M.Phil../P.Grad.Dip in Statistics and Sustainability
Dublin, Ireland
DURATION
1 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
31 Jul 2024
EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2024
TUITION FEES
EUR 24,100 / per year *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* Non-EU students| EU students: €7,820
Introduction
This one-year full-time conversion course is intended for students who wish to deepen their statistical skills and develop an in-depth and applied understanding of sustainability from a variety of perspectives.
This is a flagship program delivered through Trinity’s E3 ‘Engineering, Environment, and Emerging Technology’ initiative and the course embodies the E3 mission to create a more sustainable future for our world. The course is designed to cater to students from diverse backgrounds through flexible learning options in the course modules.
The course provides students with a wide range of modeling, computing, and statistical skills, and they will study a variety of sustainability topics that are key to developing solutions to environmental challenges from global to local levels. Communication skills will be developed via individual and team project work embedded in the curriculum, and there is an emphasis on developing student’s skills to translate statistical outcomes to broad audiences in multiple contexts.
Ideal Students
Anyone interested in understanding the natural environment, its resources, and how to best use them in a sustainable manner should study Statistics and Sustainability. This could include students studying environmental science, natural resource management, economics, public policy, and business. As the world becomes increasingly aware of the need to use resources responsibly, more people are turning to Statistics to help them understand how to best accomplish this.
Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
Academic scholarships for postgraduate international students are available at Trinity. Trinity rewards academic achievement and has sought to assist international students of limited means. Several scholarships are made possible by bequests and gifts that have been generously donated to the Trinity over the years.
- Global Excellence Postgraduate Scholarship
- AQ Scholarships
- Brazil Fundação Estudar Scholarship Program
- Haddad Foundation Brazilian Postgraduate Scholarship
- Brazilian Scholarship for Irish Studies - ABEI/HADDAD Fellowship
- China Scholarship Council
- Claddagh Scholarship Programme
- Comparative Social Change MSc Scholarships 2024/25
- E3 Balanced Solutions for a Better World Postgraduate Scholarship
- Energy Science MSc Scholarship
- Fulbright Scholars Programme
- Government of Ireland International Education Scholarships Programme
- Hong Kong Scholarship for Excellence Scheme
- Irish Research Council Scholarships
- Irish School of Ecumenics Scholarships
- Jean Monnet Scholarship Programme
- Jean Monnet School of Law Scholarships
- John Dillon Fellowship in Ancient Philosophy
- Loyola Institute Scholarships
- Mitchell Scholarship
- LPDP Scholarships for Indonesian Students
- Postgraduate Scholarship for Nigerian Students (Roger Casement Fellowship in Human Rights)
- Rachel Thompson Ussher Fellowship
- Reimagining Global Sustainability Postgraduate Scholarships
- Scholarships for Japanese Students
- Scholarships for MPhil in Race, Ethnicity and Conflict
- School of Law Scholarships
- School of Law and Trinity Business School - MSc Law and Finance
- School of Social Work and Social Policy International Postgraduate Taught Scholarship
- The Grattan Scholars
- The Hamilton Scholars
- Trinity – Intake Taiwan Joint Scholarship
- Victory Scholars Programme
Please contact us for more information regarding eligibility requirements, deadlines, and making an application.
Curriculum
The full program, comprising 90 ECTS credits, takes one calendar year to complete and leads to the qualification of M.Sc. in Statistics and Sustainability, a Level 9 award under the Irish National Framework for Qualifications (NFQ) Level-9.
The course runs full-time over twelve months commencing late September and completing early September the following year. Formal teaching is divided into two twelve-week semesters, running from September-December and January to April. By April, students will have chosen their dissertation topic, in consultation with their chosen supervisor, and be ready to develop substantial time researching and prototyping their work.
Course Content
Students will study sustainability topics key to developing solutions to environmental challenges. They will also gain experience in developing and applying statistical models, geographic information systems, and remote sensing technologies, to local and global sustainability problems. They will be exposed to the underlying theory of the statistical methodologies studied to deepen their statistical skills and their ability to promote statistical innovation.
Students will take modules that include: Foundations of Statistics; Advanced Linear Models I; Advanced Linear Models II; GIS: Geographic Information Systems; The Sustainable Green Organisation; Research Methods; Statistics and Sustainability Group Projects; and a final written Dissertation.
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
Designed for graduates of disciplines other than statistics who want to develop and deepen their knowledge of statistical methods for solving problems involving data, this course allows graduates to increase their employability and apply the ideas and methods to which they have been introduced in their work. Graduates from the M.Sc. in Statistics and Sustainability will emerge highly numerate and statistically skilled, and with an in-depth understanding of the sustainability and environmental issues facing today’s world.