Sustainability and Environmental Management Middlesex University

Overview

Why study MSc Sustainability and Environmental Management at Middlesex University?

Sustainability is a growing field requiring highly-educated professionals able to tackle global environmental issues and urgent policy agenda. This Sustainability and Environmental Management program at Middlesex University

 offers you the opportunity to:

• Gain critical knowledge in sustainability literacy and environmental sciences;
• Develop interdisciplinary and problem-solving skills to tackle a range of environmental issues;
• Evaluate and assess environmental issues, management practices and policies at a range of scales;
• Develop a career in sustainability and environmental management;
• Study alongside students from a range of cultural backgrounds offering you the chance to learn in an international arena and share ideas on a global scale;
• Explore and specialise in a range of disciplines such as Geography, Environmental Sciences, Ecology, Business studies.

What will you study?

• Key principles and concepts of sustainable development and environmental management and how these relate to current and future environmental, economic and social changes.
• The role of institutions, organisations and other stakeholders in managing and regulating the human impacts on the environment from the local to the global scale.
• Framework and methodologies commonly used to assess and manage environmental aspects.
• Theories and practices used in sustainable decision making process.
• A wide range of research methodologies associated with the design and conduct of research project in the field of sustainability and environmental management…

What skills will you gain?

You will be able to:

• Select appropriate competencies, theories and framework to evaluate and develop innovative responses to environmental issues and sustainable development challenges.
• Analyse complex systems using interdisciplinary approach.
• Critically evaluate qualitative and quantitative data and environmental assessment techniques and methodologies.
• Effectively learn both independently and collaboratively with a critical mind.
• Communicate effectively complex sustainable development issues and strategies to different audiences.
• Develop, plan and carry out task and research projects.
• Reflect on professional practice, including consideration of ethical, societal and financial issues.

Career Opportunities

• On completion of this MSc there is the capability of continuing study to PhD level or pursue a further academic career in higher education in the UK. Employment levels are high for graduates of the programme. 

• Graduates have successfully found employment in the business sector, consultancies, government ministries, non-governmental organisations (local and international) in addition to education. 
• Example of sectors: water resource, pollution, disaster management, built environment, transports, conservation, economic development.