Sustainability within the curriculum
Sustainability at Leeds marries the best of entrepreneurial innovation with cutting-edge strategies that lead to a more sustainable world. Through courses, projects, and internships, you will apply your newly-acquired business skills to solve real-world challenges and capture opportunities in new market niches.
Whether you become an independent entrepreneur or "intrapreneur" working within a corporation, Leeds MBA graduates drive new approaches, design new products, and create solutions to some of the world's most pressing problems. Leeds MBA graduates bring an understanding of the role of new technologies and create new businesses like Sky Energy and Rocky Mountain Sustainable Enterprises. They identify market needs for sustainable products and services and put their ideas into action by launching companies like Sambazon Juices and Big Clean Trucks. They foster environmental and social change by joining companies like Econergy, a climate change and energy consulting firm, and Perry Rose, a developer doing green building design.
Sustainability related course work emphasizes:
- Sustainability tools and market analysis - teaches you the tools for making business decisions with sustainable results in mind. You will develop the ability to see the opportunity in markets which address pressing global needs, and find the tools to make it happen.
- Sustainable business ventures - examines issues associated with starting and operating businesses that solve natural environmental challenges while achieving profitability.
- In-depth case studies - includes topical discussions, talks by environmental entrepreneurs, and an applied or library research project.