Foundation Year
Our Foundation Year provides an excellent alternative route to Keele, providing a unique opportunity to better prepare for your chosen degree, and with guaranteed entry onto your undergraduate course once you successfully complete your Foundation Year. This extra year of study can improve your academic skills, expand your subject knowledge, give you a better understanding of higher education and, perhaps most importantly of all, build your confidence. On the Keele Foundation Year, you'll study on campus, joining our undergraduate community from the outset, with access to all the facilities and support that you'd get as an undergraduate student at Keele.
International Students
For International Students, Foundation Years are delivered through our dedicated on-campus provider, Keele University International College. Applications for International Foundation Years are also handled by KUIC; please do not apply via UCAS as the University will not be able to process your application and you may still be charged the UCAS application fee. To find out more and to apply for an International Foundation Year, visit https:kuic.keele.ac.uk
Sustainability and Environmental Management with Integrated Master's
Our four-year Sustainability and Environmental Management MSci provides you with the master's-level skills to become a leader in one of the most important fields of our time. Building expertise across environmental science, policy and management through fieldwork, cutting-edge research techniques and laboratory methods, you will be equipped to pursue PhD study or a specialist career in the environmental sector.
Why choose this course
Develop advanced research, laboratory and project management skills to support your future career
Our unique 600-acre campus offers a fantastic natural environment to perform fieldwork
Build expertise in data analysis, GIS, problem-solving and sustainability strategy
Gain a master's-level qualification
Explore internship opportunities, build industry connections and gain real-world experience
Your first year provides a solid foundation in the fundamentals of the discipline. You will explore Earth's scientific processes and key environmental issues while developing the core skills required of sustainability and environmental scientists. From there, you will progress to a more in-depth and critical exploration of key issues, using spatial data to analyse and address complex environmental and socio-economic challenges.
By your third year, you will have greater flexibility to specialise in areas that interest you, alongside undertaking an independent research project and a consultancy project, where you will develop strategies for sustainable solutions within a chosen sector. The fourth year of the MSci is designed to enhance your employability while deepening your subject-specific knowledge through the development of advanced problem-solving, communication, and project management skills. You will also further develop your research abilities, particularly in critically evaluating scientific literature and in designing and carrying out an independent research project.
About Keele
Keele University was established in 1949 by the former Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University. Founded to meet the needs of a changing world, Keele has always had a pioneering vision to be a different kind of university. We excel in both teaching and research, with some of the most satisfied students in England, and research that is changing lives for the better at a regional, national and global level. Our beautiful 600-acre campus is one of the biggest in Britain – but all the most important services and facilities are on your doorstep, with accommodation, teaching spaces, facilities including a medical centre, sports centre and pharmacy, and a range of shops, eateries and entertainment venues – including the Students’ Union – clustered around the centre.