Sustainability Science in Transforming Societies Maastricht University

Overview

The world needs professionals who are able to recognise, analyse and respond to sustainability challenges. This requires the ability to design, conduct and evaluate sustainability assessments in collaboration with stakeholders while operating at the interface of science, policy, business and society. In the  Sustainability Science in Transforming Societies programme, you'll learn to do just that. You'll be familiarised with the complexity and normativity of sustainable development for policy or business. This Sustainability Science in Transforming Societies master's offers you the opportunity to specialise in Policy for Sustainability or Business for Sustainability.

Your future

As a ​Sustainability Science in Transforming Societies student at  Maastricht University , you'll learn to cope with sustainability challenges from an integrated perspective to support policy making. Upon graduation, you'll be a well-qualified, interdisciplinary professional in the field of sustainable development. The skills you’ll develop during this master's programme will make you capable of contributing to the pursuit of sustainable development in a constructive and critical way.

Career paths

The MSc SSTS programme will equip you with the knowledge, skills and competences that will enable you to find a position in governmental, non-governmental, or commercial organisations. You could pursue a career as a:

• policy maker
• sustainability coordinator
• analyst of strategic policies
• consultant in sustainability issues
• scientist