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49 Master's degrees in Sustainable Development in Netherlands

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 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.

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.

Urban Socio-Spatial Transformations
The Urban Socio-Spatial Transformations programme from IHS, Erasmus University Rotterdam examines the driving forces behind urban change, from economic transformations and technological innovation to social inequality and governance challenges.

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.

Environment and Society Studies - Local Environmental Change and Sustainable Cities
This specialisation focuses on the local level of sustainability transformations and the integration of different policies. How can we address issues such as the energy transition, climate adaptation, water quality, mobility, circularity, sustainable agriculture and nature conservation in a city or region, in the Netherlands or abroad?

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.

Food Systems Innovation
How do we design future-proof solutions? What are sustainable business models and how do you implement them? How do we involve different stakeholders in the solution for a societal challenge? If these questions spark your creativity and drive to make a difference, the Food Systems Innovation degree at Aeres University of Applied Sciences is the master’s programme for you!

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 and Circular Chemistry
How is chemistry essential to the energy, resource and material transition? How do you translate your ideas and creativity to sustainable, safe and circular processes? Are you eager to learn how chemistry can contribute to a more sustainable future? Then the Sustainable and Circular Chemistry programme from Utrecht University is for you.

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.

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.

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 Society Studies - Global Environment and Sustainability
This specialisation focuses on the global level of sustainability transformations, such as international agreements and initiatives on climate change, biodiversity and nature conservation on land and in oceans. You will learn how to critically analyse international negotiations.

Urban Management and Development
The Urban Management and Development programme from Erasmus University Rotterdam is a 12-month English-taught programme offered in two Master tracks.

Organizing for Global Social Challenges (GMSI)
Become an expert in sustainable development in an international context. Learn how to tackle global societal challenges such as poverty, inequality, migration, climate change, or humanitarian interventions after a natural disaster. Consider the role of organizations such as NGOs, firms, and social enterprises in tackling global societal challenges through different interventions.

Sustainable Entrepreneurship
How can entrepreneurship drive the transition to a sustainable economy? Learn how to turn sustainability challenges into viable ventures and effective policy solutions with this Sustainable Entrepreneurship programme from University of Groningen.

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.

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.

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.