Career opportunities
Successful students go on to a wide range of careers such as consulting engineers, conservationists, environmental and design planners/consultants, land and sustainability managers and advisors, researchers, and educationalists. Employers include statutory agencies and ministries, conservation trusts, environmental companies, international development organisations, land and natural resource management businesses, large agri-food companies, local authorities, non-government organisations (NGOs), and research organisations. The Landscape Institute, which accredits the programme, also offers careers advice through its site www.iwanttobealandscapearchitect.com.
Testimonials include:
“Since completing the course, I have been recruited to run a quarry in west of France for the VINCI Group. This job brings me everything I was expecting. I am managing a 25 people team and the quarry capacity is about 1.5 million tonnes a year”.
Valentine Meyer was a student on the MSc Land Management Course, option in Ecological Conservation, 2009-2010.
Read Valentine's experience of this course and how it has helped with her chosen career path.Winner of the Best Poster for the Land Management Programme, at the Environment Masters Research Exhibition held September 2010.
View Valentine's Poster.
"This course at Cranfield University equipped me with knowledge, research skills, international exposure, and critical practical experience in land management. The GIS module, in particular, played a key role in my appointment as a Lecturer at Kumasi Polytechnic in Ghana".
My MSc at Cranfield has proved invaluable, not only by increasing my technical and scientific understanding of natural resource issues, but in helping develop a rewarding international career working on environmental issues associated with energy development projects.
"I am now working for the Government of Baluchistan (a province of Pakistan covering 43% of the land area) within the Agriculture and Cooperative Department where, with two others, I am responsible for more than 15,000 permanent Government employees including agriculture scientists and thousands of temporary employees. My Cranfield experience will definitely help me in running the affairs of such a big department."
"I found the course very interesting and diverse. I learnt many practical skills that have since helped me in the workplace. The course has an excellent balance of theory and practical work. Without this MSc I would not have got my current job. It gave me a good grounding in geographical information systems and statistics which I now use on a daily basis."
"I would recommend the course to other students as they will gain a complete overview of the reclamation and restoration process. Having this broad-based understanding also means that you can look at a wider range of career opportunities."
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