Atmosphere, Ocean and Climate

University of Reading
Postgraduate MSc Full-time 12 Months Environmental and earth sciences

About this course

Gain a deep quantitative understanding of the climate system with our MSc Atmosphere, Ocean and Climate.

This course will prepare you for a career in meteorology-related science and research, with a focus on:

  • a quantitative description of the physical processes that produce weather

  • the physical and dynamical building blocks of our climate

  • the numerical and computational methods used to construct state-of-the-art models of the climate system.

    Whether you want to mitigate the impact of hazardous weather events, understand how our changing climate may affect the jet stream, or focus your efforts elsewhere within meteorology and climate science, we will help you develop the scientific and analytical skills you need.

    Choosing MSc Atmosphere, Ocean and Climate means you will join our world-class Department of Meteorology – the University of Reading is ranked 5th in the world for Atmospheric Science (ShanghaiRanking 2023 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects).

    This course is approved by the Royal Meteorological Society (RMetS) and is your first step towards becoming professionally accredited as either a Registered Meteorologist (RMet) or Chartered Meteorologist (CMet).

    For more information, please visit our programme page: https://www.reading.ac.uk/ready-to-study/study/subject-area/meteorology-and-climate-pg/msc-atmosphere-oceans-and-climate

    • Study Options

    This course is available in 2 study options:

    Part-time

    Duration: 24 Months

    Qualification: MSc

    Location: Reading

    Full-time Shown above

    Duration: 12 Months

    Qualification: MSc

    Location: Reading

    Career Prospects

    Graduates from this course typically go into the following occupations:

    2114 Physical scientists
    2152 Environment professionals
    2151 Conservation professionals

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    Course Details

    Qualification
    MSc
    Study Mode
    Full-time
    Duration
    12 Months
    Start Date
    2025
    Academic Year
    2025
    Campus / Location
    Reading
    Scheme
    Postgraduate
    Subjects
    Environmental and earth sciences

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    University of Reading

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