Overview

With the Weather and Climate Risk and Data Analytics programme from University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign take the next steps in your professional journey and advance your applied expertise in atmospheric sciences to solve industry problems, through learning how to use Python and R to:

conduct computational analysis/analytics of weather and climate data

implement and use predictive models for the weather-climate interface

assess weather and climate-related risk

Key facts

This particular skill set is different than, but complementary to, skills used in traditional weather forecasting, and is particularly desirable in the private sector, which is the fastest-growing employment sector in the atmospheric sciences.

The programmes are fully online, which precludes the need for an extended absence from a current position and/or familial responsibilities, and otherwise maximizes learning flexibility.

Collaborate in online courses and an innovative capstone research project with world-renowned faculty in the Department of Climate, Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences (and industry professional mentors, too, for the capstone project!).

Career Opportunities

Catastrophe modeling analyst

Risk analyst

Geospacial data scientist

Scientific software engineer

Agricultural meteorologist

Commodities forcaster

Consultant

Atmospheric scientist

Educator

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Data Science for the Geosciences

Weather and Climate Phenomena and Hazards

Climate Analysis, Variability + Prediction

Weather and Climate Data Analytics

Risk Analysis in the Geosciences

Key information

Duration

Part-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-05-18 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-05-01 00:00:00
Starting 2026-08-24 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-08-01 00:00:00
Starting 2027-01-19 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-12-01 00:00:00

Language

English

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IELTS

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Credits

32 SCH

Delivered

Online

Campus Location

Urbana, United States

Disciplines

Climate Studies & Meteorology Data Analytics View 7 other Masters in Climate Studies & Meteorology in United States

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Academic requirements

GPA

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

Bachelor's degree, ideally in atmospheric sciences, meteorology, oceanography, or in a related field such as physics, mathematics, computer science, engineering. The degree must be from an accredited college in the United States or an approved institution of higher learning abroad

GPA of 3.0 (out of 4.0) or higher for the last 60 semester hours in a Bachelor's program.

Students who do not meet the degree criterion and/or GPA criterion may still be eligible for consideration.

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

12400 USD / year

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Out-of-State

12400 USD / year

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Domestic

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In-State

12400 USD / year

≈ 12400 USD / year

Funding

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