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University of the Highlands and Islands MSc Extreme Weather

University of the Highlands and Islands

MSc Extreme Weather

Online

1 up to 3 Years

English

Full time, Part time

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Sep 2025

GBP 9,990 *

Distance Learning

* Scottish: £5,256 | Rest of UK: £7,020 | International: 9,990

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Key Summary

    About: The MSc Extreme Weather program focuses on understanding and analyzing significant weather events and their impacts. Students will learn about meteorological processes, data analysis, and the development of extreme weather phenomena. The program prepares graduates for practical applications in environmental management and climate science.
    Career Outcomes: Graduates can pursue careers in fields such as meteorology, environmental consulting, climate research, and emergency management. They may work for government agencies, research institutions, or private sector companies addressing climate-related challenges.

Introduction

What is special about this course?

Extreme weather events are increasing in both intensity and frequency across the globe, many of an unprecedented severity. Advances in recent scientific understanding over the past decade confirm that such extreme events are attributable to global warming and would be statistically impossible without anthropogenic climate change.

Learn to predict, assess, and respond to the challenges faced by this ever-changing phenomenon, on our MSc Extreme Weather, the first postgraduate qualification of its kind in Scotland.

Special features

  • Brand new programme, first of its kind in Scotland.
  • Focus on subject areas that are key to progressing net-zero society.
  • Training for future climate science and natural hazard experts.
  • Fully online and flexible, to suit your personal and professional needs.
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