University of Colorado Boulder will launch a new nine-month Master of Science in Sustainable Business in fall 2026, enrolling an estimated first cohort of about 25 students. Leeds School of Business says the program is designed to prepare graduates for climate and sustainability careers from both managerial and technical angles. CU-Boulder is pairing the new sustainable business degree with a parallel Master of Science in Sustainable Engineering, using shared core courses across business, engineering, and environmental science. The two-degree structure is intended to create an interdisciplinary pipeline tailored to industry partners’ needs in the region. For higher education planners, the program signals a continued push toward shorter, career-aligned credential formats and cross-college academic design. It also indicates how sustainability is being operationalized as an industry-ready learning pathway rather than only an elective research focus.