Environmental Risk Management (Dumfries campus)

Entry requirements

2.1 Hons (or non-UK equivalent) in any Science, Social Science, Engineering or Humanities subject

We may also consider a 2.2 Hons (or non-UK equivalent) with relevant working or volunteering experience in the fields of environment or sustainability. Please submit two reference letters (job-related), a motivation letter and other evidence (e.g., publication, website of the organisation) to prove your working experience.

Months of entry

September

Course content

The Masters in Environmental Risk Management will provide you with an in-depth understanding of how risks from natural hazards materialise and affect societies globally. You will develop conceptual and analytical skills to assess and propose innovative solutions. This programme will enhance your skills in both social and ecological sciences, focusing on conceptual, analytical, and methodological areas to address these challenges.

Why this Programme?

• You will explore the theoretical and practical aspects of environmental risk management concepts, tools and methods, and gain hands-on experience with cutting-edge concepts and methodologies.
• By the end of the programme, you will master the theoretical concepts, principles, and methods needed to develop subject-specific knowledge of environmental risk management with broad application from local to global levels.
• You will study in the southwest of Scotland, where the landscape offers opportunities for multiple field visits to study real case examples of risks linked to natural hazards (in the sea, on the coast, and on land).
• Our research-led teaching is delivered by academics at the forefront of debates on climate change, water, ecology and biodiversity, environmental chemistry and pollution, geospatial and social-ecological modelling within the environmental risk management field.
• You will gain hands-on social-ecological modelling experience and demonstrate how data science and models can provide real-world, actionable evidence for sustainable environmental risk management decision-making.
• Watch: Environmental Risk Management MSc programme overview.

Information for international students

International English Language Testing System (IELTS) Academic and Academic Online (not General Training)

• 6.5 overall with no subtest less than 6.0
• IELTS One Skill Retake Accepted
• Tests must have been taken within 2 years 5 months of programme start date. Applicants must meet the overall and subtest requirements using a single test.