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MSc Kreislaufwirtschaft und Ressourceneffizienz at TU Dresden

TU Dresden, Germany

Programme overview

Master programme in circular economy and resource efficiency covering limited resources, rising waste volumes and sustainable business, giving scientific and engineering competences for designing closed material cycles based on national and European strategies.

Faculty: Faculty of Environmental Sciences  |  Duration: 4 semesters (2 years) full-time; 8 semesters part-time  |  Study mode: full-time (part-time option); German-taught  |  Intake: winter semester  |  Location: Dresden, Sachsen, Germany

What you will study

Modular programme with compulsory and elective modules allowing individual focus; compulsory modules cover core foundations of waste and circular economy and contaminated sites.

Career pathways

Varied career fields at the interface of environment, technology and business, typically in engineering and planning offices.

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Application information

Entry requirements

A first professional degree recognised in Germany in environmental sciences, hydro sciences, engineering or a related programme with comparable knowledge; English at level B2, shown for example by a school certificate with English at B2 or a degree entirely in English. Numerus clausus: no, but an aptitude assessment procedure is required. Application deadlines for the first subject semester (German applicants and Bildungsinländer): Aptitude assessment request period: 1 June – 15 July; Application period for study: 1 June – 15 September. International applicants: Application period non-EU applicants: 1 April – 31 May; Application period EU applicants: 1 April – 15 July. Application is made online through the TU Dresden application portal.

Intake: winter semester

Duration: 4 semesters (2 years) full-time; 8 semesters part-time

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