Student profiles

See what graduates have to say about interdisciplinary study across the field of Environment and Society.

Jeremy Mohr

MSc Carbon Management

Jeremy came to Edinburgh to study the MSc Carbon Management after being unable to find a comparable programme in his native USA; he found it groundbreaking in the way that it brings together multiple schools across the university.

Vanessa d’Allesandro

MSc Carbon Management

Vanessa chose the University of Edinburgh because she knew she would have the opportunity to learn from different academics and professionals throughout the university, who are highly recognised in their respective fields.

Amitangshu Acharya

MSc Environment Culture and Society

Amitanshu worked as a development analyst working on water management projects in India before coming to study in Edinburgh.

He feels that this MSc programme is interdisciplinary, contemporary and incredibly flexible and finds that these three qualities that make it unique.

Rob Dunfey

MSc Geographical Information Science (GIS)

The GIS Masters offered Rob the opportunity to grasp the foundations that underpin modern geographic information science and thoroughly investigate areas which particularly interested him.

He has benefited from the University’s strong alumni network in the employment market.