Course summary

This MSc programme is a special educational offering of the Centre for Environmental Research and Justice (CERJ). This MSc is an interdisciplinary, cross-college master's programme predominantly involving Life and Environmental Sciences and the College of Arts and Law. Chemical pollution is responsible for three times more annual premature deaths than malaria, tuberculosis, and AIDS combined. This MSc explores recent scientific and technological methodologies that allow for greater understanding of chemical toxicity, thus paving the way for evidence-based actions via a range of potential governance interventions that make the environment safe from toxic chemicals and defend people's rights to a healthy environment. Graduates of the programme will have gained the analytical, rhetorical and collaborative skills and confidence to effectively use scientific evidence to advocate on behalf of the environment. This programme will offer different routes for students to specialise in areas related to regulation, industry, NGOs, and scientific research. Why study this course?

• Collaborative, cross-college teaching – The MSc in Human and Environmental Toxicology with Law is distinctive in prioritising collaboration. We understand that the problems caused by pollution on health and the environment are multifaceted and cannot be tackled with Science or Law alone. Instead, this MSc allows you to develop expertise in BOTH science and law, empowering you to become a knowledgeable environmental changemaker.

• Future-minded – This MSc provides students with the skills to become the leaders, regulators and changemakers of tomorrow. The MSc will be delivered by leading environmental lawyers, toxicologists and bioinformaticians who are already pioneering modern, collaborative regulatory science for the UK, EU and beyond.

• A unique experience – While most postgraduate taught Master’s degrees silo students in a single academic discipline, the MSc in Human and Environmental Toxicology with Law allows you to develop your competencies across science and law from two of the University of Birmingham’s academic colleges to gain a truly unique set of skills.

• An opportunity to apply transferable skills – Regardless of your background in Biology or Law, this programme will enable you to integrate your undergraduate knowledge and apply it to a broader context, allowing you to become knowledgeable changemakers with an understanding of both the science and law needed to defend people’s rights and protect environmental health.