Institute of Environmental Sciences
Education
CML’s educational programmes train graduate and undergraduate students for integrated and interdisciplinary research on sustainability, as well as for better decision making in managing the world’s environmental quality, biodiversity, and natural resources. We are committed to educate future changemakers by equipping students with the knowledge and skills to address current and future sustainability challenges effectively.
Our educational programmes:
- MSc in Governance of Sustainability
- MSc in Industrial Ecology
- BSc Science for Sustainable Societies
- Minor Sustainable Development
- BSc, MSc, and PhD tracks in Environmental Sciences and Biology
Master Governance of Sustainability
The master programme Governance of Sustainability offers students a transdisciplinary approach to tackling urgent environmental challenges. Developing in-depth knowledge of both social sciences (focussed on governance) and the natural sciences, students learn how to integrate these different perspectives to develop governance solutions to complex environmental sustainability challenges. The programme goes beyond traditional learning and is designed for students from diverse academic and cultural backgrounds.
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Master Industrial Ecology
Together with Delft University of Technology, we offer the joint degree master Industrial Ecology. Throughout this programme students learn to integrate engineering, environmental, and social science perspectives while studying sustainability. The programme has a strong focus on methods and tools to help students identify, design and critically evaluate sustainability solutions and their implementation.
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Bachelor Science for Sustainable Societies
Our bachelor programme Science for Sustainable Societies is designed to help future graduates taking on today’s challenges to create a better tomorrow. CML offers this interdisciplinary bachelor together with the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences and the Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs at Leiden University.
During the programme, students learn to combine natural and social science insights and methods, to better understand and address complex sustainability challenges in the context of human systems such as climate change, pollution, and biodiversity loss.
Minor Sustainable Development
Bachelor students from Leiden University, TU Delft and Erasmus University Rotterdam are welcome to join our interdisciplinar Minor Sustainable Development. In this minor, CML staff and staff from other university departments work together to offer a comprehensive and analytical view of sustainability issues to students with different academic backgrounds.
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PhD training
Conducting research on a range of topics related to Industrial Ecology and Environmental Biology, our PhD candidates are enrolled in the Graduate School of the Faculty of Science. In addition to their research, they work on preparing training and supervision plans and take part in courses.
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Other educational activities
CML also participates in bachelor programmes of Biology, Urban Studies, and Liberal Arts and Sciences (LUC). Environmental biology education, for example, is one of the core themes of the specialisation Biodiversity and Sustainability of the MSc Biology at Leiden University. This specialisation is organised jointly with the Institute of Biology Leiden and the Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
Lastly, we also offer a MOOC on a Circular Economy of Metals: towards a Sustainable Societal Metabolism.