Explore our diverse range of courses focusing on the environment and sustainability
Environment and sustainability
Why study environment and sustainability at birkbeck?
Environmental and sustainability courses at Birkbeck explore some of the most important issues facing our planet. Studying these courses will equip you with the highly-valued knowledge and skills to understand and respond to today's ecological challenges, preparing you for a career in a rapidly changing field.
While most courses are co-taught by the School of Social Sciences, environmental studies spans across disciplines within the university. Learn more about the courses we offer below.
undergraduate courses
Postgraduate courses
Education and Research
Birkbeck brings together staff on the cutting-edge of environmental education and research.
Our staff collaborate across faculties to produce truly diverse and interdisciplinary research into sustainability and environmental topics, with work spanning across the globe.
As a student, you will engage with creative new approaches to learning and work in the same environment as a number of key research centres, groups and networks who are carrying out ground-breaking research.
Careers in environment and sustainability
The green jobs sector is growing, but sustainability and climate change touches every career.
Pursuing a degree related to environment and sustainability opens up opportunities in a range of meaningful and impactful career fields.
Graduates from these degrees have gone on to work within the civil service, local government and non-profits such as Amnesty International and The National Trust, as well as hold positions in the Environment Agency and Hydrographic Office.
This field also equips you with highly-transferable skills that can be applied to further study or research and careers within different sectors.
