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Diploma of Environment and Sustainability

Nipissing University

  • North Bay, Canada
  • 2 years
  • English
  • Hybrid
  • Diploma

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Nipissing University campus

About the program

A four-year degree with majors in environmental studies or resource management.

Program highlights

  • Internship available: yes
  • Placement support: yes
  • Work during study: yes
  • Post-study work rights (3 years): yes
  • PR pathway friendly: no

What you will learn

  • Learners studying Environment and Sustainability can develop the ability to interpret environmental or natural-system data
  • Evaluate human impacts
  • And propose evidence-based approaches to resource or sustainability challenges. These are indicative learning goals
  • Not a confirmed list of the university's assessed course outcomes.

Career outcomes

  • Resource management
  • Environmental policy and planning
  • Consulting
  • Environmental education
  • Journalism
  • Research
  • Non-governmental organizations
  • Graduate study

Curriculum

  • Four years
  • 120 credit hours. Two majors share common courses: Environmental Studies adds economics
  • Political science and geography
  • Resource Management adds ecology and science courses such as GIS
  • Population and resource dynamics and quantitative methods. Ethics
  • Ecology
  • Economics
  • Risk and policy run through the degree.

Entry requirements

Academic

  • Undergraduate degree (AI/ML diploma: any discipline
  • Some programming or STEM background preferred)
  • WES evaluation if non-Canadian/US transcripts
  • English proficiency (IELTS 6.5
  • TOEFL iBT 93
  • PTE 63).

Accepted academic background

Undergraduate degree (AI/ML diploma: any discipline, Some programming or STEM background preferred), Transcripts with WES evaluation if non-Canadian/US.

Language tests

  • IELTS 6.5
  • TOEFL iBT 93
  • PTE Academic 63
  • Cambridge C1 Advanced 176

Documents you’ll need

  • Academic Transcripts.

How to apply

  1. Check requirements and deadlines: Winter 2026-11-13
  2. Fall 2027-04- Apply through the International Application Service portal. Upload undergraduate transcripts and English proof. Accept the offer in the portal and pay the 2
  3. 000 CAD deposit (1
  4. 700 CAD refunded if the permit is denied). Apply for the study permit with the offer letter.

Other costs

Tuition per year$28,560, $35,700 CAD
Application fee$100 CAD
Deposit$2,000 CAD

Program details

CampusNorth Bay
Faculty or schoolFaculty of Arts and Sciences
DepartmentEnvironment and Sustainability
Teaching languageEnglish
Credit value60
Study paceFixed
Post-study stay3 years
Scholarship noteUniversity scholarship eligibility, Funding and application conditions require confirmation.

Intakes and deadlines

  • Program starts

    January 2027

    Apply by

    No deadline listed

  • Program starts

    September 2027

    Apply by

    No deadline listed

Frequently asked questions

  • The program takes 2 years.