Safety, Health and Environmental Management - MSc at University of South Wales

Programme overview

An IOSH-accredited master's at Pontypridd producing health and safety practitioners who can identify, assess and solve health, safety and environmental problems through good management. Graduates can progress towards IOSH Graduate status.

Duration: 15 months full-time (also 1 year full-time and 2 years part-time) | Intake: February 2027 and September 2027 | Location: Pontypridd, Wales, United Kingdom

What you will study

Modules include Health and Safety Management, Corporate Social Responsibility for Organisational Managers, Law for the Built Environment, Environmental Management (ISO 14001), Workplace Evaluation and Control, Business and Risk Management, and an individual dissertation. Delivery is mainly through workshops, with online knowledge-based study, assessed by reports, case studies, open-book examinations and presentations.

Career pathways

Opportunities exist in environmental protection and occupational safety and health in the private and public sectors; roles listed include environmental manager, health and safety manager and safety, health and environmental manager. Graduate membership of IOSH is the route to Chartered status.

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Application information

Entry requirements

A good Honours degree in a relevant subject, or an appropriate professional qualification, or an HNC/HND with adequate managerial experience.

International applicants: GBP 18,300 a year (2027/28). Full-time, per year Source

Intake: February 2027 and September 2027

Duration: 15 months full-time (also 1 year full-time and 2 years part-time)

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