Program Overview

Master's Degree in Sustainability and Strategies for a Just Global Transition

The Master's Degree in Sustainability and Strategies for a Just Global Transition (MUSE) aims to provide comprehensive training in sustainability, addressing the interactions between social, economic, and environmental systems in a transdisciplinary manner within a context of growing global complexity.

Program Overview

MUSE combines scientific and technical knowledge with social and governance approaches, promoting systemic impact analysis and informed, ethical decision-making. With a marked action-oriented focus, it prepares professionals capable of analyzing, designing, and implementing transformative strategies within planetary boundaries, in dialogue with diverse actors and considering local and international regulatory frameworks.

Curriculum

The master's degree combines theoretical training with practical experiences that connect sustainability with reality:

• Action-research workshops, applying sustainable methodologies to real cases.
  • Field visits to learn about sustainable development and climate change adaptation projects.
  • Collaborative projects with public administrations, companies, and third-sector entities.
  • Participation in congresses and conferences, such as the Climate Conferences of the UNFCCC or the National Environment Congress.
  • Master's Thesis in prestigious centers and institutions.

Target Audience

The master's degree is open to holders of a bachelor's or master's degree, both recent graduates and those in professional transition, from diverse areas of knowledge and university degrees, including:

• Engineering or equivalent degrees.
• Architecture and building construction, or equivalent degrees.
• Natural sciences and mathematics, or equivalent degrees.
• Social sciences, economics, and geography, or equivalent degrees.

Career Opportunities

Graduates can pursue careers as:

• Technician or manager for sustainability, climate action, or circular economy in public administrations, companies, or international institutions.
• Consultant in sustainability, innovation, and corporate social responsibility.
• Researcher or project technician in research centers, universities, and social innovation hubs.
• Facilitator of participatory processes and promoter of local eco-social transition initiatives in NGOs, cooperatives, and third-sector entities.

Admission

General Data

• Duration: 1.5 academic years, 90 ECTS credits.
• Start: September.
• Schedule and modality: Morning and/or afternoon, face-to-face.
• Tuition fees and grants: More information available upon request.
• Languages: Spanish and English.
• Location: UPC Campus Nord, Barcelona.

Access

• General requirements: Academic requirements for admission to a master's degree.
• Specific requirements: To be announced.
• Places: 30.
• Pre-enrolment: Pre-enrollment period closed.

Why Study MUSE?

The Master's degree is organized by the University Research Institute for Sustainability Science and Technology (ISST) within the Universitat Politčcnica de Catalunya (Barcelona-Tech), offering:

• An official Master's degree recognized by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport of Spain.
• International projection with mobility programs and a diverse community of international students.
• Transdisciplinary and personalized learning, integrating science, technology, society, and the environment to address global sustainability challenges.