MSc Umwelttechnik at TU Bergakademie Freiberg

As an environmental engineer, you will ensure environmental compatibility, social acceptance and international competitiveness in the design, construction and operation of technical facilities. The degree programme is therefore based on the so-called "three pillars of sustainability", namely ecology, economy and social aspects, whereby your studies will focus on projects to protect the environment, the sustainable use of resources, the recycling of residual materials and the closing of material cycles.

Faculty: Faculty of Mechanical, Process and Energy Engineering (Faculty 4)  |  Duration: 3 semesters (1.5 years)  |  Study mode: full-time; German-taught  |  Intake: Winter semester and Summer semester  |  Location: Freiberg, Sachsen, Germany

What you will study

In the three-semester Master's degree programme in Environmental Technology (ET), you must earn a total of 90 credit points (CPs). 30 CPs are allocated to the Master's thesis and 17 CPs to the three compulsory modules (Technology Assessment, Process Chain Simulation and Apparatus Engineering and Plant Design). You earn the remaining 43 CPs in the three areas of compulsory elective modules category A, compulsory elective modules category B and free elective modules.

Career pathways

Research into the interactions between technical, ecological, economic and social influences and effects and their targeted utilisation for the sustainable development of the economy and society. Work in interdisciplinary groups with people from the fields of biology, climatology and other natural sciences as well as economics, law and social sciences.

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