Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
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Study Details: 1 year full time, 2-3 years part time
From the biodiversity crisis and the climate crisis to the question of managing economies during a global pandemic – the topic of sustainability has never been more pressing.
The MSc Ecological Economics prepares you to contribute to solving sustainability problems by focusing on the intersection between:
This programme aims to equip you with a new way of seeing the world.
We will empower you to analyse how the economy and economic decisions affect our progress towards a more just and sustainable future.
These entry requirements are for the 2024/25 academic year and requirements for future academic years may differ. Entry requirements for the 2025/26 academic year will be published on 1 Oct 2024.
A UK 2:1 honours degree, or its international equivalent.
We may also consider a UK 2:2 honours degree, or its international equivalent, with appropriate work experience.
Applicants from a wide variety of backgrounds are welcome to apply, but all students will be expected to engage critically with economic and environmental concepts, and will also be asked to engage in both quantitative and qualitative analysis. Students whose undergraduate degrees have not addressed one or more these areas should highlight in their applications their abilities to learn and to engage with these subject areas.
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Graduates of the MSc Ecological Economics have historically been in high demand.
Our graduates are working in a variety of sectors, including:
Additionally, around a quarter of our Masters students eventually go on to doctoral research programmes.
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