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Overview

Up to 7 million people are estimated to die every year due to the harmful effects of air pollution. Degradation in air quality is now the leading environmental cause of premature mortality - exceeding deaths due to unsafe drinking water, malaria and HIV combined. Understanding the factors controlling the emission, processing and fate of air pollutants is vital to effectively mitigate these harmful effects and to assess the effectiveness of policy interventions.

Our solutions-driven Masters programme will cover a broad range of air quality-related topics, including emissions, monitoring, modelling, pollution exposure, health impacts and policy and economic appraisal. The programme will also explore the synergies of air quality with climate change. You'll be taught by academics who are experts in each of these topics and have contributed to the UK being a world leader in air policy design, delivery and evaluation.

This Masters gives you the chance to be hands-on, applying and designing interventions using state-of-the-art modelling tools and appraising the expected benefits. You’ll use conventional and research-led pollution-monitoring techniques and novel data analysis tools – all of which will support your substantial independent research project you’ll undertake in the final semester.

The course draws on the globally-renowned research from five Schools: the Institute for Transport Studies, the School of Earth and Environment, the School of Civil Engineering, the School of Chemical and Process Engineering and the School of Chemistry. This ensures you’re learning the latest innovations in the field, preparing you for a career in industry.

The valuable knowledge and skills you’ll acquire throughout your Masters could lead you to pursuing a career in consultancy, the public sector and regulatory bodies, non-governmental bodies, industry and further research.

Career opportunities

Our aim is to equip you with the knowledge to provide solutions across a range of air pollution challenges and environments.

The rapid pace at which air pollution issues have moved up the national and international agenda will likely see increased demand for graduates with the specialist skills needed to implement air pollution mitigation strategies, design effective policies and consider air pollution aspects of economic and industrial activities and new developments. The ‘solutions’ focus of this course aligns with consultancy business, local and regional authorities and central governments.

As such, the skills and knowledge you’ll gain on this course will give you the platform to pursue a career in:

• Consultancy
• Public Sector
• Regulatory Bodies
• Industry
• Cities
• Further research