The Master in Urban Climate and Sustainability is a two-year, 120 ECTS Erasmus Mundus joint master coordinated by Glasgow Caledonian University with LAB University of Applied Sciences and the University of Huelva. It combines planning, management and science for work on urban climate adaptation, mitigation and sustainability.
Students begin in Glasgow, continue in Lahti and Huelva, and complete later study and thesis work at a suitable partner location. The program is taught in English and requires physical study in the partner countries.
Benefits & funding
- The EMJM scholarship covers the full €18,000 tuition fee and provides €33,600 toward living costs across the course.
- Scholarship holders receive insurance during the study period, including travel between teaching institutions.
- The program reports an average of 17 EMJM scholarships per year.
- Self-funded students pay €18,000 for the full course; travel, visas, accommodation, living costs, books and a computer are not included.
Eligibility
- Applicants must hold a bachelor degree or equivalent in a field related to urban climate or sustainability, particularly planning, management or science.
- Applicants need two years of full-time work experience after their qualifying degree, counted through the month before the course begins.
- English evidence must be IELTS 6.5 overall with at least 6.0 in each component, TOEFL 90 overall with the stated component minimums, CEFR C1 in every component, or native-speaker status.
- Applicants may be from any country; previous EMJM scholarship holders may join only with their own or other financing.
- Applicants already enrolled in another MSc must finish or discontinue it before MUrCS starts.
Can you apply?
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Education required
Bachelor
Experience required
≥ 2 yrs
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Application process
- 1Complete the online eligibility self-check when the annual application system opens.
- 2Register and enter education, work and language qualifications plus a personal motivation, upload the requested passport scan, and submit before the deadline.
- 3If pre-qualified, provide certified supporting documents and attend an online interview; about 40 candidates reach this stage.
- 4If selected, follow the acceptance instructions and complete formal registration with Glasgow Caledonian University.
Program timeline
Deadline for the most recent application cycle.
15 January 2026, 12:00 CET
November 2026
The program expects the application site to reopen for the 2027 intake.
Mid-September 2026
The selected 2026 cohort starts in Glasgow.