If you are passionate about creating a more sustainable world, join us on your journey by addressing global sustainability challenges and exploring solutions to these in a wide variety of environments and contexts.
You will learn together with students from different disciplines and backgrounds to apply your different perspectives, insights and passions to begin to understand and address the very real challenges facing our planet.
Explore how systems thinking can be applied to a range of social, economic and environmental issues and begin to understand the interconnections and behaviours of different systems.
This is a dynamic and exciting programme where your coursework assessments will not be limited to essays, you will also be creating films, press briefings, presentations, reports, and policy briefs whilst learning to communicate to a wide range of audiences and enhancing your employability.
We offer immersive learning experiences which provide an opportunity for interactive learning of fundamental skills and approaches to understanding and solving challenges.
You have the opportunity to undertake a work placement as part of a module, and a research project within an organisation as an alternative to a traditional academic dissertation.
Your learning is underpinned by the latest research undertaken by world-leading scholars and the Global Systems Institute community.
Upon graduation, you will have the skills to become an agent of change for a sustainable future in whichever career path you choose.
To learn more about modules, assessment methods, facilities and our staff research expertise please visit our course page
Ways to study this course
Campuses
University of Exeter - Streatham Campus
Study options
MS • Full-time • 1 Years
MS • Part-time • 2 Years
Start dates
09/2026
How to apply
Fees and funding
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We invest heavily in scholarships for talented prospective Masters students. This is in addition to the UK Government’s Postgraduate Loan Scheme. For information on how you can fund your postgraduate degree at the University of Exeter, please visit our course page.