MSc Sustainability at University of Dundee

You will examine the relationship between energy, environment and climate change and how they relate to sustainability throughout all sectors in society.

You will develop your ability to analyse, evaluate and critically review theory and policy debates relating to sustainability and to draw on international perspectives and examples of best practice in relation to methods of evaluation and assessment of sustainability. You will design and plan interventions for creating change to promote greater sustainability across different scales, and design and undertake a dissertation to address significant areas of theory and/or practice.

This course is an excellent opportunity for students from all backgrounds to convert to a degree which fosters wider, more holistic skills, while also using previous skills and knowledge to work with colleagues from diverse backgrounds, nationalities and cultures to develop skills in interdisciplinary thinking and practice.

Along with the flagship MSc in Sustainability, there are five specialised pathways: 

• MSc in Sustainability and Water Security
• MSc in Sustainability and the Transition to a Low Carbon Economy
• MSc in Sustainability: Climate Change and the Green Economy
• MSc in Sustainability and Renewables
• MSc in Sustainability and Environmental Modelling

Who should study this course?

• this course is an excellent opportunity for students from all backgrounds to convert to a degree which fosters wider, more holistic skills, while also using previous skills and knowledge to work with colleagues from diverse backgrounds, nationalities and cultures to develop skills in interdisciplinary thinking and practice

• you will have access to a wide range of modules in energy, environment and social transformation from across the School of Social Sciences and beyond
• you will be assigned an individual supervisor for your dissertation and taught by an internationally renowned faculty based on campus
• you will attend guest lectures delivered by high level speakers from international organisations. These sessions provide excellent opportunities to become connected with industry

Careers

As societies move to become more sustainable and develop low-carbon economies, our MSc in Sustainability will place you in the fast growing area of energy, environment, society and governance (EESG) sections of firms.

An MSc in Sustainability will equip you with the necessary skills and knowledge to take up a wide range of careers in policy, practical management, training and research across a spectrum of organisations, from local, national to international and within the public and private sectors in the EESG areas.