Science and Technology Policy MSc

Through learning with world leading researchers and scholars, you will:

gain frameworks and tools to understand the complex dynamics of policy development
be able to critique and contribute to science, technology and innovation policy and industrial strategy
analyse science, technology and innovation policy using an array of methodologies and from a number of perspectives.

Our graduates have gained employment in governments, and a wide range of businesses and NGOs all over the world, often in ministries for:

science, technology and innovation policy
international development
health research and innovation policy
industrial, trade and education policy
environment and sustainability policy.

Employers of our graduates include a very wide range of diverse organisations and include the following:

UK’s Government Office for Science; Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy; Environment Agency; Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Pfizer, the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry
European Commission
European Environment Agency
Royal Society of London
Council of Canadian Academies
Chinese Academy of Engineering
South African Department of Science and Technology
Colombian Administrative Department of Science, Technology and Innovation.

Graduate destinations
92% of students from Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU) were in work or further study six months after graduating. Recent University of Sussex Business School graduates have gone on to jobs including:

project research officer, Government Office for Science
consultant, Technopolis
catalyst team member, Sussex Innovation Centre.

You should have a lower second-class (2.2) undergraduate honours degree or above.