The Ryan Institute does not directly administer any taught Postgraduate courses; however, a number of our researchers are involved in teaching and coordination aspects of several taught postgraduate courses at NUI Galway, and these are listed below. Any current opportunities for Masters or PhD degrees by research will be advertised in the vacancies section of this website.
MSc Sustainable Resource Management: Policy and Practice
This novel course is a multidisciplinary approach to environmental sustainability devised by NUIG and UL to respond to the continuing interest among students in an environmental/ resource management taught MSc., and to market demands for graduates with more applied knowledge of the environmental sector. Strongly research led, it is unique in that it combines the expertise of both institutions in relation to urban form and function and landscape evaluation and management for conservation in a jointly awarded MSc postgraduate degree.
MSc Biodiversity & Land-use Planning
This 24-month, part-time course aims to provide participants with crucial skills, knowledge and experience that are needed to pursue successful careers in managing biodiversity resources sustainably while complying with international legislation. It runs in two year cycles continuously from September through to August of the second year. The modular course is devoted to formal scientific and policy coursework delivered in a blended learning format over two years, comprising a mixture of face-to-face contact (approximately 12–15 hours per module) in addition to private study combined with e-tutorial on-line support. Students are expected to carry out both individual and group projects and to prepare written reports and oral presentations on relevant subjects.
MA Environment, Society & Development
The MA in Environment, Society and Development is designed to empower students to become critically informed by, and ethically engaged with, the various geopolitical, economic and environmental processes that shape the world in which we live. The programme involves engagement with a number of core areas in critical human geography, including issues of geopolitics, development, governance and political ecology, and exposes students to vital global challenges that encompass a complex and dynamic mesh of environmental, social and economic processes.
