Program Overview

Master of Science in Sustainability Management

The Master of Science in Sustainability Management is a program designed to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of sustainability and its application in various fields. The program is structured around four basic modules, providing a thorough understanding of sustainability.

Program Structure

The program consists of four modules:

• Fundamentals of Sustainability
• Environmental Dimension of Sustainability
• Economic Dimension of Sustainability
• Social Dimension of Sustainability

Each module includes compulsory and optional subjects, allowing students to tailor their learning experience to their interests and career goals.

Compulsory Subjects

The compulsory subjects in the program include:

• Sustainability Concepts and SDGs
• Sustainability Management Systems
• Environmental Impacts: Causes and Effects
• Climate Change: Facts, Emergency, Political and Legal Context
• Product and Environment
• Carbon Footprint
• Corporate Social Responsibility
• Environmental Law and Jurisprudence
• Master’s Thesis

Optional Subjects

The optional subjects in the program include:

• ODS in Practice
• Green Procurement and Environmental Labelling
• Energy and Renewables
• Circular Economy and Cradle to Cradle
• Sustainability Communication and Marketing: Social Media, Mass Media
• Sustainable Finance
• Sustainability in Logistics and Operations
• Public–Private Collaborations in Sustainable Projects
• Social Entrepreneurship
• Internship

Assignatures

The program includes a range of assignatures, each with its own description, credits, and language. Some of the assignatures include:

• Applied Statistics
• Carbon and water Footprint
• Climate change facts emergency political and legal context
• Concepts of sustainability, circular economy and the SDGs
• Corporate Social Responsibility
• Cradle to cradle and circular economy
• Economics for Sustainable Development
• Energy and Renewables
• Environmental Impacts
• Environmental Law and Jurisprudence
• Green Procurement and Environmental Labelling
• Marketing and communication fundamentals
• Master Thesis
• Product and Environment
• Public-Private Collaboration in Sustainable Projects
• SDGs in practice
• Social Entrepreneurship
• Sustainability Communication
• Sustainability in Logistics and operations
• Sustainability Management Systems
• Sustainable Finance

Titulació

Upon completing the program, students will receive the title of Master of Science in Sustainability Management, issued by the Universitat Pompeu Fabra.

Notes

• The information contained in these pages is for informational purposes only and may be subject to changes in the adaptation of each academic course.
• The definitive guide will be available to registered students in the virtual space before the start of each subject.
• The title of Master's Degrees requires the payment of the amount stipulated in the DOGC (Official Gazette of the Generalitat de Catalunya) for the issuance of the title. This tax varies annually and will be applied in the moment of the title application.