Masters degrees
Our stimulating environment for research and postgraduate training equips graduates with the critical tools and knowledge needed to engage with fundamental challenges and address innovative solutions in a variety of fields.
MSc Food Security, Sustainability and Biodiversity (in partnership with Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew)
Students on this exciting partnership degree will study at Royal Holloway and at Kew, learning from world leading experts at both institutions and spending approximately equal time at our main campus in Egham, Surrey and Kew’s main site in Richmond, south west London.
You’ll cover a range of topics at the intersections of environmental health and human health, addressing the crucial link between biodiversity, sustainable livelihoods and food security. You’ll examine some of the most pressing issues affecting our planet, from deforestation and climate change to pollution and the threats from extinctions, intensive agriculture and a growing human population.
Our graduates have an exciting future as the next generation of scientists, policymakers and leaders, ready to solve global sustainability challenges.
Find out more about the course and how to apply here.
Alternatively, find out about our MSc Biological Science by Research here
Sustainable agricultural systems
Ensuring that food is produced sustainably for all is one of society’s most pressing challenges. Agriculture is currently one of the largest contributors to anthropogenic climate change and it is associated with other negative environmental impacts. Food must be produced and distributed more sustainably, to increase the human health benefits and reduce the health costs of our food production systems to air, soil and water pollution, biodiversity loss and climate change. Our researchers aim to address these challenges and support innovative interdisciplinary solutions spanning social, scientific, economic and health research.
We work together with partners in academia, commerce, charities and policymakers, and we are members of CHAP (crop health and protection), an Agri-Tech Centre funded by Innovate UK.
