Sustainable Air Transport

Entry requirements

A minimum 2:2 honours degree from a UK university (or international equivalent) in the following broad subject areas: medicine, biological sciences, agriculture & related subjects, physical sciences, mathematical sciences, computer science, engineering & technology, architecture, building & planning, social studies, law, business & administrative studies (transport in particular).

Months of entry

September

Course content

MSc Sustainable Air Transport is an interdisciplinary, innovative and future-facing postgraduate course focused on how air transport (including airports as multimodal hubs) addresses the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, Net Zero 2050 and the requirements of the topmost Airport Carbon Accreditation Level 5 (which requires airports to address emissions produced by third parties: aircraft operators and airport surface access companies).

This course covers the most important sustainability aspects of airlines and airports, air traffic management, airport surface access, as well as emerging advanced air mobility and aviation urbanism. It highlights the need for air transport companies to develop sustainability strategies and report on sustainability, and for air transport and airport surface access policies and projects to be properly evaluated for their economic, social, and environmental impacts.

To enable you to personalise this course based on your individual interests, you may choose two out of five elective modules focused on contemporary sustainability issues in air transport, environmental impact assessment of airport and surface access projects, air transport and airport surface access noise measurement and modelling, synergies between airports and sustainable urban developments. This course uses the UK and international case studies, policies and principles in sustainable air transport and airport surface access.

This course has start dates in September and January, for both full-time and part-time pathways. If you start this course in September, the full-time course runs for 12 months, with the part-time running for 28 months. If you start this course in January, the full-time course will run for 16 months, and the part-time runs for 32 months.