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Why Pursue a Graduate Certificate in Environmental Sustainability

UTSA’s Graduate Certificate in Environmental Sustainability is a 15-hour certificate designed for prospective students who are interested in gaining knowledge in the field of environmental sustainability. This certificate provides professionals who already hold undergraduate degrees with graduate instruction in the field, whether to maintain and promote their professional development or to obtain new skills.

Environmental sustainability can be defined as the ability to maintain factors and practices that are valued in the physical environment and that contribute to the quality of the environment on a long-term basis. Coursework includes Conservation and Restoration Ecology, Sustainability and Renewable Energy, Fundamentals of Environmental Law, and more.

Admission & Application Requirements

Applications are submitted through the UTSA Graduate Application. Please upload all required documents (listed below) on your UTSA Graduate Application. It is the applicant’s responsibility to ensure completion and submission of the application, a nonrefundable application fee, and all required supporting documents are on file with UTSA by the appropriate application deadline.

For international students, please note that student visas are not issued at UTSA for non-degree-seeking students, including certificate programs. For more information, visit our international students admission page.

Environmental Sustainability (CERT)
  Required Degree Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university in the United States or have proof of equivalent training at a foreign institution.
  Minimum GPA 3.0 (on a 4.0 scale) Departments may consider GPA of last 60 semester credit hours
  Transcripts* Required from all institutions attended; international transcripts must be recorded/translated to English
  Credential Evaluation Required if you have earned university-level credit from foreign institutions. Submit an evaluation of your transcripts from Educational Credential Evaluators (ECE) directly from the graduate admission application platform
  English Language Proficiency 550 TOEFL Paper / 79 TOEFL Internet / 6.5 IELTS / Duolingo 100
*Unofficial transcripts will be taken into consideration for admissions; however, if admitted into the program, you must submit official transcripts to the University.
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Admission Deadlines

Applicants are encouraged to have their admission file completed as early as possible. All applications, required documents and letters of recommendation, if applicable, must be submitted by 5:00 PM U.S. Central Time on the day of the deadline. Deadlines are subject to change.

Environmental Sustainability (CERT)
Completed applications will be reviewed for admission on a rolling basis. Decisions generally will be made and sent to applicants within 4 to 6 weeks of receiving the application.
Academic Year 2023-24 International Domestic
Fall 2023 June 1 June 15
Spring 2024 September 15 November 15
Summer 2024 Not Available Not Available
Academic Year 2024-25 International Domestic
Fall 2024 June 1 June 1
Spring 2025 December 1 December 1
Summer 2025 Not Available Not Available

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UTSA prepares you for future careers that are in demand. The possible careers below is data pulled by a third-party tool called Emsi, which pulls information from sources like the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Census Bureau, online job postings, other government databases and more to give you regional and national career outlook related to this academic program.


Certificate Advisor of Record

Janis Bush, PhD

janis.bush@utsa.edu