Overview

Key Features

The Natural Resource Governance - Political Science at Luleå University of Technology comprises two years of full-time study (120 credits) and leads to a master’s degree. Natural resource governance involves the study of society’s management of the use of natural resources from a multidisciplinary perspective with the aim of achieving sustainable development. The starting point is governance designed through the interaction between state, market and civil society at various administrative levels and over time.

In the first academic year, you will take courses that introduce you to the field of Natural Resource Governance – the concepts, stakeholders, natural resources, laws and regulations – and which analyse target and land use conflicts in the use and management of natural resources. During the second academic year, you will take courses on social science theories and methods in the study of natural resource management. Alongside these you will also take optional courses, alternatively specialisation specific courses, in history, economics or political science. The programme ends with a degree project worth 30 credits in Natural Resource Management. The programme courses are interdisciplinary with an emphasis on social sciences and include project and field-based learning in close collaboration with various public stakeholders.The programme consists of a total of 120 higher education credits, 105 credits of which are compulsory courses at the advanced level (including your degree project) and 15 credits of specialization-specific or optional courses. You may choose to specialize in history, economics or political science. Specialization must be chosen at the time of application, see the special prerequisites for more information.For admission to a degree project course, the prerequisites specified in the syllabus must be met. Specific information about the application and admission procedures for degree projects are set by the department offering the course.A beginner’s course in Swedish worth three higher education credits is available for foreign students. This course is not included in the degree and is offered in addition to the compulsory courses in the programme.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Natural resource governance: quantitative and qualitative method

Applied methods for Natural resource governance

natural resource governance

Actors and natural resources

Ecosystems and natural resources

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2025-09-02 00:00:00
- Apply before 2025-01-15 00:00:00

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

90

Credits

120 ECTS

Delivered

On Campus

Disciplines

Environmental Management Natural Resource Management Political Science View 26 other Masters in Political Science in Sweden

Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

TOEFL^® IBT

90

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Other requirements

General requirements

A bachelor's degree equivalent to a Swedish kandidatexamen (180 credits) in which the main field of study (at least 90 credits, including a thesis of at least 15 credits) is political science. Good knowledge in English, equivalent to English 6.

Tuition Fee

Living costs for Luleå

6830 - 11280 SEK /month

Living costs

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

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