MSc Strategic Sustainability Management

University of Derby

This is an online MSc Strategic Sustainability Management that’s relevant to people working in all sectors: private, public and third. It focuses on strategic management, corporate sustainability, and environmental impact - crucial areas for any future-focused organisation. You will be encouraged to think creatively and test out your ideas and strategies by running a virtual business. This is known as business simulation. It’s a very flexible online MSc, which is delivered all year round, has a choice of start dates, and allows you to adjust the pace of your study. Accredited by the Institute of Sustainability and Environmental Professionals (ISEP). This course has never been more relevant. Scientists believe that the action we take within the next ten years will ultimately determine whether we can meet a key goal of the Paris Climate Agreement: to stop the planet’s average surface temperature from rising beyond 1.5-2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. Organisations need to act now to start shifting towards a low or zero emission economy, and to look for developments that are climate resilient. This programme can help you become one of the changemakers. It’s a specialist masters that brings together content from our online MSc Strategic Management and online MSc Sustainability and Environmental Management. During stage one (the Postgraduate Certificate), you will follow the same programme as students on the online MSc Strategic Management, learning to be a modern strategic thinker and leader, who can bring about change in the organisations you work for. You will gain a fundamental understanding of how to plan, formulate and execute strategy through innovative and entrepreneurial approaches. Then in stage two (the Postgraduate Diploma), you will develop more specialist knowledge and skills, around for example, international environmental policy and law, key environmental management tools and techniques, and sustainable business management. The final stage (the Masters) then allows you to demonstrate all you have learned by conducting an in-depth research project - known as an independent study - focused on your professional interests.Although the focus of this MSc is learning how to manage organisations in a sustainable way, the programme has two other key themes, which will also help you build broader strategic management skills. These themes represent challenges and opportunities that are important to all organisations today, wherever they are based in the world: Entrepreneurship / Intrapreneurship , Internationalisation.