MSc Environment and Climate Change at University of Liverpool

This MSc programme is focused on the defining challenge of our time: our rapidly shifting environment. Through this programme, you will be equipped you with the scientific understanding, analytical and transferable skills and policy insight required to contribute to tackling climate and environmental change at local, national and international scales. The MSc in Environment and Climate Change is a multidisciplinary programme which will provide students with the knowledge, skills and tools to understand how the Earth’s environment has changed in the past, how it is changing now, and will in the future.

Faculty: Faculty of Science and Engineering  |  Duration: 12 months full-time; 24 months part-time  |  Study mode: full-time; part-time also available  |  Intake: September 2027  |  Location: Liverpool, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

In Semester One, you’ll learn field techniques through a series of day trips in to the field, usually visiting active research sites. You’ll also develop skills in laboratory analysis, remote sensing, and advanced data analysis skills. Compulsory modules in semester one include Field Skills in Environmental Science, Research in Anthropocene Environments, Politics of the Environment, Quantitative Research Methods in Environmental Sciences.

Career pathways

You’ll have lots of choice when you graduate from this programme. Not only is the world of PhD, teaching and post-doctoral research open to you but previous graduates have gone on to work in a wide variety of positions in the field of Environmental Science.

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