Professional Science Master in Ecosystem Science and Sustainability

This professional science master's of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability is an applied, 18-month intensive graduate degree that empowers you with the in-demand skills, scientific knowledge, and professional networks to make a real impact on climate change.

Our responsibility is to understand the world's ecosystems and the effect of human societies on ecosystem processes and their long-term sustainability. Research and education are central to that understanding, enhancing our ability to manage for the sustainability of ecosystems, societies and the biosphere.

Students will integrate the latest science into real-world decision-making and public policy, with the ultimate goal of managing our planet's natural resources the air, water, land and biological diversity upon which all life depends sustainably into the future. The Department currently offers comprehensive undergraduate and graduate programs in the discipline of watershed science, as well as an undergraduate program in ecosystem science and sustainability.

Completion of a bachelor’s degree equivalent to a U.S. Bachelor’s degree from an institution that is recognized by a governmental national higher education authority (at the time the degree was earned).

In general, the minimum cumulative GPA for non-provisional admittance is a 3.000 GPA (on a 4.0 scale) to be admitted by the Graduate School. Departments may require a higher GPA.

For admission of international applicants, the minimum grade for non-provisional admittance is a B grade equivalent. The grade equivalency is the recommended U.S. grade equivalent, not the GPA equivalent.

English language proficiency:

TOEFL minimum score - 550 (paper based), 80 (Internet based)

IELTS minimum score - 6.5

Duolingo minimum score - 120

PTE minimum score - 58