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University of Sussex: Sustainable Development (online)
| Institution | University of Sussex View institution profile |
|---|---|
| Department | International Development |
| Web | www.sussex.ac.uk |
| pg.enquiries@sussex.ac.uk | |
| Telephone | 01273 876787 |
| Study type | Taught |
MSc
Summary
The world’s biggest challenges can only be tackled with innovative, inclusive, and system-wide solutions.
Our 100% online Masters will equip you with the interdisciplinary skills and insights you need to develop these solutions, and lead sustainable transformation in your business, sector and society at large.
On this action-focused course, you will:
explore urgent threats to humanity including issues of conflict, security, health, climate and environmental change
unearth the root causes of these complex global sustainability challenges and the interconnected nature of environmental, social, political, and cultural issues
critically assess the international development sector and scrutinise current systems and solutions like net zero, the circular economy, the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the biodiversity protocols proposed at COP26, for example
gain practical skills and apply academic concepts to real-world challenges, empowering you to make a tangible impact at a local or global level.
Ranking 1st in the world for Development Studies (QS World University Ranking 2017-2023), the University of Sussex is renowned for its research and teaching in sustainability.
As a Masters student, you’ll benefit from this unrivalled expertise, learning from academics across Sussex’s Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU), School of Global Studies and Institute of Development Studies (IDS). The course curriculum evolves to reflect the findings and insights from these research centres, so you’ll graduate with an awareness of the very latest developments in the sector.
Our online Sustainable Development Masters is a flexible, part-time course that can be completed in as little as two years, with the option to extend this to four if you need to pause your studies.
We understand that deciding where and what to study is a very important decision. We’ll make all reasonable efforts to provide you with the courses, services and facilities described in this prospectus. However, if we need to make material changes, for example due to government or regulatory requirements, or unanticipated staff changes, we’ll let you know as soon as possible.
| Level | RQF Level 7 |
|---|---|
| Entry requirements | A lower second-class (2.2) undergraduate honours degree or above from any UK university or international equivalent. |
Summary
Taught 100% online, study Sussex’s world-renowned MSc Sustainable Development at a time and place that suits you.
**Course overview**
In September 2015, the United Nations adopted 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Aiming to end poverty and hunger while achieving gender equality, peace, responsible production and consumption, urgent climate action, as well as caring for life on land and below water, the Goals are challenging and ambitious.
Meeting the SDGs requires extensive transformations in the way markets, civil society and states work in much of the world. These sustainability transformations will need to be impassioned and practical, bridging different socio-economic sectors, knowledge disciplines and policy silos. They will need knowledgeable social entrepreneurs, engaged scholars and committed political activists, equipped to work across silos and sectors, with suitable interdisciplinary skills.
It is such entrepreneurs, scholars and activists that this distinct Masters aims to empower. Delivered by three of the most proficient research units in this area, the Science Policy Research Unit, School of Global Studies and Institute of Development Studies, this interdisciplinary Masters will help develop conceptual and constructive skills based on interrogating knowledges across multiple disciplines. It will enable you to contribute effectively to the realisation of the SDGs through widespread sustainability transformations.
The University of Sussex has been ranked 1st in the world for Development Studies for the past three years (QS World University Rankings by Subject 2017, 2018, 2019).
If you'd like to find out more about learning online with Sussex book a call with one of our Admissions Advisors.
This course is part-time and can be completed in a minimum of two years and maximum of four. Students have the opportunity to step on and off the course, pausing their studies if their work or life commitments require*.
You can also study an on campus version of our Sustainable Development Masters on a full or part time basis, find out more.
*Maximum study break times apply to this course
| Level | RQF Level 7 |
|---|---|
| Entry requirements | A lower second-class (2.2) undergraduate honours degree or above from any UK university or international equivalent. |
We are a research-intensive campus university with an excellent international reputation, located within the vibrant seaside city of Brighton & Hove. We welcome spirited students who want to study in a creative and intellectually-challenging environment.
We have been ranked 1st in the world for Development Studies for seven consecutive years in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2017-2023.
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