MS Environmental Sciences
What MS Environmental Sciences covers, career paths in Pakistan, and which universities offer it.
Quick Facts
| Degree Level | MS |
|---|---|
| Discipline | Sciences |
| Offered By | 8 universities in our directory |
An MS in Environmental Sciences is a two-year postgraduate degree studying environmental systems and human impacts, combining advanced coursework with field or laboratory research.
What You’ll Study
Coursework covers environmental chemistry and toxicology, water and air quality, waste management, environmental impact assessment methodology, climate change adaptation, environmental policy, and GIS and remote sensing applications.
MS, MPhil or MSc?
Pakistani universities use several titles for the two-year postgraduate degree that follows a four-year bachelor’s, and HEC treats them as equivalent 18-year qualifications. What matters practically is whether the programme is thesis-based, since that governs readiness for doctoral study.
Career Scope in Pakistan
Pakistan’s environmental problems are severe and documented — urban air quality, industrial effluent and water contamination, groundwater depletion, waste management, and high climate exposure. Donor-funded environmental and climate programmes provide research and programme funding that several disciplines lack.
Graduates work in environmental consultancy and impact assessment, industrial environmental compliance and HSE management, environmental protection agencies, climate and disaster risk programmes, NGOs and donor-funded environmental work, and university teaching. GIS and laboratory analysis capability materially improve employability.
Admission Requirements
A relevant 16-year degree, plus the university’s postgraduate admission test and interview. Several programmes run in evening or weekend formats suited to working professionals — check the specific programme page.
Where You Can Study This
- 8 universities
- 6 cities
- 8 public
Fees are not shown here: we hold a published figure for 1 of these 8 universities, and comparing one against a blank column would be misleading rather than informative. Each university page carries its own fee where we have it.
| University | City | Sector | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bahria University | Islamabad | Public | 2 years |
| Government College for Women University, Sialkot | Sialkot | Public | — |
| International Islamic University | Islamabad | Public | 2 Years |
| Khawaja Freed University of Engineering & Information Technology, Rahim Yar Khan | Rahim Yar Khan | Public | — |
| Lahore College for Women University | Lahore | Public | — |
| National University of Sciences and Technology | Islamabad | Public | 2 years |
| University of Jhang | Jhang | Public | 2 Years |
| University of Swabi | Swabi | Public | — |
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the difference between an MS and an MPhil?
Both are two-year postgraduate degrees treated as equivalent 18-year qualifications by HEC. MPhil is the more traditional and usually more thesis-weighted designation; MS is more common at newer and private universities.