NUI Galway

Environmental Leadership

The Course
The MSc in Environmental Leadership will equip you with an advanced level of knowledge and problem-solving, management and communication skills in key areas relevant to the environment, marine and energy sectors. It will provide you with a capacity and capability for environmental leadership relevant to your career trajectory. The course has a focus on cross-sector skills and competences that can be transferred from one topic/occupational area to another, so enabling national and international occupational mobility for its graduates.

3 Good Reasons To Study This Course

1. This MSc has a focus on cross-sector skills relevant to the environment, marine and energy sectors.

2. The programme is taught by experts across a vast range of disciplines at NUI Galway.

3. The course will provide you with the capacity and transferable skills to seek employment in research, policy development or management.

Entry requirements

Minimum Entry Requirements
The programme is open to individuals who have a Level 8 primary degree or equivalent in an appropriate discipline. Applicants who do not have an academic background but have relevant experience may be required to attend an interview.

Duration

12 months

Careers or further progression

Career Opportunities
The MSc in Environmental Leadership provides training in governance, management and communication relevant to the environmental, marine and energy sectors, and will provide you with the competences to obtain employment in research, policy development or management. The course will produce well-rounded, motivated, mobile and dynamic problem-solvers and leaders who can work in any area related to the environment, marine and energy sectors.

The subject knowledge, transferable skills and thesis elements of the course are designed to provide you with the opportunity to carry out further research, work in the public or private sector, or create your own employment.