Global Challenges for Sustainability (Charm EU) (M.Sc.)

Course Overview

The CHARM-EU Masters in Global Challenges for Sustainability offers a unique international learning opportunity. CHARM-EU students will have the chance to address the pressing need for sustainability in a transdisciplinary and challenge-based environment. This international programme employs an innovative pedagogical approaches and mechanisms to engage staff and students of diverse backgrounds and disciplines to facilitate, foster and enhance the links between education, research and innovation. Furthermore, active engagement with CHARM-EU’s extended network of academic experts and extra-academic actors (i.e. business, community and society) increases the potential development and employability of our graduates.

The Masters degree is accredited* and jointly awarded by the nine CHARM-EU partner universities: Trinity College Dublin (Ireland), University of Barcelona (Spain), Utrecht University (The Netherlands), University of Montpellier (France), Eötvös Loránd University Budapest (Hungary), Abo Akademi University (Finland), Ruhr West University of Applied Sciences (Germany), Julius Maximillian University Würzburg (Germany) and University of Bergen (Norway).

For more information and to apply, visit the CHARM-EU website.

Applicants must hold at least a Bachelors degree or equivalent (EQF level 6 or higher).

C1 English language certification is necessary for admission to the programme. Students with B2 English certification will be considered in conjunction with other admission criteria but must attain C1 level before enrolment.

Download the list of accepted English certificates.

The Admissions Regulations for 5th edition, commencing in September 2025, are available on this page Academic Rules and Regulations Admissions- 5th Edition (2025-2027).

English Language Requirements

All applicants to Trinity are required to provide official evidence of proficiency in the English language. Applicants to this course are required to meet Band B (Standard Entry) English language requirements. For more details of qualifications that meet Band B, see the English Language Requirements page here.

Applicants for the Trinity International Foundation Programme require IELTS 5.0 overall, with 5.0 in Writing and no band below 4.5.

Applicants for all Undergraduate and Postgraduate programmes must present one of the following English language qualifications.

Graduates have pursued sustainable policy and communication roles, entrepreneurship, sustainability specialist and consultancy roles within a wide range of organisations, as well as further academic research.