Course contact details
Enquiries Team
Email:choosebristol-pg@bristol.ac.uk
Phone:+44 (0) 117 394 1649
University of Bristol
Beacon House
Queen’s Road
Bristol
BS8 1QU
If you want to pursue a career that uses data to tackle local and global water and environmental challenges, this MSc will equip you with the fundamental scientific and data analysis skills to do so.
We teach both academic and practical skills so that you will discover how you can contribute sustainable, data-driven, solutions to problems that range from flooding to environmental degradation, and water scarcity to pollution of rivers. The choice of optional units means that you can choose the right balance of computing and practical skills: from large-scale data engineering to environmental impact assessment. These skills will equip you for a career in environmental protection, the design of resilient infrastructure and cities, and mitigation and adaption to the effects of rapid urbanisation, climate change and extreme weather.
Our teaching staff include leading water researchers at the University of Bristol and environmental practitioners with experience in private and government sectors such as the Environment Agency or Met Office.
The prestigious Global Ranking of Academic Subjects (GRAS) from Shanghai Ranking has recently placed Bristol 1st in the UK for the outstanding quality and depth of our research into water resources (2024).
https://www.bristol.ac.uk/study/media/postgraduate/admissions-statements//2026/msc-water-and-environmental-data-science.pdf
The University of Bristol welcomes applications from international students and accepts a wide range of qualifications for postgraduate study. If you study or have studied at a university outside the UK, please select the relevant page for further information on qualifications, scholarships and education representatives in your country/region: bristol.ac.uk/international/countries.
You will typically need a strong lower second-class honours degree (55% or higher) or an international equivalent in an Engineering, Science, Computing, Maths, Geography, Environmental Management or Studies, Agriculture, Resource Conservation, Finance, Investment, or Economics subject.
We will consider your application if your interim grades are currently slightly lower than the programme's entry requirements and may make you an aspirational offer. This offer would be at the standard level, so you would need to achieve the standard entry requirements by the end of your degree.
We will also consider your application if your final overall achieved grade is slightly lower than the programme's entry requirement.
If your achieved grade is lower than our entry requirements, your application may be more likely to receive an offer if you have additional relevant work experience or qualifications. If you have at least one of the following, please include your CV (curriculum vitae / résumé) when you apply, showing:
See international equivalent qualifications on the International Office website: https://www.bristol.ac.uk/international/countries/
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Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website.
Fees are subject to an annual review. For programmes that last longer than one year, please budget for up to an 8% increase in fees each year.
For more information, please view the programme page on our website.
Email:choosebristol-pg@bristol.ac.uk
Phone:+44 (0) 117 394 1649
Beacon House
Queen’s Road
Bristol
BS8 1QU
At University of Bristol