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Environmental Sustainability at The University of Edinburgh - UCAS

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2026 - 2027
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19Nov
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Course summary

Our world faces significant and complex challenges, from rising inequality to environmental issues. Global climate change is now affecting everyone on the planet. Ensuring environmental sustainability is one of the most significant challenges facing humanity in the 21st century, and raises urgent questions such as:

  • What is sustainability?
  • What are the debates and challenges surrounding different models of sustainable development?
  • How can economic and energy systems be restructured to combat climate change?
  • What policies foster sustainability? What are the challenges and implications of implementing these in the ‘Global South’ and the ‘Global North’?
At this critical moment, more organisations are working to promote sustainable development, reduce human impacts on the environment, and achieve economic equity. These initiatives include the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. With the MSc Environmental Sustainability, you can explore these questions and other significant challenges affecting our present and future world. You will be encouraged to think across different disciplines and consider scientific, socio-economic, and policy perspectives to better understand sustainability and how it can be achieved in different geographical contexts. You can explore critical social and global issues and ways to address these to benefit individuals, communities, societies and nature. Our programme gives you an international perspective, focusing on regions in both the ‘Global South’ and ‘Global North’. Edinburgh Climate Change Institute This degree is associated with the Edinburgh Climate Change Institute (ECCI). ECCI brings together the following domains to help develop a low-carbon society:
  • law
  • business
  • social science
  • technology
  • policy experts
Through ECCI, you will have the opportunity to work and network alongside professionals and potential employers within this high-demand field.

Modules

See the University of Edinburgh website for detailed programme information.

Entry requirements

Entry requirements for individual programmes vary, so please check the details for the specific programme you wish to apply for on the University of Edinburgh website. You will also need to meet the University’s language requirements.

Fees and funding

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Environmental Sustainability at The University of Edinburgh - UCAS