MSc in Environmental Policy, Technology and Health (Environmental Policy and Regulation) (LSE and Peking University)

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Programme Code: TMEPTHEPR

Department: Geography and Environment

For students starting this programme of study in 2025/26

This programme is part of the **LSE-PKU Double Degree in Environmental Policy, Technology and Health**.
**Year 1 at Peking University**

Some of the options available include:

Environmental Pollution: air, soil and water pollution
Global Environmental Health: Principles and case studies
Environmental Health Research
Energy and Society: driving forces, problem and solutions of environmental issues at various dimension
Seminars on China’s Environment and Development
Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation: engineering solutions
Environmental Policy and Management
Integrated Assessment of Climate Change Mitigation for Sustainable Development

Please note that courses are subject to change.

**Year 2 at LSE**

Students will enrol on *either:*

MSc in Environment and Development;
MSc in Environmental Economics and Climate Change; or
MSc in Environmental Policy and Regulation as follows:

Classification scheme for the award of a taught master's degree (four units)
Exam sub-board local rules

Full-year programme. Students must take three compulsory courses, a dissertation, and 1.5 units of optional courses.

Please note that places are limited on some optional courses. Admission onto any particular course is not guaranteed and may be subject to timetabling constraints and/or students meeting specific prerequisite requirements.
Paper	Course number, title (unit value)

Paper 1	GY465 Concepts in Environmental Regulation (0.5)

Paper 2	Courses to the value of 1.0 unit(s) from the following: GY427 Climate Change: Science, Economics and Policy (0.5)
	GY455 Economic Appraisal and Valuation (0.5)
	GY471 Urban environments and more-than-human cities (0.5) (suspended 2025/26)
	GY473 Economic Development and the Environment (0.5) #
	GY474 Politics of Environment and Development (0.5)
	GY475 Governing Sustainable Enterprise (0.5)

Paper 3
	Courses to the value of 1.5 unit(s) from the following: DV415 Global Environmental Governance (0.5)
	EU421 Policy-Making in the European Union (0.5) #
	GV4H5 The Political Philosophy of Environmental Change (0.5) #
	GY446 Planning for Sustainable Cities (0.5)
	GY476 Applied Geographical Information Systems (0.5)
	GY478 Energy Markets and the Clean Energy Transition (0.5) #
	LL4A6 Climate Change and International Law (0.5)
	LL4BV Transnational Environmental Law (0.5)

Paper 2 options list	Paper 2 option list
Paper 4	GY489 Dissertation - Environment Programme - MSc Environmental Economics and Climate Change, MSc Environmental Policy and Regulation and MSc Environment and Development (1.0)



GY427 Climate Change: Science, Economics and Policy (0.5)
GY455 Economic Appraisal and Valuation (0.5)
GY471 Urban environments and more-than-human cities (0.5) (suspended 2025/26)
GY473 Economic Development and the Environment (0.5) #
GY474 Politics of Environment and Development (0.5)
GY475 Governing Sustainable Enterprise (0.5)

# means there may be prerequisites for this course. Please view the course guide for more information.

Note for prospective students:
For changes to graduate course and programme information for the next academic session, please see the graduate summary page for prospective students. Changes to course and programme information for future academic sessions can be found on the graduate summary page for future students.