University of Edinburgh Business School
MSc in Global Strategy & Sustainability
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
MSc
DURATION
2 semesters
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
TUITION FEES
GBP 20,100 *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* Home | International (including EU): £32,000
Key Summary
As a society, we face urgent challenges from the impact of climate emergencies, environmental damage, and social inequality. There is a pressing need for organisations to transform their cultures, processes, and even business models. You will have the opportunity to learn about business and its impact explore how to build a humane, resilient future and align business mandates and missions with ethical responsibility.
Semester 1
September–December
Compulsory courses
- Carbon Accounting
- Corporate Responsibility
- Responsible Management of Digital Innovation
- Strategising for Sustainability
- Sustainable Business Practice
- Sustainability in Context
Semester 2
January–May
Compulsory courses
- Sustainable Business Consultancy Projects
Option courses (Group 1) - Choose 1
- Quantitative Research Methods
- Qualitative Research Methods
Option courses (Group 2) - Choose 1
- Climate Change and Capital Markets
- Design Thinking (2): Practice
- Human Resource Management
- Mitigation Outcome Assessment
- Organising for Social Change
- Service Management
- Strategies for Internationalisation
- Strategy, Power & Politics: Navigating to Net Zero
- Sustainable Knowledge-based Business
Summer
May-August
Dissertation
- Dissertation (Global Strategy and Sustainability)
The programme aims to provide students with a critical understanding of the theories, processes, behaviours and institutional forces affecting the environmental and social sustainability of organisations, and the role of strategy in affecting local and global outcomes. It will enable them to gain insight into the range of risks and opportunities facing all institutions in the transition to an equitable low-carbon economy.
Knowledge and understanding
By the end of the programme, students will be able to:
- Critically and strategically assess existing understanding about a range of issues within the field of business and its systemic relationship to research-based knowledge of environmental sustainability and social impact.
- Critically and strategically assess the role of practices, processes, and policies in enabling organisational performance, sustainability, and equity.
- Critically and strategically assess the challenges and opportunities for developing and implementing these new practices, processes, and policies.
Graduate attributes
By the end of the programme, students will be able to:
- Critically apply theories and practices of strategy, sustainability, and equity within the context of global business.
- Search for, evaluate, and use information as the basis of effective knowledge assimilation and synthesis using appropriate quantitative or qualitative techniques.
- Respond positively and effectively to problems in unfamiliar contexts.
- Apply new ideas, methods, and ways of thinking.
- Engage with diverse stakeholder groups to deliver creative, sustainable, and equitable solutions to specific problems.
- Be able to communicate effectively in written and oral communications across a range of specialist and generalist genres.
- Possess skills and abilities in personal effectiveness to work effectively.
- Gain the necessary practical and technical skills required for creating, developing, and implementing a project related to environmental sustainability and social impact in the business context.
Applicants to the MSc in Global Strategy and Sustainability can apply for a range of scholarships both from the University and external organisations.
Programme and School scholarships
We are keen to recruit the very best talent from all over the world. To this end, several programme-based and School-funded Scholarships are available, as well as others which are generously sponsored by industry and alumni.
Other scholarships and funding
You may be eligible for scholarships from the University of Edinburgh or an external organisation.
Graduates from our programmes have gone on to work for a variety of companies. This page details career outcomes for past students from the Global Strategy and Sustainability programme.
Recent graduates
The success of our programmes is reflected in the career destinations of our graduates. Hugely respected by global employers, our programmes provide the perfect learning experience with access to world-class academics and courses that are underpinned by real world insights.
Job titles include:
- Bid Manager
- Climate Change and Sustainability Specialist
- Co-founder & Project Manager
- Corporate Social Responsibility Executive
- ESG Data Manager
- Investor Relations Analyst
- Manager - ESG & Sustainability
- Research Communications & Marketing Manager
- Senior Global Impact Manager
- Sustainability Consultant
Example recruiting companies for recent graduates:
- Anthesis Group
- Climate Bonds Initiative
- DLVRY AS
- EY
- Fisheries Management Scotland
- Grundfos
- KPMG
- NatWest Group
- OutForm Consulting
- Simplicare
- SSE Plc
- UK Government Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Walmart
Working in 11 countries worldwide:
- Argentina
- China
- France
- India
- Indonesia
- Ireland
- Japan
- Norway
- Peru
- United Kingdom
- USA