Master of Science in Sustainability Management

The Master of Science in Sustainability Management offers you the technical and strategic keys to make sustainability one of the central focuses in the management of a company or institution. You will be trained to lead in sustainability from the perspective of its social, economic, and environmental dimensions .

The Master of Science in Sustainability Management offers a global vision of sustainability. It is a great transformation opportunity that brings differentiation, value, and competitive advantage to organizations.

Sustainability management will be one of the most in-demand profiles in the coming years. Among its main challenges is knowing how to deal with the existing complexity between the current models of production, consumption, and business activity . This is in juxtaposition to a growing environmental and social awareness, and a paradigm shift, led by the change-makers, the Green Transition, the 2030 Agenda, and the sustainable development goals (SDG) of the United Nations.

With this master's degree, you will acquire the necessary tools for the management of sustainability in companies, making it compatible with their social and economic interests. You will learn to implement sustainable management of companies and institutions, bringing strategic keys to operationalize concepts such as the circular economy, energy transition, or the SDGs .

The master's degree addresses the three dimensions of sustainability: the economic, social, and environmental dimensions. All this using a logic of practical projects , starting with a solid technical base , continuing with the keys of corporate management , and culminating with an effective measurement of the impact , as well as subsequently communicating it to the interested groups (see Program Curriculum and Methodology).

The Master of Science in Sustainability Management is endorsed by Pompeu Fabra University , the 1st Spanish university and the 15th best university in the world (of those with less than 50 years), according to the Times Higher Education ranking. In addition, UPF Barcelona School of Management has EQUIS accreditation, the most prestigious institutional recognition for business schools globally.

The program has a teaching team made up of professors and sustainability experts from the UPF Barcelona School of Management and ESCI-UPF. In addition, active professionals will share their experiences and real cases throughout the course.

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Why choose this program

01 International recognition

Study at a school  accredited by EQUIS , an international distinction that guarantees the quality of our institution and makes us the  1st school of management linked to a public university  with this accreditation in our country.

02 In-demand professional profile

According to estimates by the International Labour Organization (ILO), the Green Transition will mean the creation of  24 million new jobs related to sustainability  and digitalization in the coming years. This will mean a paradigm shift in the production system. In addition, it will force the work environment to adapt to a new, more ecological reality,  increasing the demand for professional profiles trained in the field of sustainability .

03 Expert faculty in the field of sustainability

You will learn with a teaching team that approaches sustainability from different perspectives and with diverse specialties . The UPF-BSM, through several of its chairs related to sustainability, and ESCI-UPF with the UNESCO Chair in Life Cycle and Climate Change, bring together their knowledge and expertise to form a teaching team that will address sustainability from different perspectives and approaches.

04 Configure the program according to your interests

The study plan offers you the global vision necessary to understand the current ecological  transformation of society and companies as a whole . Within the environmental, economic, and social sustainable dimensions, you will be able to choose from  a large number of elective subjects  to configure the program according to your needs and interests, in order to link the choice of subjects with the Master's Final Project.

05 Practical and experiential learning

The program offers you a set of  experiential activities . These aim to introduce you to projects related to  innovation in sustainability . You will learn about the strategies of different companies and institutions linked to sustainability and the green transition. During the program, you will be able to visit businesses from different industries, such as agri-food, waste treatment, and catering, among others.

06 Barcelona: leading city in urban sustainability

You will study in a city that is home to more than 1,000 organizations committed to working and promoting environmental, social, and economic sustainability and was the world capital of sustainable food in 2021 . The urban transformation in which Barcelona is currently immersed is a case study in itself and a reference model for other cities .

Accreditations

UPF Barcelona School of Management  is the management school of  Pompeu Fabra University , the  1st Ibero-American university  and the  16th-placed university in the world , among those under 50 years of age, according to the Times Higher Education ranking.

UPF Barcelona School of Management  has  EQUIS  accreditation, the most prestigious institutional recognition for business schools globally, and places itself among the top business schools in the world.

The Master of Science in Sustainability Management  is an  official master's degree  and has the academic recognition of the Ministry of Education of the Government of Spain. The Quality Agency of the University System of Catalonia (AQU) has also institutionally accredited UPF-BSM. This accreditation certifies all the official master's degrees that we teach and recognizes the quality of our educational model in accordance with the criteria of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA).

UPF-BSM is the management school of Pompeu Fabra University, a university internationally recognized for its level of excellence in teaching and research.

Our purpose is to contribute to the development of management and to people who put it into practice. We train professionals who are capable of managing companies and institutions and leading projects with a global vision. People who seek to add value , innovate and transform society through a commitment to culture and global wellness.

Why should you choose us?

We connect the university with business through innovation, social transformation, and research. Our management vision is strategic, it is based on international best practices and it is focused on people.

We propose solutions to the challenges faced by the business, social and institutional environment with the vocation of transferring results to society. We want to generate knowledge and economic and social impact.

We offer an active, personalized, and interdisciplinary learning model that prepares students to become professionals capable of moving in constantly changing environments.

We have a values-based culture such as ethics, social responsibility, transparency, rigor, sustainability, diversity, humanism, and culture. We have a creative and transformative vision with a vocation for excellence in teaching, research, and knowledge transfer.

A business school connected to the world

The interest of new management in challenges related to global welfare requires approaching education from an international perspective.

An international vocation with a global vision of challenges of the future

We understand internationalization as a transversal project that permeates all areas and activities of our school. Its objective is to provide the content with a broad and universal vision that can be shared by teachers, management, and students from around the world.

In addition, at UPF-BSM, as an extension of UPF, we obtained wide international recognition for the excellence of our work in teaching and research.

The international ambition to provide solutions with a global impact

We promote the mobility of our students and professors with the aim of fostering the creation of international networks and alliances with reference actors, developing joint experiences. These alliances allow us to be an active part of the world and to fulfill our international ambition to provide solutions with global impact.