you're learning the right knowledge and skills to compete in a continuously developing market.
Student experience
Changing perceptions about sustainability
Find out what MSc Sustainability alumni Abigail Blake learned on the course, and how it transformed her career.
What our students say
MSc Sustainability students talk about the knowledge and skills they've gained, and how they hope to inspire and effect change.
Flexible study
Study full- or part-time by blended learning.
Support and expertise
Learn from experts at the Global Sustainability Institute and the Eden Project.
Hands-on learning
Join residential sessions in Cambridge and Cornwall - or attend virtually.
Transferable skills
Gain valuable skills for your future career.
Careers
When our students graduate they take up a wide variety of careers. Some use their prior experience and return to the business or sector they were familiar with, working with their new sustainability perspective to change it from the inside.
Others use the MSc Sustainability as an opportunity to start a new career or as the bridge to a change in career, becoming sustainability leaders in business, charities, governments and education.
Several of our past students have used this Masters as a stepping stone to set up or grow their own sustainable business.
Given the variety of the backgrounds of individuals joining the course, MSc Sustainability graduates move onto very diverse careers in all sectors such as policy, consultancy, research, business, and many others.
Examples of careers post-MSc are:
- Climate Officer in local government
- Programme Managers in large sustainability-related organisations
- Sustainability Consultants in large organisations
- Sustainability Officers in large organisations
- Research Fellow at research institutes
- PhD researchers at universities
Graduation doesn’t have to be the end of your time with us. You could choose to continue your academic career with a PhD in Sustainability at ARU. Take advantage of our Alumni Scholarship and save £400 on your fees.
While you’re studying here and after you graduate, you can access support through our dedicated Employability Service.
Prof Alison Greig
“The MSc Sustainability is designed to give future leaders and decision-makers the tools to make good decisions for the world.”
Prof Alison GreigCourse Leader, MSc Sustainability
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