Sustainability Management - Master of Environmental Studies (MES) at University of Waterloo

Programme overview

Support the economic, social and political transition to sustainability with the Master of Environmental Studies in Sustainability Management program. As a future sustainability innovator, you’ll gain interdisciplinary research skills, management approaches, strategies, and processes to realize sustainable growth outcomes within business, government and not-for-profit organizations and others. A broad range of courses covers a spectrum of topics in sustainable development, environment, management and innovation, with elective courses available from other graduate programs in the School of Environment, Enterprise and Development (SEED) and in other departments at Waterloo.

Faculty: Faculty of Environment | Department: School of Environment, Enterprise and Development | Duration: 12 - 24 months (full-time, depending on study option) | 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, Coursework.

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Application information

Entry requirements

A four-year undergraduate degree equivalent in a humanities, social science, health, engineering, natural science, environmental science, or business discipline with an overall average of at least 75% in the last two years.

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.

Terms run fall (September to December), winter (January to April) and spring (May to August). Programmes are currently accepting applications for fall 2027; intake terms vary by programme.

Graduate applications are made online through the Graduate Studies Application and the non-refundable application fee is $150 CAD per program, paid in the applicant portal. Deadlines are set by each programme (for example MDSAI part-time: fall January 15, winter July 1). Apply two to four weeks ahead of the programme deadline.

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

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