Creative Sustainability

The Master’s Programme in Creative Sustainability (CS) provides a multidisciplinary learning platform in the fields of design, business, and materials and chemical engineering.  Sustainability is important in all fields of engineering, and professionals are increasingly expected to not only develop solutions for managing, for example, critical material flows, production processes and infrastructures, but also to participate in multidisciplinary and multi-stakeholder innovation processes that enhance sustainability. For students of materials and chemical engineering, the Creative Sustainability Master’s Programme provides the skills, knowledge and competencies needed to promote sustainable development in engineering.  Complex sustainability challenges, such as the climate crises, the loss of biodiversity, poverty, and inequality, call for new mindsets and skills. These mindsets should incorporate a systems-based view of the planet and the ability to work with professionals and other actors from different fields and cultures. Sustainability challenges require critical insight and multi-level collaboration that involve a wide range of stakeholders often with competing interests and values. The CS programme prepares students to respond to these challenges through engagement in its international, inclusive, and diverse learning environment in the fields of business, design, and materials and chemical engineering. The Creative Sustainability programme brings together students who are devoted to developing systemic solutions, working in multidisciplinary teams, and challenging themselves with practical learning tasks. Creativity in the programme denotes a focus on fresh, holistic, and emerging innovations and far-reaching alternative and regenerative futures. The studies include state-of-the-art knowledge about the interlinked environmental, economic, and socio-cultural aspects of sustainability coupled with learning in practical projects conducted together with partner organizations.The Creative Sustainability programme is organised jointly by the School of Business, the School of Arts, Design and Architecture, and the School of Chemical Engineering. Students who enter the programme via the School of Chemical Engineering graduate with a Master of Science (Technology) degree.