Land Management MSc/MTech/PgDip/PgCert

Scholarships available - up to £9k plus UK fees*

Key features of the Land Management postgraduate level programme include:

Full and part-time with options in:

Successful land management is vital if individuals, communities, businesses and governments are to balance the competing demands of land use to provide food, fuel, high quality water, timber and fibre with those of environmental regulation, conservation, landscape, recreation, and urban development.

On completion of this programme there is an opportunity to gain experience of an international development project through the development charity SAFAD. This charity is the students' own non-government organisation (NGO), and has supported development programmes since 1969. Recent projects (typically in association with a local NGO) include:

GIS-based land-use study in the Mara river basin, Kenya
Macadamia nut production in Southern Malawi
Establishing tree nurseries in Guatemala
Promoting renewable energy in Tamil Nadu, India

This course is suitable for graduates with ecology, science, engineering, geography or related degrees keen to pursue careers in land management, as well as academia; or graduates currently working in industry keen to extend their qualifications, or to pursue a career change; or individuals with other qualifications who possess considerable relevant experience.