20 Master's degrees in Environmental Sciences in Sweden

This Industrial and Environmental Biotechnology MSc programme from KTH Royal Institute of Technology provides a deep understanding of how to design and operate state-of-the-art life science-based production processes, with respect to product quality, sustainability and finance.  

The Master's Programme in Environmental Science - Atmosphere, Biogeochemistry and Climate (ES-ABC) gives students from Stockholm University the opportunity to familiarise themselves with the environmental science perspective on current major environmental challenges such as air and water pollution, and climate change, as well as help prepare them to contribute potential solutions.

Are you interested in an education leading to a profession where you can contribute to an improved sustainability for humans and the environment? The Master of Chemistry in Environmental Forensics (MSc) from Örebro University gives you tools for investigative studies in analytical environmental chemistry.

Discover Applied Environmental Geochemistry degree at Luleå University of Technology: Learn about element occurrence, mobility, and pollution effects. Here, you will understand the relationships between the environment and its elements and how to positively impact it by developing solutions to reduce environmental pollution

Sea and Society from University of Gothenburg  is a transdisciplinary programme where students, teachers, researchers, and professionals from different disciplines come together to learn, exchange, and create new knowledge about the sustainable use of the sea and its resources.

This two-year Master’s degree that combines natural and social sciences, focusing on multidisciplinary knowledge and skills required to analyse and address some of the world’s most challenging environmental and sustainability problems. You can choose between two different specialisations: Environment, Politics, and Global Development; and Ecosystem Management, Biodiversity and Climate Change.

Global Environmental History programme at Uppsala University is intended to give you advanced theoretical and empirical knowledge of social scientific and humanistic analyses of relationships between man and nature. 

In a world facing complex environmental problems, ecological understanding and a systems perspective are fundamental to finding sustainable solutions. If you are interested in nature and want to address global challenges, this Ecology and Sustainable Development programme at Linköping University is the right choice.

Communication plays an important role in the facilitation of sustainable management of natural resources and environmental issues. In the Environmental Communication and Management program from Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences we learn to organise and carry out communication and conflict management in the environmental and natural resource management area.

The Environmental Sciences, Policy and Management study programme is in English and lasts two years. The students study in at least three consortium universities: Central European University, the University of the Aegean, Lund University, the University of Manchester, Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey and the University of Saskatchewan. 

As an environmental scientist, you can help solve humanity’s major environmental challenges in the transition to a more sustainable future. Applied Environmental Science - Ecosystem Services and Nature Resource Management is offered at Halmstad University.

This Outdoor and Sustainability Education programme from Linköping University will increase your knowledge about learning processes with a focus on experience-based learning, using different modes and methods. 

The programme in Environmental Social Science at Stockholm University discusses how science, policies and practices interact with power relations. How are environmental issues and their solutions defined and understood, and how does vulnerability create unequal conditions?

Atmosphere, Climate and Ecosystems from University of Gothenburg adds resources to the understanding of and solutions for the UN Sustainable Development Goals. 

Lund University's Applied Computational Science, Environmental Science MS program offers a unique blend of computational methods and environmental science, enabling you to address complex environmental challenges using advanced computational techniques.

The Energy Smart Innovation in the Built Environment program at Halmstad University gives you a better understanding of renewable energy in the built environment and you do practical work to apply solutions to one of the major issues of our time: how we build an urban society where energy consumption and energy supply are sustainable in the long term.

Environmental Sciences from University of Gothenburg studies the threats to our joint life and future on Earth, as well as the opportunities for human society to tackle these challenges.

The Master’s programme in Environmental Science - Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry at Stockholm University focuses on the journey of a contaminant from its emission and environmental fate, through to its uptake into living organisms and interaction with important biomolecules.

Would you like to contribute to the sustainable conservation and management of the world’s fish and wildlife resources? The Conservation and Management of Fish and Wildlife programme at Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences will prepare you for a career in both the public and private sector.

The Master Programme in Biology - Environmental Toxicology from Uppsala University covers the entire chain of the impact of chemicals on nature, from biochemical processes in living cells, via physiological effects on cells, organs and individuals to consequences at population and ecosystem levels.