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48 Master's degrees in Sustainable Development in Netherlands
Exploring Sustainable Development programmes in the Netherlands offers a wide range of options for international students. Tuition fees vary, with the lower-end fees starting at €9,062. The typical tuition fee, which many students can expect to pay, is around €20,700. On the higher end, some programmes may cost up to €25,429. It's great to know that 1% of the programmes are considered affordable, making it easier for students to find a suitable option. Additionally, 1% of these programmes are available online, offering flexibility for those who prefer or need distance learning. Furthermore, 18% of universities in the Netherlands provide Sustainable Development programmes, showcasing the country's commitment to this field.

Sustainability Transitions
The Sustainability Transitions degree from Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences is for future change-makers who want to drive systemic change in business, policy, and society through applied research and transition thinking.

Water and Sustainable Development
This Water and Sustainable Development MSc Programme from the IHE Delft Institute for Water Education in the Netherlands targets students and early to mid-career water professionals who want to gain knowledge and skills to tackle water challenges while enhancing their career opportunities within the water sector or related organizations.

Sustainability Management
The Sustainability Management programme from Webster Leiden Campus will help students understand the urgency and the challenges in developing sustainable businesses, equip students with useful theoretical frameworks and practical tools, and offer students real-life experience in search of feasible yet impactful solutions toward long-term sustainability.

Bio Inspired Innovation
The Master’s programme in Bio Inspired Innovation at Utrecht University is aimed at students with a Bachelor's degree in Biological Sciences, who have a keen interest in combining design, research and systems-thinking.

Sustainable Development
The Sustainable Development programme at Utrecht University is a two-year programme designed for students who want to contribute to developing solutions needed for a transformation to more sustainable and equitable societies.

Development and Rural Innovation
Societal problems cannot be solved by technology alone. Innovation processes like the transition towards more sustainability and better food security are essentially also social processes. That is why students of the Development and Rural Innovation programme at the Wageningen University and Research learn to look at the whole picture.

Governance of Sustainability
The Governance of Sustainability programme from Leiden University offers a transdisciplinary approach to tackling urgent environmental challenges.

Innovation Management - Mastertrack Sustainability Transitions
This Innovation Management - Mastertrack Sustainability Transitions programme from Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) will provide you with analytical tools and insights that will help you in your future work in combining technology, innovation and sustainability.

Urban Governance of Inclusive Sustainable Cities
Do you wonder what role cities play in discovering answers to major social economic and environmental issues such as sustainability, poverty, inequality, housing and growth in a just way? Then this Urban Governance of Inclusive Sustainable Cities programme from Erasmus University Rotterdam is the right choice for you.

Sustainable Business and Innovation
Sustainable Business and Innovation programme at Utrecht University consists of a combination of natural and social science courses.

Business Administration - Organisation Design and Change Management
How can you design and change organisations to deliver societally responsible and economically valuable contributions? Learn to successfully mobilise action in organisations to address contemporary societal challenges.

Governance of Sustainability Transformations
With the Governance of Sustainability Transformations programme at Wageningen University and Research you will develop in-depth understanding of the social, political and legal dimensions of transformative governance and put this to work in designs of and negotiations over novel governance arrangements.

Spatial Planning - Planning, Land and Real Estate Development
This specialisation provides a land and real estate development perspective on urban development. The programme aims to prepare students for a future role as city developer, either in the public or in the private sector.

Applied Sustainability Management (Part-Time)
The Applied Sustainability Management (Part-Time) programme from SRH Haarlem University of Applied Sciences is designed to let you become a driving force in the transformation towards a sustainable world and will equip you with the knowledge and competencies needed to foster sustainable innovation in your organisation.

Global Challenges for Sustainability
The Master’s in Global Challenges for Sustainability from University of Barcelona is a unique international learning opportunity that will help you become a change-maker. Students work on real-life global challenges with national and international organisations and emerge with essential skills for the 21st century.

Science for Sustainability
Will you help navigate society towards environmental sustainability? In this Science for Sustainability programme from Radboud University you learn about planetary boundaries and societal transitions, and acquire skills to solve sustainability challenges with societal actors.

Finance - Sustainable Finance
Become a financial expert with a heart for the environment. Facing global challenges, financial institutions and other organizations are increasingly taking environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations into account when making decisions. In the Finance - Sustainable Finance track of Tilburg University program, you will learn how sustainability issues change the concept of finance.

Leading Hotel Transformation
As The Netherlands’ leading Business School in the world of hospitality, Hotelschool The Hague, Hospitality Business School inspires the next generation of global citizens and global leaders with the Leading Hotel Transformation programme.

Economics - Sustainable Development
Learn how to evaluate and develop policies and strategies for sustainable economic development and the sustainable use of resources.You analyze the factors driving inequality and environmental issues in different parts of the world and develop the skills to empirically test interventions that can make a difference. This a track of the MSc Economics.

Environment and Sustainability
Do you want to contribute to solving the environmental sustainability challenges of our time? In this specialisation, you focus on unraveling human impacts on nature and using this knowledge to identify environmental sustainability solutions.