Sustainable Development

Overview

This Sustainable Development programme from SOAS University of London aims to provide students with a broad grounding in the main concepts associated with sustainable development, but also provides the opportunity to specialise in one area in greater depth.

This programme provides a theoretical basis for understanding the evolution, meanings and use of the concept of sustainable development and it will help you to gain practical research experience. You will also acquire the skills needed to understand current environmental, development and sustainability issues and debates.

The aims of the programme are:

• to provide students with the skills necessary to analyse and interpret current issues and debates related to sustainable development
• to enhance knowledge and understanding for decision- and policy-making on sustainable development issues

Employment

Graduates from the Centre for Development, Environment and Policy leave SOAS with in-depth knowledge about the environment and sustainability challenges facing the world today, as well as the interdisciplinary skills to tackle them. Graduates go on to apply their learning in the private and public sectors, international organisations, NGO's, consultancies and development sector.

Recent graduates have been hired by:

• African Development Bank Group
• BP
• Civic Exchange, Hong Kong
• Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
• Energy Networks Association
• Energy UK
• Ernst & Young LLP
• ESB
• Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
• Plan UK
• Public Policy Projects
• UN Environment Programme
• to enhance students' critical, analytical, and integrative skills for responding to sustainable development challenges
• to provide research training and experience in relation to sustainable development.