MSc · Applied Climate Systems
A twelve-month master's that puts you inside real energy, water, and carbon systems — modelling them, measuring them, and shipping the retrofits that cut emissions. Built with industry, taught by people who run these systems for a living.
full-time
2 days on-campus / week
cohort of 40
Why Meridian
Climate work is a systems problem. We teach it as one — hands on the hardware, accountable to a real client, in a cohort small enough to be a studio.
Every module is anchored to a working installation — a desalination plant, a microgrid, a building retrofit. You measure it, you change it, you defend the result.
Half your contact hours are led by practising engineers from utilities and climate-tech firms, not visiting lecturers reading from the syllabus.
You finish on a six-month commission for a partner organisation. Past briefs shipped to the city water authority and two energy startups.
Two on-campus days a week, the rest remote and asynchronous. Designed so you can keep an engineering job while you study.
Sensor benches, a small wind tunnel, and a real-time grid simulator — all bookable, all yours, including evenings and the summer term.
Forty students, one studio. Small enough that faculty know your work, large enough to staff an ambitious capstone team.
Curriculum
The year moves from measurement to modelling to a deployed capstone. Every module ends with something you built, tuned, or shipped — never a closed-book exam.
Term 1 Sept – Dec
CS-501
CS-510
CS-520
Term 2 Jan – Apr
CS-530
CS-540
CS-550
Term 3 May – Aug
CS-560
CS-590
Career outcomes
The degree is judged on one thing: whether graduates go on to do the work. Figures below are illustrative placeholders — replace with your institution's verified outcomes before publishing.
class of 2025, 38 of 40 reporting
climate & energy roles, Lima
median multiple, career-switchers
Partner names are placeholders for this demo.
Faculty
Your instructors are practising engineers and researchers. Profiles below are placeholders for this demo — swap in your real faculty.
Programme Director · Energy Systems
Former lead engineer on the national grid storage rollout; researches demand-response at city scale.
Water & Coastal Systems
Two decades modelling coastal aquifers; advises the regional water authority on desalination.
Carbon Accounting & MRV
Built the measurement framework behind a national carbon registry; teaches lifecycle assessment.
Practice Lead · Capstone Studio
Runs deployments at a climate-tech firm; mentors every capstone team through to field defence.
Admissions
Rolling admissions, no entrance exam. We read for engineering judgement and genuine motivation — the rest we can teach.
Create an account and tell us about your background. The interest form below flags you for an advisor.
A CV, a transcript, and a 500-word statement on a climate system you want to fix. No standardized test required.
A 30-minute call with two faculty about a system you know well. We probe how you reason, not what you memorized.
Rolling admissions. You hear back within three weeks of completing your file — no waiting until a single deadline.
Confirm your place, apply for funding, and join the pre-term lab induction. Cohort starts in September.
Dates
Priority round closes
best chance at scholarships
Final application deadline
subject to remaining seats
Funding decisions sent
for completed files
Cohort begins
pre-term lab induction
Scholarships
Awarded on the strength of your statement and technical interview. No separate application — every priority-round applicant is considered.
A fixed grant supporting women entering energy and water engineering. Apply alongside your file.
For applicants employed by a utility or public agency, with a commitment to return for two years.
Spread tuition across the year, or defer a portion until employment. Arranged case-by-case with the bursar.
FAQ
Still unsure? The interest form below reaches a human advisor who can talk through your specific case.
A quantitative background helps, but we admit from physics, environmental science, economics, and industry too. What matters is that you can reason about systems and are willing to get hands-on with the hardware.
No. We assess your file, a short written statement, and a technical conversation. We would rather hear how you think about a real system than how you perform on a timed test.
Yes — the format is built for it. Two on-campus days per week, the rest remote and asynchronous. Most of our students hold an engineering job throughout the year.
Core teaching is bilingual: materials and the capstone are in English, while studio discussion and client work run in Spanish. Comfort reading technical English is expected.
You spend the final term on a real commission for a partner organisation — designing, deploying, and defending a measurable intervention on one of their systems.
Merit awards are assessed from your application, so applying in the priority round gives the best odds. Need-based and public-sector funding are arranged separately with the bursar.
Apply now
Tell us a little about you and an admissions advisor will follow up within two business days — no commitment, no fee to enquire.
September 2026
Applications for the next cohort are open now. Start with the interest form — it takes two minutes and reaches a real advisor.