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MPhil in Engineering for Sustainable Development

global challenges, engineering solutions
ESD MPhil course brochure 2022
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ESD MPhil Course Brochure

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How to apply

All applications must be made through Graduate Admissions by the end of June, but those requiring funding should apply early.

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We asked three Cambridge students to summarise their dissertation topics and reveal what they thought of the course itself and how it has been of benefit to them.

ESD MPhil Youtube video

The Department asked three ESD MPhil students to summarise their dissertation topics and reveal what they thought of the course itself and how it has been of benefit to them.

Latest news

ESD MPhil students’ start-up Terracotta Cooling secures runner-up position at the 2024 Cambridge Climate Challenge

2 October 2024

A design proposed by ESD MPhil students Jerrell Ong and Sebastian Lindner-Liaw, working with colleague Eric Tay, has the potential to reduce the energy costs and water consumption involved in cooling data centres in the Global South. The design by Terracotta Cooling would make use of locally sourced and produced terracotta...

ESD MPhil students place in the top three for the International Finance Corporation’s Impact Investing Challenge 2024

22 August 2024

MPhil in Engineering for Sustainable Development students Ryuta Kuniyoshi and Jocelin Wijaya, together with Cambridge MBA candidate Daisuke Nishizawa, took the second runner-up place at the International Finance Corporation’s (IFC) Impact Investing Challenge 2024 Grand Finale, in Washington, D.C., after securing a top...

Important information for applicants: application deadline for 2024-25 is 16th May

27 April 2024

We will be closing applications for the 2024-25 cohort on the 16th of May this year due to the high number of applications already received. Please be sure that all documents - including references - are upoaded by this date.

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Course Overview

Context

The need to engage in better problem definition through careful dialogue with all stakeholder groups and a proper recognition of context.

Perspectives

An ability to work with specialists from other disciplines and professional groups acknowledging that technical innovation and business skills also must be understood, nurtured and combined as precursors to the successful implementation of sustainable solutions.

Change

An understanding of mechanisms for managing change in organisations so future engineers are equipped to play a leadership role.

Tools

An awareness of a range of assessment frameworks, sustainability metrics and methodologies such as Life Cycle Analysis, Systems Dynamics, Multi-Criteria Decision making and Impact Assessment.

 

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