Sustainability and Water Security MSc at University of Dundee

This MSc explores the governance, economic, social and environmental challenges arising from demands on water resources, including interventions to promote water security across scales and in post-conflict regions. It is taught in close cooperation with the University's Centre for Water Law, Policy and Science, a UNESCO category 2 Water Centre.

Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences  |  Duration: 12 months (full-time)  |  Intake: January 2027, September 2027, January 2028  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom

What you will study

Core modules include Energy Transition and Climate Change and Principles of Sustainability (20 credits each) and Water and Environmental Modelling, together with An Interdisciplinary Introduction and Research Training in Energy and Sustainability Studies (10 credits) and a dissertation on water management. Core modules are taught by Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy (CEPMLP) staff and assessed by essays, practical assignments, exams, group exercises and a dissertation.

Career pathways

Graduates can work in policy development and advice, practical management of water resources, governmental and non-governmental disaster relief organisations, law firms, utilities, and training and research.

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