Please note: This page is aimed at prospective students. Are you already a student at Radboud University? You can find your current study programme in the Course catalogue.
Curriculum of Environment & Sustainability
The Master’s specialisation in Environment & Sustainability has a course load of 120 EC (two years). The first year of this specialisation contains five compulsory courses in the first period. You can compose the rest of the programme with electives, internships, literature theses and optionally a field course abroad.
About this study curriculum
Below you can find an overview of the structure of the programme:
- Compulsory courses (18 EC)
- Electives (18 EC)
- Review article (6 EC)
- Research proposal (6 EC)
- Two internships (2x 36 EC)
Provisional overview for prospective students
This overview provides an indication of the study programme of the academic year 2027-2028 and is aimed at prospective students. It is subject to change and no rights may be derived from it. Already a student at Radboud University? View your current study programme in the Course catalogue.
Subject-specific courses
Minimum 15 EC- P1
- P1
- P1
- P1
- P1
Personal and professional development
Minimum 3 EC- P2
- P3
- P2
- P3
- P4
- P1
- P2
- P3
- P4
- P1
- P2
- P3
- P4
- P1
- P2
- P3
- P4
Your core curriculum is supplemented by electives. The elective programme consists of Natural Science electives, a Philosophy elective and Free electives.
Natural Science electives (9 EC)
You need to choose at least one course from a list of selected electives for Biology. The remaining EC can be filled with academic courses within the field of natural sciences. You can also choose to use 6 EC as extension of your internship.
Philosophy elective (3 EC)
Choose one Philosophy course from a set list of Science Philosophy electives.
Free electives (6 EC)
6 EC of the total electives can be used to take any course taught at Radboud University, another Dutch university or abroad.
- P1
- P2
- P3
- P4
- P1
- P2
- P3
- P4
During your internships, you’ll be responsible for your own experiments, under the supervision of one of our top researchers at the Radboud Institute for Biological and Environmental Sciences (RIBES). Most students choose to perform their first internship at Radboud University and their second internship abroad, or at a Dutch governmental organisation, NGO or company. Recent examples of internships are:
- A study to identify sites for protecting mangrove forests along the African coastline, performed at RIBES
- Research into novel approaches for mapping habitats, at the Province of Zeeland
- A project to model the distributions of reptile species in The Netherlands, at consultancy firm Haskoning
For concrete options and suggestions, you can confer with our teaching staff or the student advisor.
- P1
- P2
- P3
- P4
- P1
- P2
- P3
- P4
Review Article or Research Proposal can be replaced by either:
- Field Course Alpine Ecology (NWI-BM040B)
- Field Research Course (NWI-BM048B)
(NB: both field courses are offered in alternating years)