Business Meets Climate
Duke’s approach to education prepares our students to draw on deep subject matter expertise and work across multiple disciplines to address the most complex challenges of our time.
Vincent E. Price
President, Duke University
Lead where business meets climate
Climate change is transforming business—reshaping markets, redefining risk, driving innovation, and rewriting policy. Organizations across every sector need professionals who understand the forces of climate and the fundamentals of business.
Duke’s Master in Business, Climate, and Sustainability (MBCS) equips students with the interdisciplinary expertise to lead in a climate-disrupted economy. In just 10 months, you’ll build fluency across three essential domains: business fundamentals, climate science, and the policy systems reshaping global markets.
You’ll graduate ready to create impact in fields such as consulting, energy, finance, agriculture, consumer goods, insurance, and more—wherever climate transformation intersects business strategy.
Designed for systems thinking with real-world impact
The MBCS program integrates three critical layers of expertise: core business skills, climate science literacy, and applied analytical methods. This interdisciplinary foundation prepares you to navigate complex systems, translate insight into strategy, and lead across industries and functions.
You’ll develop fluency in:
Business fundamentals
Climate
literacy
Applied tools and methods
Real-world casework is embedded throughout the program. Nearly every course includes applied projects that deepen your ability to connect theory to outcomes. You’ll work through challenges that cut across industries—from clean energy transitions and regulatory adaptation to sustainable product development and risk modeling.
Developed collaboratively by Duke faculty in the Fuqua School of Business and the Nicholas School of the Environment, the MBCS curriculum ensures that graduates will be prepared to drive change across business and climate sectors.
Connected to purpose – and the people who open doors
At Duke, your career journey will be a shared one, supported by expert advisors, collaborative classmates, and a powerful global network. From day one, our career development team works with you to clarify your goals and build the skills to navigate an evolving job market with confidence.
The MBCS program offers tailored career guidance that reflects your unique strengths and aspirations. Whether you're exploring ESG strategy, climate finance, or sustainable operations, you'll receive personalized support through mock interviews, resume workshops, and direct employer engagement designed to turn your ambitions into action.
And long after graduation, you’ll continue to benefit from Duke’s global alumni network. With more than 200,000 alumni, you’re connected to a cross-sector community of leaders driving climate innovation around the world.
Because building a career of impact starts with having the right people in your corner—and continues with a network committed to helping you grow, evolve, and lead.
“Nearly half of surveyed employers (47%) anticipate the ramping up of efforts and investments to reduce carbon emissions as a key driver for organizational transformation.”
World Economic Forum (1/7/2025)
“More than 4,000 companies have begun the journey of setting science-based emission-reduction targets. But BCG research shows that so far only 17% of those that have set targets are on track to meet them. A lot of work must be done to close the gap between ambition and action.”
BCG Report (1/11/2023)
“By 2030… one in five jobs will lack the green talent to fill it. By 2050, this gap will balloon to one in two jobs.”