Overview
From learning the interactions between sustainable economic growth and environmental sustainability to understanding activities that drive climate change and the boundaries set by the planet’s natural resources, this professional sustainable development certificate will help you gain the skills and knowledge necessary to tackle global challenges.
In each sustainable development course, you will look into the human activities that impact sustainability and learn about initiatives for climate action. You will be taught by world-renowned economist and pioneer in the field of Sustainable Development, Jeffrey Sachs and Co-Director at Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Johan Rockström along with other experts from the Stockholm Resilience Center.
The Foundations of Sustainable Development programme in collaboration with SDGAcademyX is a Professional Certificate.
Job Outlook
- The demand for Green skills including Sustainable Development, Renewable Energy, and Environmental Awareness in the job market is rapidly increasingly (source: LinkedIn Green Economy Report 2022).
- The green hiring rate has accelerated ahead of the overall hiring rate in most economies around the world. This means that, globally, workers with green skills were hired at a higher rate than non-green workers (source: LinkedIn Green Economy Report 2022)
- Career prospects for people with sustainable development training include: sustainability manager, compliance manager, data scientist, software engineer, finance, climate-tech and many more (source: Business Insider)
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Courses included:
- Age of Sustainable Development
- Planetary Boundaries
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Duration
- Part-time
- 6 months
- 3 hrs/week
Start dates & application deadlines
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Delivered
- Self-paced
Disciplines
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Visit programme websiteAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
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International
118 USD/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 118 USD for the full programme during 6 months. -
National
118 USD/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 118 USD for the full programme during 6 months.