Marine & Coastal Management
Our Marine & Coastal Management programme will produce graduates who have a deep understanding of the competing and often conflicting uses of coastal resources and environment, and sustainable solutions to these issues. Build the skills to adapt to evolving global challenges through a programme that prepares you for long-term success, with the skills to anticipate and react to future challenges in marine and coastal planning and sustainability.
Explore marine and coastal challenges using an integrated, whole-systems approach. Find out more and apply here.
SDG Focused Careers
These careers are tackling the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs):
Below are some potential careers for graduates of the MSc Marine & Coastal Management programme. Click the job titles below for more information, including average salary information, expected working hours, career progression routes, and current opportunities.
Consultancy and Management
- Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability Practitioner Making sure businesses, organisations or coorporations work and behave in an ethical, sustainable, or environementally consious way.
- Conservation Officer Manage, protect and improve the coastal environment.
- Environmental Consultant Advise on sustainability, including waste management, recycling, flood risk and the effects of climate change.
- Policy Advocate Work with non-profit organisations and advocacy groups to identify and address tourism, cultural, or heritage related issues.
Research
- Hydrologist / Flood Engineer Study rainfall, rivers and groundwater systems to help develop sustainable ways of managing water.
- Researcher / Research Scientist Plan and lead experiments and investigations on a range of scientific topics.
- Marine Scientist Study seas and currents, marine plants and animals, and the rocks and minerals that lie beneath the sea bed.