MA Sustainable Business

The MSc Sustainable Business at Buckinghamshire New University is designed to help you establish a career in the sustainable industry. On this course, you learn how to provide sustainable solutions to the world’s challenges and graduate with the skills necessary to ensure that innovations meet environmental policies.

You will explore how to come up with innovations and lead businesses toward sustainable practices by examining the environmental, social, and governance frameworks that shape this field. You will conduct an independent professional project—a research study on a chosen topic—to help fill gaps in the sustainable business world

Teaching and learning for this course is student-focused and interactive, through lectures, seminars, group work, and practical exercises. The course emphasises hands-on learning via business consultancy projects and work placements, where you gain real-life experience. Assessment comes in the form of essays, live briefs, presentations, and pitches.

Buckinghamshire New University was founded in 1893 in Buckinghamshire. It offers a wide range of programmes (undergraduate, postgraduate, and research levels) across disciplines such as Business, Computing, Engineering, Health and Social Care, Media and the Creative Arts. 

BNU holds accreditations from professional bodies such as the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) and the British Computer Society (BCS). Presently, the university has over 13,000 students enrolled, which includes international students.

Buckinghamshire New University offers its students facilities like specialised laboratories, a digital media studio, an on-campus library, and dedicated employability hubs. These make Buckinghamshire New University a great choice for international students.

To study MA Sustainable Business at Buckinghamshire New University, the following requirements must be met:

Grade requirements

• You should have a bachelor's degree with a minimum classification of 2:2.
• You may also submit an alternative qualification with relevant professionals.
  

English Proficiency

• Non-native English speakers may need to demonstrate proficiency in the language, typically through an IELTS score of at least 6.5. TOEFL or other equivalents are also allowed.

The tuition fee (2025/2026) for MA Sustainable Business at Buckinghamshire New University is £15,500 per year. This fee does not include costs such as accommodation and personal expenses.

Buckinghamshire New University supports students financially through several bursaries and scholarships. One such scholarship is the Vice Chancellor's International Student Scholarship, where self-funding international applicants receive £3,000 in their first year of study.

With an MA in Sustainable Business from Buckinghamshire New University, you are open to the jobs below:

• Sustainability Consultant
• Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Manager
• Environmental Policy Analyst
• Sustainable Supply Chain Manager
• Green Finance Analyst
• Sustainability Reporting Specialist

To apply for this course, you’ll need to go through UCAS. To find out more about this process, speak to one of our trained counsellors.