Accreditation benefits

Accreditaion LogoThe Community for Environmental Disciplines in Higher Education (CEDHE), the education committee of the IES, provides a professional accreditation scheme for Honours and Masters programmes in Higher Education and Further Education institutions.

By joining CEDHE and getting programmes accredited, departments become part of an active community which champions environmental disciplines both academically and professionally. CEDHE is determined to maintain the flow of highly qualified and motivated people who can meet the challenges of the future. We maintain a close working relationship with member universities, providing careers advice and resources, and conducting research into the environmental science in education.

Students enrolled on IES accredited programmes can apply for free Student Membership of the Institution. Look for the CEDHE accreditation logo, which provides a mark of quality and indicates that an education institute is planning the career paths of its students.

Programmes accredited by the IES

    • Natural Resources & Environment MSc
    • Applied Terrestrial & Marine Ecology BSc (Hons)
    • Environmental Conservation BSc (Hons)
    • Environmental Science BSc (Hons)
    • Environmental Science MEnvSci
    • Environmental Science BSc (Hons)
    • Environmental Science with Professional Placement Abroad BSc (Hons)
    • Environmental Science with Placement Year BSc (Hons)
    • Environmental Science with Year Abroad BSc (Hons)
    • Environmental Science MSci
    • Environmental Science BSc (Hons)
    • Environmental Science with Placement Year BSc (Hons)
    • Environmental Science BSc (Hons)
    • Environmental Science BSc (Hons)
    • Environmental Science with Professional Experience BSc (Hons)
    • Environmental Management MSc
    • Environmental Management (with Professional Development) MSc  
    • Environmental Science BSc (Hons) - closed to new students
    • Environmental Science (Practitioner) BSc (Hons)  - closed to new students
    • Geography BSc (Hons)
    • Geography with Foundation Year BSc (Hons)
    • Geography with Industrial Placement Year BSc (Hons)
    • Geography & Environmental Hazards BSc (Hons)
    • Geography & Environmental Hazards with Industrial Placement Year BSc (Hons)
    • Conservation Biology MSc
    • Environmental Assessment & Control MSc
    • Environmental Science BSc (Hons)
    • Environmental Sciences BSc (Hons)
    • Environmental Sciences with Year in Industry BSc (Hons)
    • Environmental Sciences with Year Abroad BSc (Hons)
    • Environmental Sciences MSci
    • ​Environmental Sciences with Year Abroad MSci
    • Environmental Sciences MSc
    • Environmental Geoscience BSc (Hons)
    • Environmental Science BSc (Hons)
    • Environmental Science with Professional Placement BSc (Hons)
    • Environmental Science with Study Abroad BSc (Hons)
    • Environmental Science MSci
    • Earth Science BSc (Hons)
    • Environmental Science & Sustainability BSc (Hons)
    • Environmental Geoscience BSc (Hons)
    • Environmental Geoscience MSci
    • Geography BSc (Hons)
    • Geography MA (Hons) 
    • Geography MASocSci (Hons)
    • Ecology & Environmental Science BSc (Hons)
    • Applied Ecology MSc
    • Global Environmental Change MSc 
    • Environmental Management & Ecology BSc (Hons)
    • Environmental Management & Ecology with Placement Year BSc (Hons)
    • Environmental Management & Ecology with Year Abroad BSc (Hons)
    • Environmental & Analytical Science BSc (Hons)
    • Environmental Science BSc (Hons)
    • Environmental Science with Foundation Year BSc (Hons)
    • Environmental Science with Year Abroad BSc (Hons)
    • Marine Biology BSc (Hons)
    • Marine Biology with Foundation Year BSc (Hons)
    • Ecology and Conservation BSc (Hons)  
    • Ecology and Conservation with Work Placement Year BSc (Hons)
    • Ecology and Conservation with International Year BSc (Hons)
    • Ecology and Conservation MSci
    • Ecology and Conservation with Work Placement Year MSci
    • Ecology and Conservation with International Year MSci 
    • Environmental Science BSc (Hons)
    • Environmental Science with Work Placement Year BSc (Hons)
    • Environmental Science BSc (Dual Honours)
    • Environmental Science with International Year BSc (Dual Honours)
    • Environmental Science with Work Placement Year BSc (Dual Honours)
    • Environmental Science (Practitioner) BSc (Hons)
    • Environment & Sustainability BSc (Hons)
    • Environment & Sustainability with International Year BSc (Hons)
    • Environment & Sustainability with Work Placement Year BSc (Hons)
    • Environmental Science BSc (Hons)
    • Environmental Science MEnv (Hons)
    • Environmental Science BSc (Hons)
    • Environmental Science BSc (Hons) with Foundation Year
    • Environmental Science BSc (Hons) with Year in Industry
    • Environmental Science BSc (Hons) with Year Abroad
    • Wildlife Conservation BSc (Hons)
    • Wildlife Conservation BSc (Hons) with Foundation Year
    • Environmental Science BSc (Hons)
    • Environmental Science with Year Abroad BSc (Hons)
    • Environmental Science with Business Management BSc (Hons)
    • Environmental Science with Business Management with Year Abroad BSc (Hons)
       
    • Geography MSci (Hons)
    • Environmental Science BSc (Hons)
    • Environmental Science MSci
    • Environmental Science BSc (Hons)
    • Environmental Science with Foundation Year BSc (Hons)
    • Environmental Science with Year in Industry BSc (Hons)
    • Environmental Science with Year Abroad BSc (Hons)
    • Environmental Science BSc (Hons)
    • Environmental Science (Sandwich) BSc (Hons)
    • Environmental Science with Foundation Year BSc (Hons)
    • Environmental Science (Sandwich) with Foundation Year BSc (Hons)
    • Environmental Science MSci
    • Environmental Science (Sandwich) MSci
    • Sustainability & Environmental Management MSc
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    • Managing Waste & Environmental Resources MSc
    • Environmental Biology BSc (Hons)
    • Environmental Biology with Industrial Year BSc (Hons)
    • Environmental Biology with a Year in Computer Science BSc (Hons)
    • Environmental Biology with an International Year BSc (Hons)
    • Environmental Biology MSci (Hons)
    • Environmental Biology with Industrial Year MSci (Hons)
    • Environmental Science BSc (Hons)
    • Environmental Science with an International Year BSc (Hons)
    • Environmental Science with a Year in Computer Science BSc (Hons)
    • Environmental Science with Industrial Year BSc (Hons)
    • Environmental Science MSci (Hons)
    • Environmental Science with an International Year MSci (Hons)
    • Environmental Science with Industrial Year MSci (Hons)
    • Environmental Science BSc (Hons)
    • Environmental Science BSc (Hons) 
    • Environmental Science BSc (Hons)
    • Environmental Science (Environmental Management) BSc (Hons)
    • Geography & Environmental Science BSc (Hons)
    • Environmental Science MSci
    • Environmental Science BSc (Hons)
    • Environmental Science BSc (Hons)
    • Environmental Science and Management BSc (Dual Award)
    • Marine Environmental Science BSc (Hons)
    • Environmental Science MEnvSci
    • Marine Environmental Science MEnvSci
    • Bachelor of Environmental Management
    • Bachelor of Environmental Science & Technology
    • Master of Environment
    • Environmental Science BSc (Hons)
    • Environmental Science MSc
    • Environmental Science BSc (Hons)
    • Environmental Science with Professional Experience BSc (Hons)
    • Environmental Management MSc
    • Environmental Pollution MSc
    • Environmental Protection & Management MSc
    • Environmental Science BSc (Hons)
    • Environmental Science MEnvSci
    • Climate, Sustainability and Environmental Management BSc
    • Environmental Science BSc (Hons)
    • Environmental Science MEnvSci (Hons)
    • Environmental Earth Sciences BSc (Hons)
    • Geography, Climate Change and Society BSc (Hons)
    • Environmental Science BSc (Hons)
    • Environmental Science MSci
    • Environmental Science MSc
    • Environment and Sustainability BSc (Hons)
    • Environmental Strategy MSc
    • Environmental Science BSc (Hons)
    • Geography & Urban Sustainability BA
    • Environmental Science (and with Foundation Year) BSc (Hons)
    • Environmental Science (and with Foundation Year) MSci (Hons)
    • Geography (and with Foundation Year) BSc (Hons)
    • Geology BSc (Hons)
    • Wildlife Ecology & Conservation Science (and with Foundation Year) BSc (Hons)
    • Environmental Consultancy MSc
    • Environmental Management MSc
    • Wildlife Ecology & Conservation Science (and with Foundation Year) MSci
    • Environmental Management & Sustainability BSc (Hons)
    • Environmental Management & Sustainability BSc (Hons) (with Professional Placement Year)
    • Environment, Economics & Ecology BSc (Hons)
    • Environment, Economics & Ecology with Year in Industry BSc (Hons)
    • Environmental Geography BSc (Hons)
    • Environmental Geography with Year in Industry BSc (Hons)
    • Environmental Science BSc (Hons)
    • Environmental Science with Year in Industry BSc (Hons)
    • Environment, Economics & Ecology MEnv
    • ​Environment, Economics & Ecology with Year in Industry MEnv
    • Environmental Geography MEnv
    • Environmental Geography with Year in Industry MEnv
    • Environmental Science MEnv
    • ​Environmental Science with Year in Industry MEnv
    • Environmental Sustainability Education and Communication MSc
    • Environmental Science & Sustainability BSc

Relevant documents

The latest information and forms can be found on the CEDHE website.

Who are they: The Community for Environmental Disciplines in Higher Education (CEDHE) is the collective voice of the environmental sciences and related programmes in higher and further education. CEDHE plays a leading role in the Higher Education Environmental Science community and advocates for environmental science within education.

Relationship to the IES: After working closely together for over a decade in 2013 CHES merged with the IES and now serves as its education committee. At the start of 2022 the Committee decided that their name CHES (Committee of Heads of Environmental Sciences) did not capture the diverse representation of the Committee members, in both their academic roles and disciplines, and therefore voted on a change of name to Community for Environmental Disciplines in Higher Education (CEDHE – pronounced as ‘seed’). 

Who to contact

Rebecca Finbow

Education & Professional Development Officer

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Student membership

Students who are enrolled on accredited undergraduate or postgraduate programmes may apply for the special grade of Student Member.

Here are a few reasons for applying for free Student Membership:

  • The ability to use StMIEnvSc, signalling your professional commitment, to potential employers
  • First steps on an environmental career path which could take you to Chartered Status
  • Exclusive access to the Members area on our website
  • Electronic copies of our latest edition of our journal environmental SCIENTIST
  • ES Monthly newsletter
  • Preferential opportunities for internship placements
  • Free or reduced entry to IES events