Sustainable Development MSc

Overview

• This interdisciplinary course explores environmental, social and economic sustainability challenges from local to global scales.
• Enhance your career and employment prospects by studying both the theory of sustainable development and its implementation in a range of contexts.
• Examine international policies, including the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, and specific policy areas such as climate change, energy, human health, wellbeing and environmental governance.
• Study at the Penryn Campus in Cornwall: a living laboratory with diverse marine and terrestrial habitats, a wealth of natural resources, and creative and resilient communities.
• Join our vibrant postgraduate community benefiting from research-inspired teaching and access to outstanding facilities.

Course content

MSc Sustainable Development provides a unique opportunity to study sustainable development from a multi-disciplinary perspective, critical for understanding and tackling complex sustainability challenges. The programme involves a practical and problem-based approach to learning, offering a grounding in the principles that underlie sustainability and their implementation in a range of professional and practical contexts.