Utrecht, Netherlands
DURATION
3 up to 4 Semesters
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
Request application deadline
EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2025
TUITION FEES
EUR 2,000 *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* for EU/EEA, surinamese, or swiss students (full-time) | EU/EEA, surinamese, or swiss students (part-time) : EUR 2000
Key Summary
Introduction
The Master’s program Global Challenges for Sustainability is a truly unique opportunity. While following innovative courses and connecting with fellow international pioneers, you reinvent your limits and explore new perspectives on real-world sustainability challenges. All to get you ready to co-create new possibilities that change the world for the better. Are you in?
Next level international: Alliance of European Universities
Global Challenges for Sustainability is initiated by the Challenge-driven, Accessible, Research-Based and Mobile European University. Or in short CHARM-EU, is an European alliance formed by nine prestigious, research-based universities. Five of them jointly offer this Master's programme and four more partners are about to join the programme. This partnership stands for a full intercultural, hybrid experience where students physically study at one of the partner universities while simultaneously connecting with other campuses online.
Duration
- 1.5 Year
Curriculum
Get ready for 2025
The current study track consists of three phases but will soon transition into a full 2-year program of 120 ECTS. During the first year (phases 1 and 2), you will first be introduced to the main topics of sustainability, social innovation, and transdisciplinary research. Phase 2 goes more in-depth, where you take modules from one of the three thematic tracks ‘Water’, ‘Life and Health’, and ‘Food’. The thematic track ‘Energy and Sustainable Cities’ will be added in 2025.
During the second year of the program, you will put your newly acquired knowledge into action. A newly planned internship phase, currently under accreditation, allows you to expand your knowledge and expertise while working with a company, government agency, NGO, or research organization. During the last phase, you will analyze and address an authentic sustainability capstone challenge together with fellow students, scientists, and external business and society partners.
Career Opportunities
A future-proof program
Global sustainability challenges ask for a transdisciplinary approach. So that’s exactly what this Master’s program is about. You learn how to approach real challenges from different stakeholder- and intercultural perspectives, gain advanced innovative knowledge, and boost your research, entrepreneurial as well as creative skills. Together with international students from different backgrounds and disciplines, and supported by an extended network of academic, society, and industry experts, you’ll pave the way for an exciting future.