Specializations - Environmental Engineering

Specializations

The MSc in Environmental Engineering has seven optional specializations. Specializations guide the students to specialise in an area of Environmental Engineering and have thus also relevance for the future career path. It is not mandatory to follow a study line.

The seven specializations are:

• Urban Water Engineering
• Water Resources Engineering      
• Residual Resources Engineering  
• Environmental Chemistry            
• Environmental Management
• Environmental Informatics
• Climate Change - Adaption and Mitigation

Full description of the specialization requirements can be found here. Completing a certain specialisations will result in a more specialised educational profile and will be shown as a specialisation on the diploma for the MSc in Environmental Engineering.

Specializations are merely recommended ways of choosing the courses in the curriculum. Applicants are not admitted to a specialization but to the programme and it is possible to choose among all the courses in the curriculum following the directions given. However, if a specialization has been fulfilled the title of the specialization may be added to the diploma.

How to obtain a specialization

Students must take 30 ECTS of the courses listed for the respective study line, and the topic of the MSc thesis project must be within that area. In case of doubt you can contact the Head of studies for the MSc programme.

As soon as the student fulfills the requests for the particular specialization, he/she can apply for it by sending the list of courses and the thesis topic to the Head of studies. In order to ensure that the specialization will be registered on the diploma, the specialization application must be sent before the defense.