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Sustainability Management - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) at University of Waterloo

University of Waterloo, Canada

Programme overview

Contribute to the creation of academic knowledge by developing methods, systems, concepts, and tools for sustainability management with the PhD in Sustainability Management program. As a future sustainability innovator, you’ll gain interdisciplinary research skills, management approaches, strategies, and processes to realize sustainable outcomes within business, government and not-for-profit organizations and others. You’ll be prepared for career paths both inside and outside academia, with professional development seminars available to gain and mobilize your knowledge and develop skills for careers outside of academia including government, business and not-for-profit organizations.

Faculty: Faculty of Environment  |  Department: School of Environment, Enterprise and Development  |  Duration: 48 months (full-time)  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Intake: Fall (September - December); application deadlines: February 1 (for admission in September)  |  Location: Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

What you will study

Study option(s): Thesis.

Career pathways

You’ll be prepared for career paths both inside and outside academia, with professional development seminars available to gain and mobilize your knowledge and develop skills for careers outside of academia including government, business and not-for-profit organizations.

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Application information

Entry requirements

A Master's degree with distinction (typically an overall average of at least 80%, or equivalent). Facility with research methods is expected, whether through the presentation of specific graduate courses or original research at the graduate level.

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the courses you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Graduate applications are made online through the Graduate Studies Application and the non-refundable application fee is $150 CAD per program. Deadlines are set by each programme.

Apply through the official page: https://grad.apply.uwaterloo.ca/apply/

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