Environmental System Science MSc

1 year full-time, 2 years part-time

This interdisciplinary MSc will allow you to develop a deep understanding of environmental system behaviour, on local and global scales, whilst also learning how the environment has been impacted by humans and how we can best manage these impacts. 

Environmental System Science MSc, 1 year full-time, 2 years part-time

This interdisciplinary MSc will allow you to develop a deep understanding of environmental system behaviour, on local and global scales, whilst also learning how the environment has been impacted by humans and how we can best manage these impacts. 

Course information

UK fee £10,950

International fee £23,650

Taught by School of Geography, Geology and the Environment

Course description

Course description

The world currently faces a plethora of unprecedented environmental challenges, many of which represent potential existential threats. Anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases are predicted to disrupt the climate system, threatening food security. In parallel, air and water pollution are increasing in many parts of the world, especially in urban areas, and many species are threatened with extinction. 

In this interdisciplinary MSc, you will gain a deep understanding of Environmental System Science and learn how to apply this knowledge to tackle environmental problems in hydrological, geomorphological, geochemical, ecological and atmospheric contexts.

You will gain practical experience in a range of techniques for the collection, mapping and analysis of environmental data and will learn how to develop and use numerical models to describe environmental system behaviour and to make predictions about environmental change.

Graduates in Environmental System Science will be firmly on a path to making the world a better place, equipped with a holistic perspective of environmental systems which will enable them to identify, manage and mitigate the detrimental impacts of human activities on the environment. 

This MSc programme differs from other Environmental Science courses because it explicitly takes a system approach and considers a range of spatial and temporal scales – starting with a holistic and long-term perspective on the Earth System and then focusing on regional and local environmental problems and solutions. As a trained environmental scientist, many careers are open to you.

Entry requirements

Fees and funding

Facilities

Careers and employability

Course structure

Core modules

Core modules

Plus your Dissertation

Modules shown represent choices available to current students. The range of modules available and the content of any individual module may change in future years.

Option modules

Why Leicester

The School of Geography, Geology and the Environment has a track record of environmental research, going back decades.

Students will have access to a range of state-of-the-art analytical equipment including Scanning Electron Microscopes (SEM), X-ray fluorescence (XRF), mass spectrometers and dedicated Stable Isotope and Water Quality Laboratories.

Taught by staff who have international reputations as researchers and consultants to businesses and government agencies, who are actively engaged in tackling a wide range of globally important environmental problems and who contribute to policy debates of national and international significance.

Leicester hosts the NERC National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO), invested £100 million in Space Park Leicester (SPL) in 2021 to create a centre for the analysis and commercialisation of space-enabled data and space mission development, and established the Institute for Space in 2022.

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