56 Sustainability Master's Degree Programs

Worldwide, increasing urbanisation poses many environmental challenges: use of resources, production of waste, quality of air and water, energy demand, effects of climate change, health problems, and so on. The complexity of these urban environmental problems is substantial. In order to tackle them, we need expertise from different disciplines, with a focus on sustainability and (eco)technological innovation.

The Degree Course in Economics and Management aims to prepare students for a qualified entry into the world of work to fill intermediate managerial or decision-making roles, within companies and institutions, both public and private, that operate in the goods and services sectors.

The Master in Sustainability and Circular Bioeconomy Management aims to prepare professionals and companies to understand the benefits of circular economy and contribute directly to it by transforming existing businesses, creating sustainable products, and setting sustainable development goals.

The Masters in Innovation and Research for Sustainability results from the transformation and improvement of the previous “Mestrado em Economia e Gestão de Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação”, which was taught in Portuguese for many years and has dozens of graduates who have followed successful careers.

The Master's program in Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability of the CMI Research Institute aims to position itself as a reference master in the field of CSR and Sustainability at a global level. It is offered in different modalities, full-time, part-time and online. This program gathers the latest advances and the best practices to make CSR and Sustainability the true drivers of the integral growth of companies and organizations.

This multidisciplinary master’s degree programme provides in-depth knowledge of sustainable development and sustainability leadership. The programme provides students with an understanding of organisation and leadership theory in the context of sustainability. It also provides students with an understanding of research methods for sustainable decision-making.

Are you passionate about biology and eager to make a real difference in the world? The international Master’s programme in Biology and Sustainability at NTNU is designed for students like you—those who want to dive deep into the biological processes that shape life and use that knowledge to tackle global sustainability challenges.

The Master Sustainability Transitions (STR) is for future change-makers who want to drive systemic change in business, policy, and society through applied research and transition thinking.

This MPhil programme is designed for students with diverse backgrounds who have an interest in environment, society and sustainability. Problems pertaining to the environment, society and sustainability are interdisciplinary in nature and students with backgrounds in both natural and social sciences are encouraged to apply.

The Executive Master in Sustainability and Circular Economy aims to provide a solid foundation in sustainability management while also offering the opportunity to understand the benefits of the circular bio-economy and contribute directly to it through the transformation of existing businesses, the creation of sustainable products and the implementation of sustainable development goals.

This double degree master's integrative approach toward two expert fields equips you to better address today's grand, sustainability challenges from a psychologist's perspective. The programme, exceptional in Europe and beyond, is offered by Leuphana University, renowned in the field of sustainability science and the University of Groningen, leading in the field of environmental psychology.

The master's degree course in Mechanical Engineering for Sustainability aims to provide students with a high cultural and professional level training for the exercise of highly qualified activities in the disciplinary fields of mechanical engineering.

Our Master in Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability gathers the latest advances and best practices to make CSR and Sustainability the true drivers of comprehensive growth of companies and organizations, which aims to position itself as a reference master of this field in the field global. This master is taught in three different modalities: weekly, biweekly and online. All our calls begin in the months of February and October, with a duration of 9 months.

The world is facing unprecedented ecological crises, notably climate change, that will require us to transform the way we organise our society. The Master in Climate and Sustainability Politics examines what a transition to a just and sustainable future might look like and how we can work to achieve it in our own communities and around the world. Through an innovative format, students acquire the skills to critically evaluate existing policies and politics from a sustainability lens and then envision concrete, effective solutions in a variety of situations – locally and globally. Our unique training program in France prepares students to access key professional positions in public and private organisations.

The Master in Fashion Sustainability & Industry Evolution integrates cultural and design disciplines, examining the entire production cycle (Design, Production, Sales and Distribution, Defection, Return Goods – Shipping, Storage), the business models, legal areas, communication, and scientific study areas that are in continuous evolution. In this context, the sociology of cultural processes and the history of fashion have a strong focus on sustainability, addressing it both in the contemporary social and communicative context and in recent history to analyze it concretely. The competence in the merit of materials, processes, and production technologies includes international certifications that affect the various sectors of the sector and the design part that analyzes the system in its entirety and faces the challenge of the tangible application of the skills acquired. Product culture, which is the basis of the concept of sustainability, is at the center of the Master which implements an approach to the system in its entirety since the solutions for complex problems involve skills ranging from environmental to social and economic factors. The student’s planning is compared with specific themes that require a creative thinking and problem-solving approach and a vast wealth of knowledge. The complexity of the processes involves the construction within companies of a multiplicity of specific skills based on a scientific, solid, and clear approach that is part of the course, which main learning objective is to design new professional figure aware of responsible innovation processes across the economic, environmental and social fields.

The Master of Energy Transition and Sustainability (METS) Program is an advanced, professional non-thesis degree designed in partnership with the George R. Brown School of Engineering (SoE) and the Wiess School of Natural Sciences (SoNS) at Rice University. The METS program empowers individuals with the knowledge and expertise required to spearhead the global energy transition. This joint degree program will require 31 credit hours of curated courses at the 500-level or above, including a culminating three-credit hour capstone course.

The Master’s Degree in Sustainable and Environmental Chemistry provides its graduates with complete training in aspects related to sustainability, new sources of energy, and chemical control of the environment, which will prepare them to develop a doctoral thesis or enter businesses from different sectors or public institutions to which they will provide solid knowledge about the adaptation of chemical knowledge to new social demands and laws regarding sustainability in human activity.