MSc Environmental Monitoring, Research and Management at Loughborough University

Tackle environmental challenges through science, monitoring, and management. Our master's in environmental monitoring, research and management focuses on the practical skills required for successful and sustainable management through field, laboratory and analytical work. Our fundamental belief that environmental problem solving and management must be based on asking the right questions, collecting the correct data, analysing it in an appropriate way and evaluating it in an applied context.

Faculty: School of Social Sciences and Humanities  |  Department: Geography and Environment  |  Duration: 1 year full-time; 2 years part-time  |  Study mode: full-time; part-time  |  Intake: September 2027  |  Location: Loughborough, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Our Environmental Monitoring, Research and Management MSc is designed to help you gain a sound theoretical and practical understanding of environmental processes and systems. Compulsory modules: Lake Research and Management, GIS for Environmental Management, Tools for River Research and Management, Sustainability: Concepts and Practice, Nature-Based Solutions for Climate Resilience, Research for Impact and Management, Earth Surface Processes and Risk Management, Dissertation in Environmental Monitoring, Research and Management.

Career pathways

Our graduates have an excellent track record of securing jobs in environmental consultancy, research and government agencies in fields including flood risk modelling and engineering, catastrophe risk analysis, water quality monitoring and transport planning. Many of our graduates have secured jobs by networking with the contacts made during the programme.

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