University of Milan
Master's Degree in Environmental Change and Global Sustainability (ECGS)
Milan, Italy
DURATION
2 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
25 Aug 2024
EARLIEST START DATE
Oct 2024
TUITION FEES
EUR 156 *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* first instalment fee
Introduction
Environmental Change and Global Sustainability play a central role in modern societies, to the point that sustainable management of the environment currently represents one of the most important open challenges for humanity. In this context, such a programme (entirely taught in English) provides advanced expertise in the hard- and life-science components of environmental studies as well as in their economic- and social-science components.
The general goal is to train students to tackle environmental change and sustainability from a multidisciplinary perspective. Students will therefore be provided with both a solid knowledge of the dynamics of the different components of the environment and a deep understanding of the tools required to promote its sustainable management and protection.
The Master's degree in Environmental Change and Global Sustainability represents a novelty in the Italian university system, not only for its marked multidisciplinary approach but also for being taught entirely in English.
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Curriculum
Year: 1
First semester
Compulsory
- Approaches to the Study of Ecological Systems
- Biodiversity Dynamics and Conservation
- Environmental Economics and Policy
- Quantitative Methods
Second semester
Compulsory
- Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics and Policy
- Chemistry of Natural Processes and Technologies for the Environment
- Statistical Methods in Environmental Studies
Optional
- Geodiversity: Theory and Applications
- Sedimentary Successions and Their Natural Resources for the Energy Transition
Study plan rules
- Geodiversity: Theory and Applications
- Sedimentary Successions and Their Natural Resources for the Energy Transition
Year: 2
First semester
Optional
- Applied Environmental and Resource Economics
- Climate Change: Impact and Adaptation
- Ecosystem Functioning and Services
- Georesources and Sustainability
- Green Procurement
- Plant and Animal Diversity: Values and Risks
- Recycle and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of Products and Processes
Second semester
Optional
- Environmental Law
- Laboratory of Environmental Change and Global Sustainability
- Sustainability Accounting and Management
- Sustainable Development
Open sessions
There are no specific sessions for these activities (e.g. open online courses).
Compulsory
Final Dissertation
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
The main peculiar quality of ECGS graduates is their ability to tackle environmental change and sustainability from a multidisciplinary perspective. This ability benefits from advanced expertise in the hard- and life-science components of environmental studies as well as in their economic- and social-science components. In this context, five professional profiles ECGS graduates can achieve are listed below:
- Environmental manager in agro-food, energy and green economy companies as well as in other companies in the industrial and service sectors
- Environmental specialist in the public administration as well as in local governments
- Environmental specialist in supra and international bodies as well as in national and international non-governmental organizations
- Specialist in environmental impact studies and strategic environmental assessments
- Specialist in environmental analysis and monitoring
Further employment opportunities for ECGS graduates concern research positions at universities and research institutions as well as teaching at the secondary school level.