Sustainable Development and Energy MSc

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Description

  • Type

    Master

  • Location

    St andrews (Scotland)

  • Duration

    2 Years

This MSc is part of a double Masters which takes place at both the University of St Andrews and the Moscow State Institution of International Relations (MGIMO) for which students receive a qualification from both institutions. The first year in St Andrews focuses on Sustainable Development, while the second year at the MGIMO focuses on energy.

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Start date

St Andrews (Fife)
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University Of St Andrews, KY16 9AJ

Start date

On request

About this course

The MSc in Sustainable Development and Energy is a full-time taught postgraduate programme run by the School of Geography and Sustainable Development.

The course is part of a double Masters degree in which students spend one year at St Andrews and the second year studying abroad at the MGIMO in Moscow. The MSc at St Andrews is awarded independently of the second year at Moscow.

Sustainability impacts upon almost all aspects of life, and graduates from the Sustainable Development and Energy MSc pursue many different professional careers including:

international development
sustainability advisers to supra-national bodies such as the United Nations, World Bank, European Union, and the OECD
sustainability in business management, engineering, planning, transport, waste, energy or environmental management
sustainability research and policy consultancy.
In addition to these pathways, students often go on to work with energy specific entities such as:
energy companies
energy consultancy services
energy departments in Ministries or national civil service

A good 2.1 Honours undergraduate degree. No previous training in sustainable energy is required, but students with an undergraduate degree in either business, economics, geography or management are encouraged to apply.

If you studied your first degree outside the UK, see the international entry requirements.

English language proficiency. See English language tests and qualifications.

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Subjects

  • International Relations
  • Economics
  • Project
  • Sustainable Development
  • Social Justice
  • Human well-being
  • Inter-generational
  • Environmental
  • Frameworks
  • Environmental management

Course programme

Compulsory

Year 1 – University of St Andrews
  • Interrogating Sustainable Development: provides an introduction to sustainable development.
  • Introduction to Global Environmental Change: provides an introduction to the science of climate change.
  • Master Class in Sustainable Development: trains students to critically reflect on the potential and limitations of sustainable development.
Year 2 – Moscow State Institution of International Relations
  • Energy Economics
  • Financial Management of Energy
  • Legal Regulation of Energy
  • Management and Marketing
  • Oil and Gas Business
  • Strategic Management
Optional

Year 1 - University of St Andrews

Students choose up to four optional modules (depending on credit load). With permissions from the relevant Head of School, up to 60 credits may be taken at MSc-level from Schools across the University, in accordance with staff availability.

Recommended modules include:
  • Being a Social Scientist: explores the fundamental skills required by all social scientists and prepares you for research work and professional development.
  • Development and the Environment: introduces students to key topics in development and environmental economics, including poverty, inequality and land reform.
  • Economics for the Environment: introduces the contributions that environmental economics can make to helping us understand and manage a wide range of environmental problems.
  • Introduction to Geographic Information Science: introduces students to the basic principles of Geographic Information Science including the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS).
  • Philosophy and Methodology of the Social Sciences: introduces the basic theoretical approaches in the social sciences, encouraging you to make connections between the methodological and epistemological issues involved in conducting social scientific research.
  • Qualitative Methods in Social Research: offers both a theoretical and practical introduction to the collection, analysis and writing of qualitative social science research.
  • Quantitative Research in Social Science: provides a user-friendly introduction to the fundamental concepts of quantitative analysis.
Optional modules are subject to change each year and require a minimum number of participants to be offered (see the University’s position on curriculum development)

Summer Project

The summer project, unlike traditional research projects, offers a format that better suits students’ interests and career aspirations.

As the culmination of your degree, the Advanced Study in Sustainable Development module gives you the opportunity to explore an area of sustainable development that interests you. You will then produce an academic literature review, a professional policy brief and a reflective essay based on your research. Advised by a member of academic staff, you will work during the academic year and across the summer months on your individual project.

If students choose not to complete the advanced study project required for the MSc, there is an exit award available that allows suitably qualified candidates to receive a Postgraduate Diploma. By choosing an exit award, you will finish your degree at the end of the second semester of study and receive a PGDip instead of an MSc.

You need a PG Diploma or pass in your Masters to advance to the second year in Moscow (subject to their approval). Completion of the second year means you receive a further Masters in Strategic Management and Sustainable Development in the Energy Sector as part of a double Masters with the University of St Andrews.

Additional information

Overseas Fee : £19,790

Sustainable Development and Energy MSc

£ 9,000 VAT inc.