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Sustainable Systems MS

A sustainability degree that teaches you to apply sustainability science principles to any field to help solve the world’s grand challenges—including pollution, food scarcity, public health crises, and more.

Program skills

Through a flexible and interdisciplinary curriculum, students begin their degree with core courses in industrial ecology, risk assessment, the economics of sustainability, and more. Several electives from across the university will allow students to further tailor their degree to their talents and career goals, from sustainable craft brewing and distilling to corporate social responsibility.

Program facilities equipment

The Golisano Institute for Sustainability is dedicated to groundbreaking sustainability research and its business applications. Our research facilities are second to none, including Sustainability Institute Hall, a 75,000-sq.-foot, LEED Platinum certified research building and multiple state-of-the-art research centers.

Program job titles

Associate Engineer - Energy Efficiency; Clean Power and Industrial Efficiency Project Engineer; Energy and Sustainability Engineer; Health Care Information Analyst; Solutions Engineer; Sustainability Analyst; US Power Analyst

Select program hiring partners

AVL Shanghai; Energy Aspects; Environmental Resources Management; Eversource Energy; GEA Consulting Engineers; Health Now; NC Clean Energy Technology Center; Owens-Illinois, Inc.; RIT NYS Pollution Prevention Institute; Sunny Clean Water; VaCom Technologies

100%

Outcome Rates for Sustainable Systems MS

Total percentage of graduates who have entered the workforce, enrolled in full-time graduate study, or are pursuing alternative plans (military service, volunteering, etc.).

69.23%

Knowledge Rate

Total percentage of graduates for whom RIT has verifiable data, compared to national average knowledge rate of 41% per NACE.
Outcome % of Students
Employed 100.00%
Full-time Graduate Study 0%
Alternative Plans 0%
Outcome % of Students
Employed 100.00%
Full-time Graduate Study 0%
Alternative Plans 0%