Environmental concerns for the future have never been greater, with threats from climate instability and environmental degradation requiring bold leadership. Abertay's environmental courses are focussed on providing you with the skills to find solutions to these problems.
By studying one of these courses, you will learn how to approach real problems with an understanding of the environmental processes and issues that will enable you to contribute to protecting the environment, and to planning and policies that will improve the chances of a sustainable future.
Abertay's environmental courses cover issues such as renewable energy, developing effective ways of recycling and reusing goods, measuring and managing the environmental impact of humans, and environmental project management.
What all of our courses share is a commitment to working across different disciplines, bringing expertise from the environmental sciences, engineering, technology, business and social sciences.
By teaching these subjects together, graduates of our environmental courses are well prepared for challenging, rewarding careers in environmental management, policy-making and contemporary business operations. Employers could include environmental businesses, regulators, local and national government.
Our graduates are attractive to employers both because of Abertay's strong focus on developing real-world skills – including the possibility of work experience placements – but also because we are respected as a leading modern university for environmental science research.
The environmental courses at Abertay are:
MSc/PGDip Biotechnology and Renewable Energy
MSc/PGDip Energy & Environmental Management
MSc/PGDip Environment and Business
MTech or MSc/PGDip Environmental Biotechnology
MSc/PGDip Industrial Environmental Management
MSc/PGDip System Approaches to Environmental Challenges
MSc/PGDip Urban Water and Environmental Management
MSc/PGDip Water Pollution Control
