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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
| Natural Sciences | 10-40 credits |
| Economics and Humanities | 10-20 credits |
| Environmental engineering knowledge | 10-35 credits |
| Specialization provided by the training institute including thesis (that contains at least 6 credits for project practice in the complete master program) | 50-60 credits |
| Thesis | 30 credits |
| Total: | 120 credits |
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.
Curriculum of the Environmental Engineering MSc program
| Course | Eval- ua- tion† |
Credit points |
Instuction hours/week |
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| name | type* | lecture | practice | ||
| First semester | |||||
| Environmental Ecology | A | E | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Environmental Fluid Mechanics | A | MTG | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Geographyc Information Systems | A | E | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Environmental Chemistry | A | E | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Landscape History | A | MTG | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| English for Special Purposes: Environmental Engineering I | K | S | — | 0 | 2 |
| Elective (see below) | B | 7 | |||
| C | 3 | ||||
| Second semester | |||||
| Eco-Energetics | A | MTG | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Environmental Impact Assessment and Performance Evaluation | A | E | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Global Environmental Systems | A | E | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Chemometrics | A | E | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Remote Sensing for Environmental Applications | A | E | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| English for Special Purposes: Environmental Engineering II | K | S | — | 0 | 0 |
| Elective (see below) | B | 7 | |||
| C | 3 | ||||
| Third semester | |||||
| Landscape Management and Protection | A | MTG | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| Climate Risk Assessment | A | E | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Applied Environmental Statistics | A | MTG | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Treatment Wetlands | A | MTG | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Complex Project Work | B | MTG | 6 | 1 | 2 |
| Thesis Writing | B | MTG | 15 | 0 | 2 |
| Professional Practice | K | S | — | ||
| Fourth semester | |||||
| Ecotoxicology | A | E | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| European Environmental Law and Politics | A | E | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Environmental and Quality Management Systems | A | MTG | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Environmental Modelling | A | MTG | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Biological Survey and Monitoring | A | MTG | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Life Cycle Assessment | A | MTG | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Thesis Writing | B | MTG | 15 | 0 | |
| Elective courses | |||||
| Landscape and Rural Development | B | MTG | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Water Resources Engineering | B | MTG | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| Analytical Chemistry | B | MTG | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Antioxidants in Natural Environment | B | MTG | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Applied Soil Science | B | MTG | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Soil Protection and Conservation | B | MTG | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Agroforestry for Sustainability | B | MTG | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Principles of Forest Protection | B | MTG | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Protected Forests | B | MTG | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| Invasion Biology | C | MTG | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Biotechnological Techniques of Waste Management | C | MTG | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Project Management | C | MTG | 3 | 2 | 0 |
*Course type: A = compulsory, B = elective in engineering fild, C = elective, K = criteria (no credit)
†Evaluation: E = exam, MTG = mid-term grade, S = signature
Academic calendar
General structure of the semester
| Registration | 1st week |
| Study period | 2nd — 15th week |
| Exam period | 6 weeks |
| Usually, study period is scheduled for the 1st week of September in the fall semester and for the 1st week of February in the spring semester. | |
Grading system
| Grade | Definition | |
| 5 | Excellent, Very good | Outstanding with minor errors |
| 4 | Good | Generally sound work with a number of notable errors |
| 3 | Satisfactory, Acceptable | Fair but with significant shortcomings |
| 2 | Pass | Performance meets the minimum criteria |
| 1 | Fail |
Further work is required |
