MSc Extreme Weather
DURATION
1 up to 3 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time, Part time
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STUDY FORMAT
Distance Learning
Introduction
What is special about this course?
Extreme weather events are increasing in both intensity and frequency across the globe, many of an unprecedented severity. Advances in recent scientific understanding over the past decade confirm that such extreme events are attributable to global warming and would be statistically impossible without anthropogenic climate change.
Learn to predict, assess, and respond to the challenges faced by this ever-changing phenomenon, on our MSc Extreme Weather, the first postgraduate qualification of its kind in Scotland.
Special features
- Brand new programme, first of its kind in Scotland.
- Focus on subject areas that are key to progressing net-zero society.
- Training for future climate science and natural hazard experts.
- Fully online and flexible, to suit your personal and professional needs.
Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
Eligible Scotland-domiciled students studying full-time can access loans up to £11,500 from the Student Awards Agency for Scotland (SAAS). This comprises a tuition fee loan of up to £7,000 and a non-income assessed living cost loan of £4,500.
Eligible Scotland-domiciled students studying part-time can apply for a tuition fee loan from SAAS. You must be intending to complete the course in no longer than twice the length of time it would take for a full-time student. For example, if your course is available to full-time students as a one-year program, you will be funded for a maximum of two years of part-time study. If your course does not have a full-time option, you must complete it within three years. You can apply for a tuition fee loan up to £7,000, which will be paid pro-rata for each academic year of study.
Curriculum
To achieve the award of MSc Extreme Weather, you will complete a 15,000 word research dissertation on a topic of your own choice.
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Career Opportunities
What can I do on completion of my course?
Once you have successfully completed this course, you might like to consider careers in:
- Renewables sector
- Sustainable development implementation and management
- Insurance and risk sectors