Graduate Degrees in Design for Sustainability
Ubiquity University is partnering with Gaia Education to offer GEDS students an opportunity to upgrade their GEDS certificate to a Master’s Degree or PhD.
Not yet enrolled in GEDS? Click here to enroll.
Want to upgrade your GEDS certificate to a Master's or Doctoral Degree?
Complete your MA thesis or PhD Dissertation with Ubiquity and do just that!
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Program Requirements
MA in Design for Sustainability
GEDS Coursework
Creative Journey to Dissertation
PhD in Design for Sustainability
GEDS Coursework
Creative Journey to Dissertation
Chartres Academy
Great Books
MA/PhD in Design for Sustainability
GEDS Coursework
Creative Journey to Dissertation
Chartres Academy
Great Books
Electives (8 Credits)
For each of the degree options available, students have the options of breaking their payments into parts. Please see the table below for this breakdown.
MA Degree
$5000
PhD Degree
$15000
MA/PhD Degree
$16600
$2000
$1500
$1500
$5000
$5000
$5000
$5000
$5000
$6600
Save up to
$750
paying full
Ubiquity offers a discount for students that are able to make the full payment up front. That means you save $250 on a Masters, $500 on a PhD and $750 on MA/PhD.
The Ubiquity Degree
The Ubiquity MA/PhD combines the US and European designs of Master’s programs with a blend of taught learning with research and writing. The Master’s thesis or PhD dissertation must demonstrate excellence at every level. It must show awareness of the history of the literature in your particular area; demonstrate careful analysis and understanding of the field in question; and, most importantly, show how your insight can be applied to the real world. The thesis/dissertation must be scholarly and utilize extensive bibliographical data and footnotes. It should, in other words, be an impeccable work of research.
The Creative Journey to Dissertation - Finding Your Voice, Making your Mark
The “Creative Journey to Dissertation” is a 1-week intensive during which you will work directly with our Dean of Graduate Studies Dr. Gyorgyi Szabo. The course is a critical part of the dissertation writing process and is a requirement for all MA candidates.
Faculty: Gyorgyi Szabo
Support during your Graduate Program
During your graduate dissertation writing you will be supported by a Major Advisor of your own choosing, as well as optional writing courses and writing mentorship.
Want to know more about GEDS?
Gaia Education’s online learning course, Design for Sustainability, provides participants with whole-systems design and systemic thinking skills, analytical abilities and practical tools to support the redesign of the human presence on Earth, one local community and bioregion at a time.
The course is completed with the Design Studio – providing an opportunity to work with a design team and focusing on real-life design projects proposed by the participants.
The course has no prerequisites. All you need is access to a computer with a current browser, an Internet connection and a commitment to learn.
For more information please visit Gaia Education
