
Environment and Climate Change
University of LiverpoolLiverpool, United Kingdom
Course overview
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. You will develop a comprehensive understanding of long-term and contemporary climate change, including the methods used to reconstruct past and project future climate change.
Additionally, you will learn the theory and develop practical expertise in environmental management, climate policy-making and environmental hazards. After completing this programme, you will be trained to contribute within and across research, policy and commercial spheres, having developed expertise in a range of topics including climate change, flooding, environmental pollution and biodiversity. Your programme is capped by a supervised research project that enables you to build on your specific knowledge and skill interests, with the option to design a project alongside an external stakeholder or business.
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. The programme focuses on areas within the research expertise of the School of Environmental Sciences, including climate change, coastal environments, river and lake systems, carbon stocks and fluxes, ecosystems and biodiversity, and atmospheric and environmental pollution. The programmes emphasise training in field and laboratory-based environmental monitoring, modelling environmental systems, and in the analysis and interpretation of environmental data for research and environmental management.
Graduates of the programme will have developed technical and research expertise, including the ski
Key highlights
- Supervised research project, optionally designed with an external stakeholder or business
- Training in field and laboratory-based environmental monitoring
- Covers methods to reconstruct past and project future climate change
- Practical expertise in environmental management, climate policy-making and hazards
- Topics include flooding, pollution, carbon fluxes, coastal and river systems
- Modelling environmental systems and analysing environmental data for management
Entry requirements
- Degree: 2:2 — Postgraduate entry requirements: We accept a 2:2 honours degree from a UK university, or an equivalent academic qualification from a similar non-UK institution.
Scholarships
Chevening Scholarships
E. Allison Peers Masters Scholarship in Iberian and Latin American Studies
The scholarship provides £5,000 towards fees, plus a £5,000 stipend, for students undertaking a Hispanic topic in any master's programme in the Department of Languages, Cultures and Film at the University of Liverpool.
Up to £5,000Health, Cultures and Societies Bursary
The successful candidate will receive a one-off fee reduction of £5,000.
Up to £5,000Hodgson Law Scholarship
Liverpool Excellence Scholarship for Postgraduates
If you're an international student, you could be eligible for a tuition fee discount of £7,000.
Up to £7,000Liverpool Law School Hong Kong Scholarships
Two scholarships worth £1,000 each.
Up to £1,000Liverpool Law School LLM Bursaries
Two bursaries worth £500 each for Home students. Two bursaries wroth £1,000 each for international students.
MA in Chinese-English Translating and Interpreting Scholarships
Students awarded this scholarship will receive a fee reduction of £5,000.
Up to £5,000Management School MBA Excellence Scholarship
50% tuition fee discounts are available.
Up to 50% of feesManuel Irujo Scholarship in Basque Studies
The scholarship provides approximately £5,000.
MusicFutures Scholarship for International Intellectual Property Law LLM
Up to five scholarships are available, each worth £12,500 in the form of a tuition fee discount.
Up to £12,500Peter Astaire Memorial Scholarship in Beatles Studies
Up to two awards are available in each academic year, with each award worth £4,000.
Up to £4,000Scholarships for MA Political Science and International Relations
The Department of Politics is pleased to announce two £5,000 scholarships for students wishing to pursue the MA in Political Science and International Relations.
Up to £5,000Scholarships for Master's in Public Administration and Policy
Successful candidates will receive a fee reduction of £5,000.
Up to £5,000Scholarships for Postgraduate Study in Education
Successful candidates will receive a fee reduction of £5,000.
Up to £5,000Scholarships for Postgraduate Study in Film Studies
Successful candidates will receive a fee reduction of £5,000.
Up to £5,000Scholarships for Postgraduate Study in History
Successful candidates will receive a fee reduction of £5,000.
Up to £5,000Scholarships for Postgraduate Study in Translation
Successful candidates will receive a fee reduction of £5,000.
Up to £5,000University of Liverpool Humanitarian Scholarships for Master's Programmes
University of Liverpool International College (UoLIC) Excellence Scholarship
£5,000 tuition fee reduction for the first year of study.
Up to £5,000
Careers this course leads to
- Environmental consultant
- Climate change policy adviser
- Flood risk analyst
- Environmental scientist
- Sustainability officer
- Environmental researcher
Cost of study
UK/Home: Full-time place, per year - £14,000; Part-time: £6,250 | International: Full-time place, per year - £30,000; Part-time: £14,150
Admission
Applications are made through AHZ at no cost. Share your transcripts, English test scores and personal statement, and your AHZ Counsellor will review your profile, submit your application to University of Liverpool, and guide you through interview, offer, CAS and visa — right up to enrolment.
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