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  • Qualification

    MSc - Master of Science

  • Location

    The King's Buildings Campus

  • Study mode

    Full time

  • Start date

    SEP

  • Duration

    1 Year

Course summary

From the biodiversity crisis and the climate crisis to the question of managing economies during a global pandemic, the topic of sustainability has never been more pressing.The MSc Ecological Economics, delivered collaboratively with Scotland's Rural College, prepares you to help solve and critically analyse the root causes of real-world sustainability problems. You will learn how to integrate environmental, social, and economic systems together, focusing on the mutual dependencies between them. In short, this programme aims to equip you with a new way of seeing the world.You will participate in sustainability problem-solving with an emphasis on application, practical experience and 'hands-on' learning.You will experience training in a wide range of quantitative and qualitative methodologies and the associated data analysis using real-world case studies.During your studies, you will implement a small, team-based research project. Designed collaboratively with staff members in response to a real-world sustainability problem, it will provide you with firsthand experience conducting the work of an ecological economist.If you are ready to engage with peers from diverse backgrounds and perspectives and are willing to actively discuss complex sustainability problems both in teams and in class, then this programme is for you.

Application deadline

31/05/2026

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£ 40,800per year

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University information

The University of Edinburgh

  • University League Table

    19th

  • Campus address

    Main Campus, Old College, South Bridge, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH8 9YL, United Kingdom

Subject rankings

  • Subject ranking

    14th out of 76

  • Entry standards

    / Max 223
    188 84%

    8th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    88.0 88%

    10th

    1
  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    2.96 74%

    72nd

    3

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