Overview

Graduates of the Energy and Sustainability program at Northwestern University emerge as marketable and highly sought-after change agents, leveraging their program experience to secure impactful jobs with some of the largest energy and sustainability firms in the world.

Professional Outlook

There has never been a better time to accelerate your career in the rapidly-expanding global energy and sustainability workforce.

A powerful combination of personalized MSES career mentors and an engaged alumni and program network has supported extremely competitive placement and compensation rates for our graduates.

Students frequently recruit into consulting and advisory, renewables developers and utilities, corporate and municipal sustainability (operations, food/water, supply chain & procurement, environmental), and energy and decarbonization engineering.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Hydrogen in the Energy Transition

Energy Project Development & Finance

Government Incentives

Financing the Energy Transition

Sustainable Branding

Sustainable Supply Chain Management

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 10 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-16 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-05-01 00:00:00 , National
Starting 2027-09-16 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-02-15 00:00:00 , International

Language

English

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Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Evanston, United States

Disciplines

Energy Engineering Sustainable Energy View 71 other Masters in Sustainable Energy in United States

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Academic requirements

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

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

Typically, successful applicants will have a bachelor's or master's degree in:

An engineering or an engineering-related field
A social/natural science discipline with some quantitative and/or analytical background
Another social/natural science discipline without a quantitative and/or analytical background with subject-area relevance, so long as the applicant can demonstrate such skills;
A professional master’s degree
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Pay an online application fee by credit card.
Submit your essays.
Upload your transcript(s) or academic record(s).
Submit your test scores (international applicants are required to submit English language test scores; programs may also require scores from additional tests such as the GRE or GMAT)
Upload two Letters of Recommendation.

Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

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Non-residents

45946 USD / year

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Out-of-State

45946 USD / year

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Domestic

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In-State

45946 USD / year

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Living costs

Evanston

United States

1100 - 1500 USD / month

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

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Funding

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Overview

Professional Outlook

Programme Structure

Key information

Duration

Start dates & application deadlines

Language

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Delivered

Campus Location

Disciplines

What students do after studying

Academic requirements

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

Tuition Fees

International Applies to you

Domestic

Living costs

Evanston

Financing

Funding

Scholarships Information

Available Scholarships

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