Courses in Climate and Sustainability Study Track

Climate and Sustainability study track offers a blend of distance and on-campus courses, with opportunity to complete the studies mostly online. While there are several compulsory courses designed to provide foundational knowledge, students have the flexibility to personalize their studies by selecting from a diverse range of elective courses.

The preliminary syllabus for the next academic year will be published in the in the end of March and the final syllabus will be published in Sisu student information system by the end of June.  Please note, that some courses will not be lectured every academic year.
Courses in Climate and Sustainability study track

Structure of the study track:
Compulsory studies common to all study tracks 40 cr
Compulsory courses of the study track 30-35 cr
Alternative advanced studies of the study track min 20-25 cr
= minimum of 95 cr of advanced studies 
+ 0-25 cr of other studies 
= 120 cr in total (max 135 cr)

Advanced courses in the 2026 -2030 curriculum period (min 95 cr)

Compulsory courses common to all study tracks (40 cr)

Atmospheric and Earth Sciences Today (5 cr)
Atmospheric science seminar for Master’s students (5 cr)
Master's thesis (30 cr)
Maturity test (0 cr) (A maturity test is a abstract text of your thesis which demonstrates your familiarity with the field of your thesis.)

Compulsory courses in the Climate and sustainability study track (30 -35 cr)

5 cr 
5 cr 
5 cr 
2 cr  
5 cr OR  3 cr 
5 cr (recommended option) OR 2 cr (MOOC)
5 cr OR  (5 cr)    
5 cr OR  3 or 5 cr 

Alternative advanced studies in the study track (min 20-25 cr)


Select a minimum of 20-25 credits of the following courses until you have min. 95 credits of advanced level studies in total

Climate University courses:  
5 cr 
2 cr 
5 cr 
(2 cr)  
(3 cr)  
(MOOC) (2 cr) 
(3 cr)  
 

Atmospheric science courses:  
5 cr 
5 cr 
5 cr 
 5 cr 
5 cr 
5 cr  
 5 cr  
 5 cr 
 5 cr 
5 cr 
5 cr 
5 cr 
2 cr  
1 cr 
5 cr 
 

Environmental science courses:  
5 cr 
5 cr 
5 cr 
5 cr 
5 cr 
5 cr 
5 cr 
5 cr 
5 cr  
5 cr  
5 cr  
  
Optional data science and machine learning courses for all study tracks (min 0 cr)

5 cr 
 5 cr 
5 cr 
5 cr 
5 cr 
DATA11009 Practical Machine Learning 5 cr 
DATA11010 Machine Learning 1 5 cr
DATA11011 Machine Learning 2 5 cr
5 cr 
5 cr 

 

 
Other studies (0-25 cr)