Global School Grad Programs | Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Rising sea levels, supercharged storms, persistent droughts, and raging wildfires… the climate crisis will affect communities all over the world in the decades ahead.

But who will be ready and prepared to lead?

You will.

Skilled, creative leaders with a background in interdisciplinary approaches to the world’s greatest problems are in high demand. The technical backdrop of a premier STEM university, makes WPI an ideal place to seek a global degree.

Are you driven to help the world adapt to inevitable climate changes?

WPI’s Community Climate Adaptation program (CCA) immerses students in the assumption that the world is locked into a warming trend that will continue for decades to come and, therefore, prepares students who will create solutions to move in the right direction. It’s important that communities and companies around the world become more resilient and able to adapt. Leaders are needed to help usher in the change.

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Want to design effective solutions to problems facing communities?

No one technology, discipline, or individual can resolve today’s urgent problems—it takes all of us to marshal the ideas and resources. WPI’s Science and Technology for Innovation in Global Development program (STIGD) prepares facilitators with specialized technical expertise and knowledge around development studies or business development. Revolutionize how you think about problem solving in the public interest, at home, or abroad.

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Pursue one of the new master’s of science degrees housed within WPI’s new Global School, drawing on the university’s extensive experience and deep expertise with project-based learning and global projects.

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