Atmosphere, Ocean and Climate

University of Reading

Postgraduate MSc Full-time 12 Months Environmental and earth sciences

Atmosphere, Ocean and Climate MSc is a postgraduate degree at University of Reading, based in Reading, taught full-time over 12 months.

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

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Course Details

Qualification
MSc
Study Mode
Full-time
Duration
12 Months
Start Date
2025

2025-entry data — 2026 offers may differ

Academic Year
2025
Campus / Location
Reading
Scheme
Postgraduate
Subjects
Environmental and earth sciences