University of Colorado Boulder is launching a new nine-month Master of Science in Sustainable Business, with its first cohort of about 25 students starting this fall. The standalone program is designed to fast-track graduates into climate and sustainability roles by combining managerial and technical training through a shared core curriculum with a parallel MS in Sustainable Engineering. Leeds School of Business leaders said the degrees were engineered to build a cross-college pipeline, bringing business, engineering, and environmental science students into shared coursework. The structure covers topics like environmental systems, policy design, leadership for sustainability transitions, sustainable technology design, and sustainability decision-making using data. The program adds to CU Boulder’s existing ecosystem of sustainability programming and is positioned to meet demand from industry partners in the region. As states and employers seek sustainability talent with applied skills, the university’s model—interdisciplinary shared core and tight program length—offers a concrete template for graduate curriculum innovation.