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University of Manchester: Green Infrastructure
| Institution | University of Manchester |
|---|---|
| Department | School of Environment, Education and Development |
| Web | https://www.manchester.ac.uk |
| mie.admissions@manchester.ac.uk | |
| Telephone | +44 (0)161 275 2814 |
| Study type | Taught |
MSc
Summary
MSc Green Infrastructure is a pioneering course, the first of its kind to fuse expertise from geography with landscape and environmental planning, uniting theory, practice, and policy evaluation into one forward-thinking programme.
As the need for resilient, liveable cities becomes ever more urgent, this course equips you with the knowledge and practical skills to lead the design, implementation, and management of green infrastructure in real-world settings.
You’ll explore why green infrastructure is essential, not just for climate adaptation and biodiversity, but for improving public health, community wellbeing, and economic resilience.
Taught by nationally and internationally recognised experts, you’ll gain a unique blend of conceptual insight and hands-on experience. Your learning will be shaped by cutting-edge research from The University of Manchester’s world-leading research in urban greening, sustainable drainage, nature-based solutions, and policymaking.
Manchester and the wider North West provide the perfect urban laboratory, with a wealth of ongoing green infrastructure projects that allow you to test ideas in real time.
Through live case studies, applied projects, and regular engagement with professionals, communities, and policymakers, you’ll develop a nuanced understanding of what makes green infrastructure effective, and how to deliver it successfully.
You’ll also have the opportunity to take part in field trips, including a fully funded week-long residential, previously in Berlin, where you’ll explore award-winning, state-of-the-art green infrastructure schemes and meet the practitioners shaping them.
This close connection between academic insight and professional practice ensures that you'll graduate with the tools, confidence, and connections to make a meaningful impact in this fast-growing field.
Whether you're aiming to shape more sustainable cities, influence environmental policy, or work with communities on transformative green projects, this course offers the knowledge and real-world experience to help you lead that change.
| Level | RQF Level 7 |
|---|---|
| Entry requirements | We require a UK Honours degree with a First or Upper Second (2.1) classification or the overseas equivalent. Degrees in Planning, Geography, Earth Sciences and Environmental Sciences are desirable, but not essential. |
| Location | Main Site University Recruitment And Adm Oxford Road Manchester M13 9PL |
Summary
MSc Green Infrastructure is a pioneering course, the first of its kind to fuse expertise from geography with landscape and environmental planning, uniting theory, practice, and policy evaluation into one forward-thinking programme.
As the need for resilient, liveable cities becomes ever more urgent, this course equips you with the knowledge and practical skills to lead the design, implementation, and management of green infrastructure in real-world settings.
You’ll explore why green infrastructure is essential, not just for climate adaptation and biodiversity, but for improving public health, community wellbeing, and economic resilience.
Taught by nationally and internationally recognised experts, you’ll gain a unique blend of conceptual insight and hands-on experience. Your learning will be shaped by cutting-edge research from The University of Manchester’s world-leading research in urban greening, sustainable drainage, nature-based solutions, and policymaking.
Manchester and the wider North West provide the perfect urban laboratory, with a wealth of ongoing green infrastructure projects that allow you to test ideas in real time.
Through live case studies, applied projects, and regular engagement with professionals, communities, and policymakers, you’ll develop a nuanced understanding of what makes green infrastructure effective, and how to deliver it successfully.
You’ll also have the opportunity to take part in field trips, including a fully funded week-long residential, previously in Berlin, where you’ll explore award-winning, state-of-the-art green infrastructure schemes and meet the practitioners shaping them.
This close connection between academic insight and professional practice ensures that you'll graduate with the tools, confidence, and connections to make a meaningful impact in this fast-growing field.
Whether you're aiming to shape more sustainable cities, influence environmental policy, or work with communities on transformative green projects, this course offers the knowledge and real-world experience to help you lead that change.
| Level | RQF Level 7 |
|---|---|
| Entry requirements | We require a UK Honours degree with a First or Upper Second (2.1) classification or the overseas equivalent. Degrees in Planning, Geography, Earth Sciences and Environmental Sciences are desirable, but not essential. |
| Location | Main Site University Recruitment And Adm Oxford Road Manchester M13 9PL |
Summary
MSc Green Infrastructure aligns expertise from geography with that from landscape and environmental planning.
The course is the first of its kind to bring together the theory, practice and evaluation of green infrastructure.
The MSc provides the foundations to understand why we need green infrastructure, alongside an understanding of how we transition from design to implementation.
It is taught by nationally and internationally recognised experts in green infrastructure who will deliver a course that trains graduates with the conceptual, practice-based, and evaluative skills needed to develop green infrastructure in real-world scenarios.
The course benefits from an integration of cutting-edge research by The University of Manchester researchers who are working at the forefront of investment, design and management of urban greening, sustainable drainage, health and well-being, economic prosperity, policymaking and nature-based solutions to urban problems.
Manchester, and the north west of England, also offers an excellent real-world 'laboratory' to test alternative approaches to green infrastructure.
You will engage with policy, practice and communities to gain an appreciation of the range of added benefits that green infrastructure can deliver and develop an understanding of the innovation solutions that it offers.
Working with, and being taught by, green infrastructure practitioners, also provides the course with a clear link between academic thinking and real-world application.
This course has normally included a field trip to explore state-of-the-art green infrastructure schemes and engage practitioners and policy makers.
| Level | RQF Level 7 |
|---|---|
| Entry requirements | We require a UK Honours degree with a First or Upper Second (2.1) classification or the overseas equivalent. Degrees in Planning, Geography, Earth Sciences and Environmental Sciences are desirable, but not essential. |
| Location | Main Site University Recruitment And Adm Oxford Road Manchester M13 9PL |
Summary
MSc Green Infrastructure aligns expertise from geography with that from landscape and environmental planning.
The course is the first of its kind to bring together the theory, practice and evaluation of green infrastructure.
The MSc provides the foundations to understand why we need green infrastructure, alongside an understanding of how we transition from design to implementation.
It is taught by nationally and internationally recognised experts in green infrastructure who will deliver a course that trains graduates with the conceptual, practice-based, and evaluative skills needed to develop green infrastructure in real-world scenarios.
The course benefits from an integration of cutting-edge research by The University of Manchester researchers who are working at the forefront of investment, design and management of urban greening, sustainable drainage, health and well-being, economic prosperity, policymaking and nature-based solutions to urban problems.
Manchester, and the north west of England, also offers an excellent real-world 'laboratory' to test alternative approaches to green infrastructure.
You will engage with policy, practice and communities to gain an appreciation of the range of added benefits that green infrastructure can deliver and develop an understanding of the innovation solutions that it offers.
Working with, and being taught by, green infrastructure practitioners, also provides the course with a clear link between academic thinking and real-world application.
This course has normally included a field trip to explore state-of-the-art green infrastructure schemes and engage practitioners and policy makers.
| Level | RQF Level 7 |
|---|---|
| Entry requirements | We require a UK Honours degree with a First or Upper Second (2.1) classification or the overseas equivalent. Degrees in Planning, Geography, Earth Sciences and Environmental Sciences are desirable, but not essential. |
| Location | Main Site University Recruitment And Adm Oxford Road Manchester M13 9PL |
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