Mestrado em Desenvolvimento Sustentável (PPG-CDS)

University of Brasília (CDS) · Brasília, Brazil

Master'sSustainable developmentFull-time

Brazil's pioneering sustainable development programme (doctorate 1995, master's 1998) at UnB's Centre for Sustainable Development in the capital — policy-facing, interdisciplinary, and home to the unique MESPT track on sustainability with indigenous and traditional peoples.

Key facts

Duration

24 months (2 years)

Language

Portuguese

Format

Full-time

Tuition

Tuition-free

Intake

March

Tuition-free (public university, stricto sensu); annual public selection each first semester. CAPES/CNPq scholarships often available.

Specialization tracks

PPG-CDS (academic)MESPT — traditional peoples & territoriesPROFCIAMB — environmental science teaching

Curriculum modules

Desenvolvimento sustentável: teoria e política — Sustainability theory and public policy.
Dissertação (master's thesis) — Independent research project.

Admission requirements

Diploma de graduação (bachelor's degree)
Research proposal aligned with a CDS research line
Selection via annual edital; Portuguese proficiency

Career destinations

Policy Advisor — Federal government & agencies (Brasília)
Programme Officer — NGOs & multilaterals
Researcher — Academia

Related programmes

Mestrado em Ciência Ambiental (PROCAM) — University of São Paulo (IEE-USP)
Mestrado em Sustentabilidade — University of São Paulo (EACH)
Pós-Graduação em Ambiente e Sociedade — UNICAMP (NEPAM/IFCH)
Mestrado em Planejamento Energético (PPE) — UFRJ (COPPE)
Mestrado em Ecologia — INPA — National Institute of Amazonian Research
Mestrado Profissional em Gestão para a Competitividade — Sustentabilidade — FGV EAESP

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