Master in Environmental and Resource Management

Master in Environmental and Resource Management is one of 8 English-taught Agriculture & Environment programmes at Master's Degree level in the register, offered by 4 institutions. 8 of them list an annual fee for students from outside the EU, EEA and Switzerland, from EUR 2,400 to EUR 15,000; this programme lists EUR 15,000 a year. 6 are recorded as free for EU, EEA and Swiss students.

Environmental and Resource Management at the University of Southern Denmark in Odense is a two year master's programme taught in English. It sits where environment, nature and society meet, and it is about solving the conflicts that arise when natural and environmental resources such as fossil fuels, minerals, fish or land are exploited.

What you study

The programme mixes social science with technical and natural science courses. You look at how the environment, nature and society interact, and you learn to work on the conflicts between them using economic, political and technical means. Management courses teach you how to perform as a leader. Teaching is built on mandatory and elective courses.

Much of the work is project based. You take a project from idea through analysis and solution to implementation. The register gives two examples: investigating how an urban area could cut CO2 emissions from its transport sector, or working out whether 100 per cent coverage of renewable energy in isolated places is possible from both a technical and an economic point of view.

How the programme is organised

Teaching varies between lectures, classroom instruction and project work with other students, and you are encouraged to take part in class discussions. The third semester is flexible: you can do an internship, follow courses at another university or choose elective courses. The final six months go to your MSc thesis, a scientific research project often carried out with one of the university's industrial partners.

Who it suits

It suits someone who wants to work on environmental problems rather than only study nature. You should be comfortable with both numbers and policy, since the programme moves between economics, politics and technical solutions. Project work is central, so you should like working in groups and carrying an idea through to implementation. Leadership interests you too, given the management courses.

Admission, language and next steps

You need a bachelor of science in environmental planning and management or a similar background. There is open admission for the programme, which applies to applicants who apply before the deadline. You must document English at B level or equivalent. Applications for master's programmes go straight to the institution. Students from the EU/EEA and Switzerland study free of charge; other students pay a fee set by the institution, and SDU offers scholarships, with details on its tuition pages.

Master’s applications go straight to University of Southern Denmark, not through optagelse.dk, and the institution sets its own deadline. Entry requirements and language tests are set by the institution, so start from the official programme page. Our guides cover tuition fees, residence permits and housing.