Master of Climate Change
Overview
Further information
Solve complex global environmental problems as a climate change expert or policymaker with this graduate degree.
- Degree designed to prepare you for a career in climate change risk assessment, adaptation and mitigation strategy development, and regional, national and international policy formulation
- Global policy and governance perspectives on climate change
- Strategies to improve environmental policy performance
If your aim is to help save and protect our environment as a specialist climate change professional, this degree is for you. Taught by world-leading experts in climate change science and policy, this program provides you with the skills to decipher the problem of climate change through exposure to different lenses and perspectives.
Climate change is a global policy problem. Your in-depth understanding and strategic insight into how to mitigate and adapt to the changing climate will be in demand. You will benefit from drawing on expertise from the Crawford School of Public Policy and ANU’s highly-acclaimed Fenner School of Environment & Society.
Design a degree program that best reflects your career and education goals in the field of climate change, including the impacts of vulnerability in water resources, biodiversity, natural resource management, human health, and urban systems.
Strengthen this knowledge with study in complementary fields – non-fossil fuel energy technologies and policies; integrated approaches to risk and vulnerability assessment; the economics of climate change adaptation and mitigation; the legal dimensions of climate change; and the politics, policy and governance perspectives on climate change.
View the full degree program structure, admission requirements and academic information.
Related disciplines
- Applied Economics
- Climate
- Development Studies
- Economics
- Economic Policy
- Energy Change
- Environmental Science
- Environmental Studies
- Forest Science and Management
- Policy Studies
- Resource and Environmental Management
- Science
- Communication
- Renewable Energy
- Sustainability
- Sustainability Science
- Sustainable Development
Applications for domestic (Australian and New Zealand) students for Semester 1, 2019 are now open and close on 20 January 2019.
To find out more, contact us at crawford.degrees@anu.edu.au today.
Degree structure
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Duration
1-2 year/s full time depending on credit
Admission requirements
A Bachelor degree or international equivalent with a minimum GPA of 5/7.
Applicants with a bachelor’s degree or Graduate Certificate in a cognate discipline may be eligible for 24 units (one semester) of credit.
Applicants with a Graduate Diploma or Honours in a cognate discipline may be eligible for 48 units (one year) of credit.
Cognate disciplines
If you have prior study in one of the following cognate disciplines, you may be eligible for credit towards your degree:
- Applied Economics
- Climate
- Development Studies
- Economics
- Economic Policy
- Energy Change
- Environmental Science
- Environmental Studies
- Forest Science and Management
- Policy Studies
- Resource and Environmental Management
- Science
- Communication
- Renewable Energy
- Sustainability
- Sustainability Science
- Sustainable Development
View the full degree program structure, admission requirements and academic information.
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| Guide to graduate studies for Australian students | 3.64 MB |
Academics
Frank Jotzo
Professor; Director, Centre for Climate Economics and Policy; Research Director, Crawford School.
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Scholarships and fees
Further information
Scholarships and support
Scholarship opportunities are available for national and international students.
Fees
Costs associated with your study at ANU will depend on a number of things, including your study program and whether you’re a national or international student.
Find out more about costs and fees associated with studying at ANU.
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