可持续发展被广泛认为是应对21世纪环境与发展挑战的最有希望的框架。这些挑战包括提供清洁水和适当的卫生设施，能源生产和供应，人类健康，粮食生产和分配以及对生物多样性的持续威胁。可持续发展硕士学位（荣誉）鼓励学生应对环境和社会的挑战，并专注于跨学科环境中可持续性原则和实践的研究。可持续发展硕士学位（荣誉）是由地理与可持续发展学院开办的四年制课程，由生物，化学，管理学院和社会人类学系提供。<br>可持续发展硕士学位（荣誉）开发<br>四年制课程，全日制<br>国外可选年制
Sustainable development is widely regarded as the most promising framework for addressing environmental and developmental challenges in the 21st century. These challenges include the provision of clean water and adequate sanitation, energy generation and supply, human health, food production and distribution, and the continuing threat to biodiversity. The MA (Hons) in Sustainable Development encourages students to rise to the challenges of the environment and society and focuses on the study of principles and practices of sustainability in an interdisciplinary environment.