MSc in
MSc Corporate Environmental Management
University of Surrey
Key Information
Campus location
Guildford, United Kingdom
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
1 - 5 year
Pace
Full time, Part time
Tuition fees
GBP 23,900 / per year **
Application deadline
Request info *
Earliest start date
Sep 2023
* Applications for September 2023 are still open for students who do not require a visa.
** full-time UK students; £10,900 | part-time UK students; £1,200|part-time overseas students £2,700
Introduction
Why choose this course
Our MSc is run by the Centre for Environment and Sustainability (CES), a leading hub for environmental and sustainability-related research and postgraduate teaching. CES is an interdisciplinary research and teaching center, seeking to resolve environmental sustainability problems within corporations.
This course will prepare you to meet the challenges being faced by the corporate world, as a future environmental and sustainability professional.
What you will study
From carbon footprints to the design of revolutionary environmentally friendly products, our MSc covers all aspects of managing environmental and sustainability strategies in organizations.
We’ll provide you with a solid understanding of issues crucial to the sustainable development debate. You’ll also consider the views of stakeholders, such as business groups, environmentalists, government agencies, and development institutions.
You’ll evaluate existing frameworks, inquire into environmental issues in organizations and industries, and develop sensitive business practices, preparing you for any corporate-focused environmental career.
Guest speakers participating in our course from leading organizations include:
- Aviva Investors
- Forum for the Future
- NHS Sustainable Development Unit
- Keller
- Climate Action
- Ikea.
This MSc provides a route to the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment graduate membership.
Professional Recognition
MSc - Institution of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA).
Accredited by the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA) for the purpose of eligibility to apply for graduate membership
Admissions
Curriculum
Academic year structure
Full-time: 1 year (maximum course length)* / Part-time: 5 years (maximum course length)*
Both full-time and part-time students must complete five compulsory modules and four elective modules by the end of their MSc. The dissertation forms one of the compulsory modules.
You can start this MSc at the beginning of either the first semester in September or the second semester in February. The academic year begins with induction week when students are introduced to the University and full-time students choose their elective modules. If you’re a part-time student, you can enroll in modules closer to the time you wish to take a module.
During semester two, you’ll begin to focus on your dissertation, with a series of seminar events held to help you refine your ideas and make a start. You’re free to choose your own dissertation topic. Most choose topics related to issues or ideas encountered in the taught modules, or in a professional context, which relates to environment or sustainability. You’ll be allocated a dissertation supervisor to help guide you through the dissertation process.
Modules
The modules listed are indicative, reflecting the information available at the time of publication. Please note that modules may be subject to teaching availability, student demand, and/or class size caps.
The University operates a credit framework for all taught programs based on a 15-credit tariff. Modules can be either 15, 30, 45, 75, or 120 credits, and additionally for some masters dissertations, 90 credits.
The structure of our programs follows clear educational aims that are tailored to each program. These are all outlined in the programme specifications which include further details such as the learning outcomes:
Full-Time
Year 1
- Corporate Sustainability
- Environmental Science and Society
- Foundations and Frontiers of Sustainable Development
- Internship: Industrial Placement
- Life Cycle Thinking and the Circular Economy
- Sustainable Development Applications
- Ecological Economics
- Environmental Auditing and Management Systems
- Environmental Law
- Internship: Industrial Placement
- Life Cycle Assessment
- The Psychology of Sustainable Development
- Transitions to a Low-Carbon Economy
- Dissertation (Ces)
Part-Time
Year 2
- Corporate Sustainability
- Environmental Science and Society
- Foundations and Frontiers of Sustainable Development
- Internship: Industrial Placement
- Life Cycle Thinking and the Circular Economy
- Sustainable Development Applications
- Ecological Economics
- Environmental Auditing and Management Systems
- Environmental Law
- Internship: Industrial Placement
- Life Cycle Assessment
- The Psychology of Sustainable Development
- Transitions to a Low-Carbon Economy
- Dissertation (Ces)
Timetable
Each module in this course is taught on an intensive modular basis. There is pre-reading to do for each module and, on occasion, a pre-module assessment, followed by the intensive teaching week where there are several hours of classes each day from Monday to Friday for one week. Post-module coursework is to be completed over the four-week period after the intensive week.
Scholarships and Funding
About the Discounts for Surrey Graduates 2023 entry
If you are a fully self-funded Home or International student who has studied for an undergraduate degree at the University of Surrey campus in Guildford, you may be eligible for a 20 percent discount on our taught postgraduate master program fees.
The discount applies to:
- September/October 2023 entrants
- February 2024 entrants
- February 2024 entrants. Note: If applicable master's programs are running with a February intake for the 2023/24 academic year.
- This scheme is only open to 2023 postgraduate taught entry students who are not in receipt of any external sponsorship.
Postgraduate Master's Loans
A Postgraduate Master’s Loan can help with course fees and living costs while you study a postgraduate course.
What you'll get
You can get up to:
- £12,167 if your course starts on or after 1 August 2023
- £11,836 if your course started between 1 August 2022 and 31 July 2023
- £11,570 if your course started between 1 August 2021 and 31 July 2022
- £11,222 if your course started between 1 August 2020 and 31 July 2021
- £10,906 if your course started between 1 August 2019 and 31 July 2020
- £10,609 if your course started between 1 August 2018 and 31 July 2019
This loan is non-means tested, i.e. the amount you can request is not dependent on your or your family's income. Your loan can be used towards the cost of your course fees and living expenses.
Eligibility
To be eligible, you will need to meet a number of eligibility criteria set by the Government including residency, age, and course. See the full eligibility criteria.
Not all courses at the University of Surrey are eligible for postgraduate loan funding, for example, unstructured, part-time, or distance learning courses where the maximum period of registration is five years are not eligible.
Contact the Student Records team for more information on whether your course is eligible.
Repayment
You’ll repay your postgraduate loan using a percentage of your income. Once you are earning more than £21,000 a year (or £1,750 a month), you’ll pay six percent of the amount you earn above the £21,000 threshold.
You’ll be charged interest from the day you get the first payment.
Get more information on repaying your postgraduate loan.
How to apply
The quickest and easiest way to apply is through the Government's Postgraduate Master's Loans website.
Receiving your loan
To receive the first payment of your loan, you’ll need to have fully completed registration with the University (which includes part payment of tuition fees).
You get the first payment after your course start date, once your university or college confirms that you’ve registered.
There are specific rules around students who transfer or repeat the study and how this affects eligibility. For further information, please contact the Student Records team.
If you have been accepted for the Postgraduate Master's Loan, and are having difficulties in paying your fees before your first installment is due, please contact our Student Finance team once you’ve received a tuition fee invoice.
Please be aware this page is a summary correct as of January 2023. For full details, please visit the Government website.
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
We offer career information, advice, and guidance to all students whilst studying with us, which is extended to our alumni for three years after leaving the University. Our graduates have lifetime access to Surrey Pathfinder, our online portal for appointment and event bookings, jobs, placements, and interactive development tools.
Graduates of this course go on to pursue a diverse range of careers. You’ll help to implement sustainable development and deal with the real environmental challenges facing humanity.
You could go on to work as an energy efficiency officer for a local government, an environmental officer in a multinational chemical company, or a sustainability adviser for a national television or radio station.
Equally, you could become an environmental consultant for an engineering consultancy or a program officer with a sustainability charity.
Our graduates also use the research skills they develop to pursue PhDs.
Pre-departure offer-holder webinars
These one-hour webinars will provide you with more information about the next steps in your journey to studying at Surrey.
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