The course

Humankind’s ceaseless pursuit of progress has brought countless advances in our quality of life, but has often had an adverse effect on the world around us. Our environment is vulnerable to threats including contamination, pollution and waste, and as such it’s the work of professionals in the environmental sector to preserve and restore our important natural resources for the benefit of future generations.

Study Environmental Diagnosis and Management at Royal Holloway, University of London and you’ll develop the skills and knowledge you need to address some of our most important environmental issues. This thorough Masters programme has been developed with expert industry advice to help graduates progress into rewarding careers in the environmental sector or go on to further postgraduate study. You’ll benefit from first-class research-led teaching, and get the chance to network with environmental consultancies and engineers, local and industry regulatory authorities and leading research institutes.

Teaching & assessment

We provide hands-on practical teaching and training in the field and in geochemical analysis and computing laboratories, together with critical understanding of the underlying science in a dedicated teaching facility.

This means that environmental and ecological issues associated with contaminated land, water quality, air pollution, and waste management may be analysed and assessed, and remediated and restored. Or so that they may be diagnosed and managed.

A dedicated academic teaching team deliver 7 teaching modules, 3 case studies, many study visits and an independent research project, all of which include teaching, training and/or supervision by professional practitioners from within the environmental sector.

Assessment of module and case study work and of practical computing, laboratory and fieldwork skills evaluates your critical understanding of the environmental science taught, and mastery of producing quality assured data, and its analysis, interpretation, presentation and reporting.

Assessment also reflects your ability to work independently and in teams, and to apply what you learn during the case studies and study visits.

Assessment of research projects is based on your ability to manage, report on and present an original piece of independent scientific work.

Whether or not it counts towards your final mark, all assessed work has significant confidential written and/or verbal feedback designed to help you improve.

Your future career

The Environmental Diagnosis and Management MSc course at Royal Holloway, University of London enjoys outstanding links with the environmental sector through the contributions of professional practitioners to the modules, case studies, study visits, and research projects.

Together with the excellent vocational and research training, and careers advice provided, this means that the MSc has an outstanding record of graduate employment and PhD research training, typically more than 90% within less than 6 months.

In many cases, graduate careers begin from successful research project placements in environmental consultancies, local authorities, regulatory agencies, research institutes, academia, and industry.