56 Short courses in Environmental Sciences in Europe

Discover how environmental research can inform how we respond to and solve the major global environmental issues of today. Join the Tackling Environmental Challenges for a Sustainable Future programme from the University of York.

The new and exciting Ecology: Living Landscapes in the West of Ireland course of the University of Galway offers students practical experience of the natural environment in the west of Ireland. It provides students with survey skills to identify natural resources, and develops their skills to evaluate the sustainable use and conservation of Ireland’s ecological resources.

In the UK, the Government’s 25-year Environment Plan aims to improve the natural environment within a generation and to reconnect people with nature. To achieve that, people everywhere need to feel that nature matters to them. University of Derby offers the Nature Connectedness - For A New Relationship With Nature programme. 

This Air Pollution course at Newcastle University will discuss major pollutants, their sources and their effects (environmental and health).

The Offshore Wind Farm Technology - Design, Installation and Operation course from Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) presents video lectures, readings, quizzes and assignments. You will have the chance to interact with other professionals in the field and share knowledge and experience through online forums.

The Environment - Responding to Change module from The Open University UK will encourage you to look at these issues from multiple perspectives and to take a holistic view of environmental systems, including how we value them. 

The Climate Change and Policy course at King's College London will focus on the essentials of climate science, impacts and adaptation to climate change, and international climate policy and achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions globally.

The Air Quality Management Resource Centre (AQMRC) in the Department of Geography and Environmental Management at the UWE Bristol (University of the West of England) is pleased to offer an exciting Air Quality Action Planning (Distance Learning) short course. 

This Housing, Community and the Built Environment programme offered at Liverpool John Moores University provides a critical understanding of how housing, communities, and the built environment interact.

The Basic Tree Survey and Inspection course at the Royal Agricultural University is aimed at those keen to learn how to identify hazardous trees, determine the level of risk and then decide an appropriate course of action.

Urbanisation is one of the most crucial processes of change in the world today. It is also one of the most hotly debated topics across the social sciences. London School of Economics and Political Science offers the An Urbanising World - Cities, Capitalism and the Environment programme.

The Air Quality Management Resource Centre (AQMRC) in the Department of Geography and Environmental Management at the UWE Bristol (University of the West of England) is pleased to offer an exciting Air Quality Management (Distance Learning) short course. 

With billions at risk of heat-stress due to the climate crisis, this Sustainable Cooling - Building Resilience to Extreme Heat course at the University of Oxford explores how sustainable cooling solutions can help us build our resilience and better adapt to the impact of increasing global temperatures – now and for the coming decades.

The Air Quality Management Resource Centre (AQMRC) in the Department of Geography and Environmental Management at the UWE Bristol (University of the West of England) is pleased to offer an exciting Air Quality Monitoring short course. 

The Air Quality Management Resource Centre (AQMRC) in the Department of Geography and Environmental Management at the UWE Bristol (University of the West of England) is pleased to offer an exciting Air Quality Management short course. 

This Environmental Auditing and Management Systems module at the University of Surrey will explore the dominant, practical and topical concerns surrounding environmental auditing and environmental management systems.

This GIS and Environment module at the University of Leeds looks at the many ways in which GIS can be applied to the study of the environmental sciences including modelling terrain, hydrology, ecology and land use.

The Regenerative Materials - Structural Specialisation programme offered by ETH Zurich - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology focuses on the structural specificities of earth, bio-​based or re-​used materials in buildings used as load bearing walls or structures.

Water is essential for life on earth and of crucial importance for society.The Introduction to Water and Climate program is offered by the Delft University of Technology (TU Delft).  

In this wide-ranging module in Environmental Science from The Open University UK you will learn about aspects of biology, chemistry, earth science and physics that can be applied to the study of the environment. But there is much more. The holistic nature of environmental science is stressed through studying the many links that operate between different environments.