Find out how our major or postgraduate course in sustainability will accelerate your understanding of complex sustainability challenges and help you build a career with a positive impact.
Our planet is facing tough new challenges that demand innovation and specialised skills. Individuals, communities and organisations have a role to play in developing solutions that will help make our world more sustainable.
If you have a passion for the environment, postgraduate study will deepen your understanding of sustainability in a range of different contexts.
From business to public health, from environmental law to renewable energy, from sustainable food to corporate sustainability reporting, developing specialised knowledge in this field can open up doors to new opportunities, career advancement and improve your earning potential.
The problems we are facing demand multidisciplinary experts to deal with them. We educate graduates who are able to communicate across various disciplines and speed up global problem solving.
Master of Sustainability Course Coordinator
Studying sustainability at Sydney is multidisciplinary, combining leading expertise from disciplines spanning business, economics, law, health, agricultural and environmental science, energy and engineering, design and technology.
This approach allows you to build a broad skillset and launch into a wide range of careers.
You’ll gain foundational knowledge and applied skills in areas such as renewable energy and resource conservation, population health, food security and sustainability policy.
You do not need to have a specific background for this course, you can apply for our Master of Sustainability with a bachelor’s degree from any discipline, or include it as a major as part of your existing degree.
I chose to pursue a Master of Sustainability, to broaden my perspective beyond numbers and finance in a more holistic and multidisciplinary way with sustainable impact.
Master of Sustainability student
Across all industries, public and private organisations are investing in sustainable practices and seeking professionals who have the knowledge to help them understand where they can make a difference.
You can tailor our sustainability degree to suit your path, with the flexibility to choose electives that build on foundational sustainability topics and align with your interests. These areas can include:
