Study Renewables and the Environment
Whether you are looking to enhance your climate knowledge or apply your learning to your chosen career, our sustainability courses will provide you with the skills to conserve our planet's natural resources and support its future wellbeing.
You'll have the opportunity to work in unique environments and benefit from links with established and emerging industries in the area. You'll be able to base your projects and practical work around some of the most unique environments in the UK.
Renewables and Environmental Courses
- College Certificate Sustainability and the Environment SCQF 5 (Online Self-directed)
- National 5 Environmental Science SCQF 5 (Online Virtual Classroom)
- Higher Environmental Science SCQF 6 (Online Virtual Classroom)
- BSc (Hons) Bioscience (Thurso)
- BSc (Hons) Environmental Science (Thurso)
- BEng (Hons) Energy Engineering (Stornoway and Thurso)
- MSc Net Zero Communities (Online Virtual Classroom)
- MSc Sustainable Energy Solutions (Online Virtual Classroom)
- MSc Sustainable Rural Regeneration (Online Virtual Classroom)
- PDA Hydrogen: An Introduction for Technicians SCQF 7 (Online Virtual Classroom and Stornoway)
- PDA Renewable Energy Systems (Online Virtual Classroom and Stornoway)
Why study with us
The Environmental Research Institute is a centre of aspiration that seeks to be internationally recognised for distinctive and innovative environmental science.
Our work is focused on three thematic priorities:
- Renewable Energy and Environment
- Carbon Water and Climate
- Environmental Contamination and Ecological Health
The original ERI centre in Castle Street, Thurso is a stunning old Victorian School House with offices, three laboratories and a conference room with VC facilities.
Our Centre for Energy and the Environment (CfEE) is a £3 million purpose-built centre situated at the UHI North Highland campus in Thurso. It is equipped with open-plan office space, conference rooms, workshops and laboratories for teaching. BREEAM (Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Methodology) rated CFEE's 'excellence' in environmental performance, and upon its completion, CFEE was rated as the most sustainable higher education building in the UK (2009).
We have a rapidly evolving research profile and provide a high-quality, vibrant research environment. Our highly motivated team teach on a variety of courses bringing insights from their research into the classroom.
