MSc Climate Change: Science, Society and Solutions / Overview
Year of entry: 2025
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- Degree awarded
- Master of Science
- Duration
- 1 year (full-time), 2 years (part-time)
- Entry requirements
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We require a UK Honours degree with a First or Upper Second (2.1) classification or the overseas equivalent. We welcome applications from a variety of subject areas to reflect the interdisciplinary nature of the programme
- How to apply
- Apply online
Course options
| Full-time | Part-time | Full-time distance learning | Part-time distance learning | |
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| MSc | Y | Y | N | N |
Course overview
- Join the world number one for societal and environmental impact (THE Impact Rankings 2021) and a top 10 UK university for Geography (QS World University Rankings by Subject 2021).
- Benefit from a highly interdisciplinary teaching approach, giving you breadth of knowledge across the social and natural sciences and the flexibility to specialise.
- Explore the full range of solutions to climate change spanning mitigation options for reducing and removing greenhouse gas emissions, adaptation options for protecting against climate change impacts, and more unconventional solar geoengineering ideas for reflecting sunlight back into space and cooling the planet.
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Fees
For entry in the academic year beginning September 2025, the tuition fees are as follows:
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MSc (full-time)
UK students (per annum): £14,500
International, including EU, students (per annum): £31,000 -
MSc (part-time)
UK students (per annum): £7,250
International, including EU, students (per annum): £15,500
Further information for EU students can be found on our dedicated EU page.
Policy on additional costs
All students should normally be able to complete their programme of study without incurring additional study costs over and above the tuition fee for that programme. Any unavoidable additional compulsory costs totalling more than 1% of the annual home undergraduate fee per annum, regardless of whether the programme in question is undergraduate or postgraduate taught, will be made clear to you at the point of application. Further information can be found in the University's Policy on additional costs incurred by students on undergraduate and postgraduate taught programmes (PDF document, 91KB).
Scholarships/sponsorships
We offer a number of postgraduate taught scholarships and merit awards to outstanding applicants and international students. For more information on scholarships and bursaries, see our Fees and funding webpages or research the University's postgraduate funding database.
Manchester Alumni Loyalty Discount is available to the graduates of The University of Manchester progressing to a postgraduate taught Master's course.
Contact details
- School/Faculty
- School of Environment, Education and Development
- Telephone
- 0161 275 2814
- Geography.Admissions@manchester.ac.uk
- School/Faculty
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See: The School .
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