Environmental Engineering Master Program

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Course name: Environmental Engineering Master Program
Degree: Master in Environmental Engineering

Education goals: The program objective is to train environmental engineers to obtain up-to-date scientific, ecological, engineering, economic, and management knowledge that will enable them to identify and assess existing and potential environmental threats, prevent or reduce environmental damage, and prepare and manage damage control projects. Graduates will be able to provide complex engineering and scientific design and analytical procedures based on their up-to-date knowledge of informatics with the help of design, modelling, and simulation software. They will also learn to set out and apply adequate technological solutions to prevent environmental pollution and to provide engineering design and managing tasks in the field of waste processing and recycling. Graduates will be able to optimize environmental technologies and environmental impacts. Graduates may continue their studies in the doctoral program.

Length of the study programme: 4 semesters
Total credit: 120

Admission criteria: Admission requirements to the Environmental Engineering MSc program is that the applicant has at least 30 credits from his/her BSc degree out of the following 60 credits:

• natural science: at least 20 credits;
• economic and human knowledge: at least 10 credits;
• basic knowledge of environmental engineering: at least 30 credits.

The student can also be enrolled if he/she has at least 30 credits from the above-mentioned disciplines; however, the missing credits must be obtained later based on the recent Education and Examination Rules and Regulations of the University.

Language requirements: English B2-level certificate

Procedure for transfer of credits:

Professional fields, which define the Environmental Engineering MSc training program

Considering the specializations available, specific knowledge can be acquired in the following fields: environmental technology design and implementation; environmental problems in built environments; water quality protection; advanced noise and vibration measurement; advanced noise and vibration protection, air pollution control, waste management and recycling, health protection and work safety; protection of soil and geological medium; renewable energy; environmental impact analysis; design and operation of environmental and quality management systems which meet professional needs. The specialization provided by the training institute including a thesis comprises 50-60 credits, which contains at least 6 credits for project practice in the complete master program. 

During the program, students have to complete a total amount of 120 credit points. This adds up to approximately 30 credits per semester. The curriculum contains the list of subjects (with credit points) and the recommended order of completing subjects, which takes into account the prerequisite(s) of each subject.

Nature Conservation Master Program

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Course name: Nature Conservation Engineering Master Program
Degree: Master in Nature Conservation Engineering

Education goals: The program objective is to train nature conservation engineers with ability to plan, organize and manage the general and special tasks of nature conservation on international level. They vindicate the nature conservation principles and regulations efficiently with application of acquired theoret-ical knowledge. Graduates may continue their studies in the doctoral program.

Length of the study programme: 4 semesters
Total credit: 120

Admission criteria: Requirement of admission to the Nature Conservation Engineering MSc program is that the applicant has 84 credits from his/her BSc degree from the following disciplines:

• natural science: at least 15 credits;
• economic and human knowledge: at least 10 credits;
• engineering and informatics: at least 5 credits.

The student can also be enrolled if the student has at least 60 credits from the above-mentioned disciplines, but the missing credits must be obtained later based on the recent Education and Ex-amination Rules and Regulations of the University. 

Language requirements: English B2-level certificate.

Credit System
Majors in the Hungarian Education System have generally been instituted and ruled by the Act of Parliament under the Higher Education Act. The higher education system meets the qualifications of the Bologna Process, which defines the qualifications in terms of learning outcomes: state-ments of what students know and can do on completing their degrees. In describing the cycles, the framework uses the European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS). 
ECTS was developed as an instrument for improving academic recognition throughout European Universities by means of effective and general mechanisms. ECTS serves as a model of academic recognition, as it provides greater transparency of study programs and student achievement. ECTS in no way regulates the content, structure and/or equivalence of study programs. 
Regarding each major the Higher Education Act prescribes which professional fields define a certain training program. This contains the proportion of the subject groups: nature conservation, low, administration and leadership, research planning, project and competition management and communication and pedagogy.

Professional fields, which define the Environmental Engineering MSc training program

During the program, students have to complete a total amount of 120 credit points. This adds up to approximately 30 credits per semester. The curriculum contains the list of subjects (with credit points) and the recommended order of completing subjects.

Geobioinformatics Master Program

Master programmes in English

Environmental Engineering →

MSc | 4 semesters

The programme objective is to train environmental engineers with up-to-date scientific, ecological, engineering, economic, and management knowledge to  enable them to identify and assess the existing and potential environmental threats, to prevent or reduce environmental damage, and to prepare and manage damage control projects. You may continue your studies in the doctoral programme.

MAIN SUBJECTS: Natural Sciences; Economics and Humanities; Environmental engineering knowledge; Specialization provided by the training institute

JOB OPPORTUNITIES: Industry, environmental and other authorities, NGOs, etc.

Geobioinformatics →

MSc | 2 semesters

The program aims to recognize and exploit the knowledge of biology, computer science, GIS (Geographic Information Systems), bioinformatics, and the synergies between the four disciplines. It also aims to transfer the latest knowledge in geoinformatics and bioinformatics, collect, store, and analyze  geographic and biological information, and scientifically explore and publish their relationships. Students will gain insight into bioinformatics, learn the basics of modern molecular biology, combine validated bioinformatics and geoinformatics data, data processing, machine learning, and visualization methods, and master the necessary software management.

MAIN SUBJECTS: Introduction to Bioinformatics, GIS, Machine Learning, Modern Molecular biology

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES: Bioinformation Expert, GIS Expert, Biologist, Forest Engineer, Environmental Engineer, etc.

Nature Conservation →

MSc | 4 semesters

The programme objective is to train nature conservation engineers to plan, organize, and manage general and special nature conservation tasks at an international level. You will vindicate nature conservation principles and regulations efficiently through the application of acquired theoretical knowledge.  You may continue your studies in the doctoral program.

MAIN SUBJECTS: Nature Conservation; Law; Administration and Leadership; Research Planning, Project and Competition Management; Communication and Pedagogy; Professional Practice

JOB OPPORTUNITIES: National parks, zoological parks, research, education, government, NGOs

Forestry and Wildlife Management Sciences

Roth Gyula Doctoral School

PhD | 4 + 4 semesters

Education and research at the doctoral school are pursued in the basic and applied sciences, related to forests, wildlife and nature. It is the only doctoral school in Hungary, where all the personnel and material conditions are provided for an independent doctoral school in these areas of science. The students have a well-equipped infrastructure, laboratories, research stations that support fieldwork, rich collections, and institutional and central libraries. The University library is also the National Forestry Library in Hungary.

The duration of the doctoral programme is 4 years, which is divided into 2 + 2 years.

Doctoral School educates in seven doctoral programmes:

1. Ecology of Forest Ecosystems and Biological Foundations of Forest Management
   Research on the composition, structure and inter-actions of forest ecosystems is part of the programme. Geographical conditions vital for forest management and the requirements for maintaining sustainable management and preserving the stability of ecosystems are identified. The main areas of research are: site conditions of forest stands, hydrology, climatic conditions, and the diversity of forest ecosystems, such as soil microbiology, physiology, botany and dendrology, species composition, structure, dynamics and inter-relations of ecosystems, and the evolutionary and genetic processes of woody plants. The doctoral programme also teaches sylviculture, production of seed material, wildlife management, forest protection (including pathology and zoology), adopting the latest experimental and research findings, related both to plantation forestry and to nature-oriented management.
2. Forest Resource Management
   The subject is concerned with the analyses of the stock type characteristics of forests and forestry processes in natural and financial terms, as well as the harmonisation of the legal and economic regulations with forestry interests.
   Disciplines of the forest assets management programme are: forest management planning, computer science applied to forestry, forest and hunting rights, forestry history, hunting law, economics for forest and wildlife management (forestry accounting and finance, forest and damage assessment, and sales and marketing policy).
3. Forest Technical Knowledge
   This PhD sub–programme provides a comprehensive, scientific approach to the technical implementation of forestry policies (mechanisation, energetics, forest utilisation, opening-up and water management) based on measurements and experiments. It deals with the improvement of mechanisation in reproductive material production, sylviculture, forest and timber utilisation, and with the development of mechanisation in energy tree plantations, the connection between mechanisation and environment protection, wood for energy production, planning, organisation and technology of forest utilisation, topics of opening-up and water management as well as with forest road construction and maintenance.
4. Wildlife Management
   In the doctoral programme, students deal with the forest, field and water ecosystems and their species and communities of species. The research topics embrace all the areas of open field game conservation and management and all the fields of hunting, as well as all the related sciences such as the kennel, gun ballistics, trophy assessment, wildlife health, game management in closure, wildlife forage ground and game feeding, economics and history of the science.
5. Nature Conservation
   The Nature Conservation course aims at the implementation of a scientific programme that monitors international strategies addressing natural challenges of global issues and their effective application to Hungary. The programme encourages nature-conscious development and experiments in the national conservation practice, while strengthening scientific grounds of professional and political efforts. It will involve a talented new generation in the innovative research. It aims to educate experts who are not only professionals, receptive to theory, but experts with positive values of life and healthy ecosystems.
6. Geoinformatics
   The rapid development of GIS, the expansion of satellite monitoring and positioning methods led to the initiation of a separate Geoinformatics programme at the Doctoral School. It offers courses and research opportunities in the field of land management, surveying and geoinformatics, mainly related to agricultural management and land use, including the application of the modern technical tools of thematic modelling, remote sensing and mapping.
7. Forest and Environmental Pedagogy
   Environmental pedagogy is a multidisciplinary field of study, which prepares students with a comprehensive background in natural and social sciences to teach environment consciousness and to develop related activities. The aim of study and research is to develop educational methodology and practice at every level of public education, from kindergarten to higher education, and thus enhance environment consciousness through methods fitting the age of pupils and students.

The core members are from the Faculty of Forestry and the Forest Research Institute (ERTI), but a number of subjects are taught by other faculties of the  University: (the Faculty of Wood Engineering and Creative Industries), the Geodetic and Geophysical Research Institute, the Hungarian Academy of Sciences  (HAS), the Hungarian Museum of Agriculture and national parks.