A Bachelor's degree, equivalent to a Swedish Kandidatexamen, from an internationally recognised university.
Proficiency in English equivalent to the Swedish upper secondary course English 6. This requirement can be met either by achieving the required score on an internationally recognised test, or by previous upper secondary or university studies in some countries.
Do you want to gain the knowledge and skills required to deal with complex challenges towards sustainable development? Are you interested in conducting your studies with a diverse group of international students? Do you aspire to co-create sustainable futures? The Master's Programme in Sustainable Development is built on the three pillars - interdisciplinarity, systems thinking and future orientation - that permeate our courses. Uppsala University and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) have jointly created the Master's Programme in Sustainable Development to offer higher education on complex problems facing humanity, the planet and challenges concerned with sustainable futures. The programme combines advanced courses on various topics concerned with sustainable development, including theoretical and practical courses on natural resource use, society and the environment, and energy-water-food. During the programme you can expect to: understand how sustainable development as a concept has been interpreted and used in different socio-political contexts; apply analytical methods from different research areas to improve your understanding of topics outside your academic background; and develop and analyse different scenarios for the future, thus improving your criti