Overview

If you’re passionate about studying the Earth’s natural processes and human impacts and you want to prepare yourself for a rewarding career in environmental sciences, this course is for you.

This MSc in Environmental Sciences from the University of East Anglia helps you develop advanced scientific knowledge alongside essential transferable skills in data analysis, use of tools such as geographic information systems (GIS), and decision-making.

You’ll choose modules from a range of topics covering diverse subject areas (e.g. biodiversity conservation, environmental economics, sustainability, environmental impact, climate change) that are useful for a wide array of career options, both in vocational employment and postgraduate research. Whether you’re an environmental sciences graduate seeking additional training, or you’ve studied a related subject and wish to advance your environmental knowledge and skills, this course is ideal. You’ll develop skills in the collection, analysis, interpretation and presentation of diverse datasets and the application of analytical tools such as numerical models and geographic information systems (GIS) to aid complex decision-making. All these transferable skills are invaluable for the job market and will support you to move into a rewarding career in environmental agencies, R&D groups, governmental and non-governmental organisations and consultancy companies.

Careers

Our degrees lead to a range of specialist environmental careers in areas such as sustainable environmental management, biodiversity conservation, renewable energy, carbon reduction, catchment management, weather forecasting, geophysics, natural hazard analysis, risk management, and teaching and education.

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Programme Structure

Courses include:

Catchment Water Resources
Climate Change: Physical Science Basis
Ecological Survey Methods
Energy and Climate Change
Environmental Assessment Effectiveness
Sustainable Consumption

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Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-22 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-07-31 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

180 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Norwich, United Kingdom

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

GPA

Lower Second Class

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General requirements

Degree classification Bachelors degree - 2.2 or equivalent
Degree Subject Any science or social science subject including geography, plus politics, economics, law and business studies. Strong applicants from other backgrounds with experience relevant to Environmental Sciences are also encouraged to apply.

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Tuition Fees

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24350 GBP / year

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11775 GBP / year

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Living costs

Norwich

United Kingdom

609 - 1044 GBP / month

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