Program Overview
The MSc Applied Meteorology and Climate equips students with expertise in meteorological data, forecasting, and atmospheric physics for careers in weather analysis, forecasting, and climate science research. The comprehensive curriculum includes compulsory core modules and optional electives, and the program is approved by the Royal Meteorological Society for professional accreditation. Students benefit from small class sizes with individual academic support.
Program Outline
Degree Overview:
This MSc Applied Meteorology and Climate program equips students with expertise in atmospheric physics, forecasting, and meteorological and climate data analysis. It prepares graduates for careers in meteorology-related science and research, with a focus on using and interpreting meteorological data and forecasts. The program is designed to develop practical and analytical skills necessary for careers in forecasting, weather analysis, and climate science.
Outline:
Compulsory Modules:
- Fundamentals of Weather and Climate: Explores the fundamental principles underlying physical principles and their application in understanding weather and climate.
- Fundamentals of Meteorology and Meteorological Measurements: Develops understanding of dynamic meteorology, atmospheric boundary layer, and theoretical and practical issues related to meteorological measurements.
- Research Project: Provides an opportunity to conduct original research and acquire skills in research and data analysis.
- Weather and Climate Discussion: Examines weather and climate issues of local and global importance, including current weather, recent worldwide climate events, and short-term weather forecasts.
Optional Modules:
- Tropical and Extratropical Weather Systems Analysis: Develops understanding of tropical weather systems and circulation patterns, and applies the scientific method to analyze cases of extreme weather.
- Climate Change: Past, Present and Future: Develops a conceptual and quantitative understanding of climate variability and change, examining observations of changes in atmospheric composition and climate change in both recent past and over geological scale.
- Air Pollution: Chemistry, Transport and Dispersion: Explores the concepts of chemical and physical processing of atmospheric pollutants and their transport in the atmosphere, ranging from local pollution sources to global scale changes in atmospheric composition.
Teaching:
The program is taught by academics who are leaders in their fields and draw on their research experience to provide unique scientific perspectives. The program benefits from small class sizes, allowing for individual support from academics. Students also have access to an on-campus instrumentation lab and atmospheric observatory, as well as opportunities for field trips.
Careers:
Graduates of the program are well-placed to pursue scientific careers in weather forecasting and meteorological research. The program also provides knowledge and skills for quantitative scientific research and projects in meteorology and related areas of environmental science. Graduates have been recruited by organizations such as AIR, Arup, BBC, FUGRO GEOS, MeteoGroup, RMS, and the UK Met Office. Other career paths include environmental measurement, risk management, policy development, water resource management, environmental consultancy, energy supply, flood modeling, pollution prediction, weather forecasting, space weather forecasting, insurance, finance, and broadcast media.
Other:
The program is approved by the Royal Meteorological Society (RMetS) and is the first step towards becoming professionally accredited as either a Registered Meteorologist (RMet) or Chartered Meteorologist (CMet). Students have the opportunity to collaborate on research projects with industry partners and participate in field work that focuses on observing and predicting typical weather systems in the mid-latitudes.
For New UK/Republic of Ireland students:
£12,550
For New international students:
£26,950
