Sustainable Coasts

• With fieldwork a strong focus in the degree, UC’s location in Waitaha Canterbury gives you prime access to the East and West coastlines of Te Waipounamu South Island, and the opportunity to utilise UC’s field stations around the region, for example Kawatiri Westport.
• Our experts are actively involved in research and management of disaster and long-term risk affecting our coastlines, from earthquakes to tsunamis and floods.
• UC is ranked in the top 150 universities in the world for Earth and Marine Sciences (QS World University Rankings by Subject, 2021).
• Studying this degree will make you eligible for semi-professional accreditation from the Environment Institute of Australia and New Zealand (EIANZ).

Across the globe, we have become heavily reliant on our coasts and oceans. More than half of the world’s population live in coastal settlements, and entire economies are based on using fishing and marine resources, and freight transport systems.

Climate changes causing land erosion, changing ecosystems, and rising sea levels, and human exploitation through over-fishing, pollution, and infrastructure has demonstrated an increasing need for experts on maintaining a sustainable relationship with our coastal regions.

This degree will make you invaluable for roles in government and policy, environmental NGOs, research, public education, consultancies, disaster management and response, fisheries, civil planning and resilience, and conservation.

Find out more about what you can do with a degree in Environmental Science.