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Studying environmental science at Massey will give you the tools and understanding needed to help create a sustainable path for New Zealand and the world.

Environmental science focuses on the connections between humans and their natural environments.

Managing and mitigating human impacts on the environment is crucial for New Zealand and the world. Our reputation depends on us becoming truly clean and green despite the increased pressure on the environment.

Join one of New Zealand’s leading universities in the study of environmental impacts.

Improve our planet

The Bachelor of Science (Environmental Science) will see you become involved in Massey’s aims to develop a sustainable path for the future. We are looking to solve real-world issues such as managing natural resources and environmental impacts.

The programme involves lab work and field trips to water treatment plants and a range of managed and mismanaged environments across the North Island. You’ll explore processes and investigate interactions between pollutants, soils, water quality and more. From there, you can help to address issues in the food sector, by combining environmental science with a major in agriculture, horticulture, geography or soil science.

To take your studies overseas, you can progress into our postgraduate programme in environmental management, where you could undertake research all over the world.

Topics

Some of the topics taught in environmental science courses include:

• New Zealand environmental issues
• global environmental issues
• ecology and conservation
• environmental science field work.

Taught by the experts

Our researchers and teachers have an excellent reputation and are widely published internationally. You will be taught by experts in physical geography, soil biology, chemistry, freshwater management, ecological economics, environmental technology, and in sociology. Integrating these diverse fields is what an environmental scientist does - we’ll show you how.

Careers

There are a number of paths open to graduates with a BSc in Environmental Science who want to turn their interest in the environment into a career. Potential employers both in New Zealand and overseas include central government, regional, district and city councils, private sector consultants, and entrepreneurs. You may also find employment in one of these areas:

• environmental planning and policy
• coastal management
• landscape management
• soil and water
• agriculture and forestry
• geographic information systems
• tourism and recreation
• development
• national parks
• renewable energy
• biodiversity management.

A pass with good grades can lead to postgraduate studies, then to a career in research or tertiary teaching.