With a Master of Environment, you will develop the skills and knowledge to work on big environmental problems facing the world today. Our award-winning researchers from the Fenner School of Environment and Society, a world-leading centre of research and learning, will tailor learning to meet your professional interests and needs.
Choose from a range of areas to study including biodiversity conservation, climate science and policy, disasters, environmental policy, environmental studies and human ecology, geography, natural resource management, sustainability science, and water science and management. You will graduate with in-depth expertise in one area of study.
Advanced program
In the Advanced program, you will develop research expertise through completing a substantial research project supervised by an academic, which constitutes appropriate research training for a PhD.
Commonwealth Supported Places (CSP) are available for the Advanced version of this program. See Advanced program handbook
## Careers
Graduating from the Master of Environment will make you highly employable. The degree will enhance your existing skills and expertise, building on your undergraduate experience to retrain for a new career, or provide you with new tools and insight into your work or study ambitions.
As a graduate, you will be ready for work in senior and specialised roles addressing the environment and its management in Australia and across the world, including:
- Project Management
- Research and Analysis
- Education and Community Awareness
- Policy.
Many graduates of the Master of Environment are employed in policy-making within local, state and federal governments, water resource management, environmental management, urban planning and sustainability, climate change adaptation consulting, and applied research science.
Our recent graduates hold roles such as Assistant Director at the Federal Department of the Environment and Energy, Manager of Hydrology and Flood Risk at JBA Consulting (UK), Project Officer at the Conservation Council - ACT Region, and lecturer positions at universities in Vietnam, Indonesia, southern Africa and South Asia.
Testimonials
Mae Noble
“It was great having interdisciplinary choices during the coursework part of my degree. I really liked that I could take classes from other departments across campus and within the Fenner School, to pull together a program that addressed my knowledge gaps, and have them count directly towards my degree. Getting exposure to the many things that ANU had to offer gave me a good foundation for my PhD.”
Hana Camelia
“My favourite experience during my Masters was when I was doing my thesis and I was able to be supervised by amazing researchers. I had a chance to do the lab work and process real coral data (which is really cool!). Right now I’m preparing for my PhD in Germany which will be about paleoclimate research using corals taken from the Andaman Sea.”