68 Environmental Economics Degree Programs

The Master's degree in Resource Economics and Sustainable Development offers a solid preparation in environmental economics, a critical understanding of the economics of sustainable development, and of the complex interactions between economic decisions, market forces, governmental policies, and the environment.

Ready to tackle Europe’s green transition? The European Environmental Economics and Policy (M3EP) program is your gateway. Spend your first year in Denmark and then choose from five top European universities—Copenhagen, Heidelberg, Milan, Charles (Prague), and Warsaw—for your second year. Gain cutting-edge expertise in both environmental economics and political science. With a focus on real-world European policy challenges, you‘ll graduate with the tools and skills to make a true impact.

The Master in Circular Economy, Sustainability and ESG Management prepares you to lead the sustainable management of companies, address all social and environmental impacts, and master the key factors of ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) and CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility).

The Environmental Economics and Management master's program focuses on economic issues in the areas of environmental and natural resources, marketing, and finance. These include public economics and government intervention to control environmental effects; planning of efficient extraction and use of natural resources; allocation of water and land resources; regulation of agricultural product marketing in local and export markets; industrial organization; economics of the family; mechanism design; game theory; political economy, and more. Students participate in research as part of their master's thesis.

The Master of Science in Environmental Economics and Management at Thompson Rivers University is designed to equip students with advanced knowledge and skills at the intersection of economics, business, and environmental studies. This program focuses on sustainable management practices, economic analysis, and policy development related to environmental issues.

The purpose of the MA in Regional and Environmental Economics is to train economic specialists who, with their theoretical and methodological knowledge, can explore the social dimensions of environmental problems and analyze social, cultural, and ecological processes from an economic perspective.

The community at the University of Helsinki works together towards making the world a better place. We link research and education closely together to provide students with topical, high-level and distinguished Master’s programs. By studying in the Master in Agricultural, Environmental and Resource Economics (AGERE), you qualify as an expert with a set of skills needed to address tomorrow’s questions already today. Which question will you solve?

The program of Agricultural and Resource Economics leads to the Master of Science degree and trains students to conduct economic research in the fields of applied economics, agricultural and food economics, resource economics, environmental economics, and agribusiness.

This programme is coordinated in the Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development.

The Master's Degree in Environmental Economics, Work and Sustainable Development aims to provide advanced knowledge in the fields of sustainable management of economic activities, promotion of virtuous processes of economic development in both industrialized and developing countries.

This MSc program in Economics and Policy of Energy and the Environment is designed to give students a solid understanding of how markets and policies influence energy systems and environmental sustainability. It covers key topics like energy economic…

The 2-year MSc programme in European Environmental Economics and Policy (M3EP) prepares you to take on one of the most complex and demanding policy areas for the EU and its member states in the 21st century: the green transition. This Erasmus Mundus Joint Master’s programme is delivered collaboratively by five 4EU+ universities.

The MSc in Sustainable Resources: Economics, Policy and Transitions is designed to help students understand how to manage and develop sustainable resources in a changing world. Globally we are unsustainably using our natural resources, causing major environmental, social and political challenges. This sustainability master’s degree equips you with the skills and knowledge for a career driving change across business and policy, promoting efficient, circular, equitable and sustainable resource use. Our interdisciplinary curriculum focuses on the environmental, social, and economic aspects of managing resources from public policy and business perspectives.

Would you like a career working with environmental issues in national and international businesses? Then this is the right Master’s programme for you.

Our Master's program allows you to specialize in one of these four fields, but also offers the opportunity to combine courses from all these fields. The program offers you the theoretical knowledge and practical skills to tackle complex problems at a high level of abstraction, keeping in mind the need to translate theoretical solutions into clear-cut policy advice. The contents are firmly rooted in economics, but shed light on the multi-disciplinary nature of many real-world policy questions.

As a graduate of the Mineral Economics study program, you will be employed in the positions of managers and commodity traders in industrial enterprises and the financial sector. You can become an official in the state administration and local government or thanks to the acquired knowledge and skills, you can go into business.