Master of Science in Global Challenges for Sustainability

A Unique International Learning Opportunity

The Master’s program Global Challenges for Sustainability offers a unique international learning opportunity in which students will have the chance to address the pressing need for sustainability in a challenge-based environment.

In this Master's program, you will explore new perspectives on real-world challenges, connect with fellow international pioneers, and together create new possibilities to change the world.

Actively participate in shaping the program

The Master's program is an initiative by the European University alliance CHARM-EU (Challenge-driven, Accessible, Research-Based and Mobile European University), formed by five prestigious, research-based universities: the University of Barcelona, Utrecht University, Trinity College Dublin, the University of Montpellier, and Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest.

In this Master's program, we invite you to be part of the co-creation and innovation process by the five CHARM-EU partner universities. That means that you will actively participate in shaping and improving the program for future editions. Creating the best transdisciplinary learning environment for you and for future students.

Upon successful completion of the Master’s program students will be able to:

• Develop creative and critical thinking skills.
• Research and evaluate complex societal challenges from different stakeholder and intercultural perspectives.
• Assess and integrate different disciplinary and transdisciplinary knowledge and research methodologies.
• Demonstrate expertise in the identification and application of the latest technological tools to source, analyze, handle, use and communicate complex bodies of data ethically.
• Acquire expertise and communicate effectively on complex issues.
• Formulate an advanced understanding of transdisciplinarity and demonstrate expertise in the facilitative, communicative, reflexive, and collaborative skills to support its practice.
• Acquire advanced transversal competencies in problem-solving, entrepreneurialism, innovation, digital skills, and a life-long learning disposition.

The Master’s program strongly supports student employability, professional-specific competencies, and academic career progression. The master’s strengthens these aspects through identifying multiple career pathways, aligning learning outcomes to business and civil society stakeholder needs, and fostering a broad industry-ready skillset.

Four potential postgraduate student pathways (i.e. fields of employment) have been identified:

• sustainable policy and communication roles.
• social innovation and action either within existing companies (intrapreneurship) or via the generation of new enterprises (entrepreneurship).
• managers with the ability to deal with complex issues from a sustainability perspective and to advise company senior management on sustainability matters.
• progress further along the academic pathway.

Specific roles that graduates might consider are:

• Sustainability Specialist
• Communications Specialist
• Social Innovation Analyst
• Entrepreneur (Environmental Strategist)
• International Consultant (for enterprises, governmental institutions, and NGOs).
• Researcher