Master of Science in Environmental Change, Impact and Adaptation

QS - Prifysgol Aberystwyth University - Penglais Campus

UK,Wales

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12 Months

Duration

CAD 16,700/year

Tuition Fee

CAD 0 FREE

Application Fee

Sep 2024

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UK, Wales

Type: University

Location Type: Urban

Founded: 1872

Total Students: 8,000 +

Campus Detail

Main Campus Address

Penglais, Aberystwyth SY23 3FL, United Kingdom

Master of Science in Environmental Change, Impact and Adaptation

Program Overview

Our MSc in Environmental Change, Impact and Adaptation is an innovative, bespoke, multi-disciplinary programme that addresses the challenges that climatic and other environmental changes pose to society. It draws on world-leading expertise in the department in both the natural and social sciences to cover a range of topics including: desertification, terrestrial carbon cycles, flooding, risk management, records of palaeo-environmental change, environmental hazards, policy response, sea-level rise, and the impacts of warming and changing rainfall on ecosystem processes.

Why study MSc Environmental Change, Impact and Adaptation at Aberystwyth University?

  • Aberystwyth's Department of Geography and Earth Sciences (DGES) is home to a variety of research groups with interests directly related to the programme, including Environment and Society, Earth Observation and Ecosystems Dynamics, Rivers and Quaternary Research
  • The Department of Geography and Earth Science is top in Wales, with 78% of its research classified as either ‘world leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’ - REF 2014
  • Aberystwyth DGES is in the top ten of UK Geography departments with regards to research power, which provides a measure of the quality of research, as well as of the number of staff undertaking research within the department
  • DGES receives funding from organisations such as United Nations, WHO and the European Research Council
  • Opportunity to study the latest understanding of environmental change and our efforts to plan for and manage future change
  • Opportunity to undertake advanced training in environment based topics from one of the UK's leading research departments
  • Aberystwyth is located in a high quality outdoor physical environment and comprises a multi-national community.