Environmental Management (15 months) MSc

Environmental change affects everyone on the planet and sustainably managing a changing natural environment is one of the 21st centurys most pressing challenges. This course develops your theoretical knowledge and practical skills enabling you to begin to meet these challenges in your chosen career.

Through study of environmental sustainability and management as well as global environmental change you develop a comprehensive understanding of what is happening in the environment at a range of scales. You then go on to examine how the integration of environmental science biotechnology and management methods can help environmental biodiversity and ecosystem services.

The course has a focus on how biotechnology can provide practical solutions to environmental problems and your studies support you to develop valuable practical skills in identifying and evaluating useful technologies.

Why choose this course?

• Access the latest scientific thinking and teaching from a leading research-active academic team with expertise in ecology biotechnology management and environmental microbiology
• Gain the knowledge and skills to move into a career in the environmental sector or if you are a more experienced professional - develop your range of competencies and widen your opportunities in the field
• Develop a systematic understanding and critical awareness of the biological ecological and socio-economic drivers of global environmental change
• Be able to evaluate methods of managing environmental change at local and global levels including legislative voluntary and economic management
• Hone your practical skills in our modern well-equipped laboratories
• There is the option of a 2 pathway to better fit study around your work and family commitments
• Choose from a wide range of career paths including environmental consultancies; biotechnological research organisations; national and international government agencies and non-governmental bodies; and related business and industry. You also have the option of further study leading to PhD

When you submit an application form you must remember to include photocopies of the following supporting documents. We do not need to see your original qualifications and certificates.

• A completed application form signed by you (an electronic signature is fine)
• Copies of your official academic qualifications and certificates including proof of your level of English Language (where relevant)
• A one-page personal statement. This should tell us why you want to study your chosen course.
• A copy of your current valid passport details
• Please submit copies of any UK Visa that you have held and any documentation relating to previous visa refusals from any country