Duration
2 years full time / 4 years part time
Mode (Location)
On Campus (Parkville)
Intake
February, July
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Fees
Commonwealth supported places (CSPs) available
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Entry pathways
Special entry options and Access Melbourne are available
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Career outcomes
Overview
Build a robust foundation of climate science knowledge, and be prepared to enter industry where you’ll tackle the biggest climate challenges facing businesses and governments. Work as a climate scientist in the growing fields of climate risk and environmental consulting, or combine your learnings and apply climate knowledge to a broad range of occupations.
Work in areas relevant to climate science is diverse. Here are some examples of roles you could find yourself employed in following graduation:
- Energy: Help companies adapt, cities to expand, and people to live in sustainable ways through thoughtful engineering, urban design and manufacturing.
- Economics: Contribute to financial risk measurements and business management helping companies evolve.
- Finance: Influence sectors such asbanking, insurance, and actuarial management to develop adaptable technologies and sustainable cities.
- Government: Inform policies and priorities that define our society’s ability to adapt and tackle climate change.
- Transport: Build cities that are both sustainable and accessible, benefiting all members of society.
- Research: Understand how we got here, and develop new findings that will inform climate change solutions going into the future.
Your future job title could include:
- Climatologist
- Climate Scientist
- Climate Policy Analyst
- Environmental Consultant
- Resource Manager
The Master of Climate Science and the University of Melbourne are connected with organisations such as:
- The ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes
- Bureau of Meteorology (BoM)
- CSIRO
- Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
If you’re looking for experience with research, you’ll be able to connect with research projects like:
- Developing the primary greenhouse gas emissions scenarios for global climate predictions
- Forming Australian and localised climate projections
- Understanding climate extremes in a warming world