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MSc Climate Change Science and Management

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    MSc 1 year full-time, 2 years part-time

Course Description

Our MSc Climate Change Science and Management degree addresses the urgent science of climate change, risk and management with a broad, problem-focused perspective that will suit students from a wide range of backgrounds.

Climate change is the most critical and urgent issue facing humanity in the 21 century. How to keep populations and infrastructure safe from extreme weather events; how to enhance or simply maintain human health and living standards; how to link activities from public and commercial sectors, and from diverse academic disciplines, to address common challenges in the resilience and sustainability of global living systems; these are challenges that define the 21 century and will define the legacy of the individuals and institutions of today.

Entry Requirements

An honours degree (good 2:2 of 55% or above) or equivalent international qualification in geography or other science/engineering discipline.

Applicants with appropriate professional expertise will also be considered.

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Programme Funding

There are lots of options available to you to fund your master’s programme, from alumni bursaries to school and department scholarships and government loans.

Student Destinations

Loughborough Geography and Environment master’s graduates have an excellent track record of securing jobs in consultancy, research and government agencies, in fields including flood risk modelling and engineering, catastrophe risk analysis, water quality monitoring and transport planning. Many of our graduates have secured jobs by networking with the contacts made during their programmes.

Recent alumni from the school have gone on to join the following companies:

  • Climate Compatible Growth Programme (Imperial College London)
  • NHS
  • Celtic Bank USA
  • WS Atkins

Roles have included: Energy Modelling Consultant, Geospatial Analyst, Sustainability Advisor, and Renewable Energy Underwriter.

In addition, graduates regularly go on to undertake PhDs in environmental research.

Module Details

Semester 1 – Compulsory Modules

  • Hydrometeorology for the Climate Emergency
  • Climate Futures
  • Mapping and Modelling the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Semester 2 – Compulsory Modules

  • Geospatial Risk Modelling for Management
  • Climate Science into Practice
  • Economic Modelling and Policy for Sustainable Development
  • Dissertation in Climate Change Science and Management (FT)

Summer – Compulsory Module

  • Dissertation in Climate Change Science and Management (FT)

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