Starts: Annually in October
Duration: 24 months
Locations: Ghent University, Gent, Belgium, UNESCO-IHE, Delft, the Netherlands, and ICTP, Prague, Czech Republic. Possibilities for thesis research in among others China, India, Thailand, Brazil, Chile, South Africa, Uganda, USA, Colombia and Germany.

Context

Growing awareness of the human impact on the environment has convinced most governments of the need to prevent air, water and soil pollution. Increasingly, remediation of contaminated sites is becoming a priority target. Consequently, there is a strong and ever increasing demand for specialists trained in pollution prevention and remediation.

This Joint Erasmus Mundus programme will address these needs by educating a new generation of environmental scientist and engineers that can provide adequate and state-

of-the-art environmental technology and engineering solutions to tackle complex, multidisciplinary environmental issues.

Prospective Students

This Joint Erasmus Mundus programme is geared towards students that are interested in deepening their knowledge on the the application of environmental technologies and engineering.

Learning Objectives

The Joint Erasmus Mundus programme in Environmental Technology and Engineering programme will:

• train people to apply and develop environmental technologies and engineering techniques, with a strong focus on multidisciplinary and problem-based technology development;
• offer the students a wide range of environmental technology solutions in an international environment;

  

• promote networking and exchange of knowledge and experience in the field of environmental technology and engineering between students of all nationalities, in particular also with students from developing countries and countries in transition from complementary study programmes, expected to take up prominent positions in the environmental protection sector or regulatory decision-making in their home countries after graduation;
• promote interaction between IMETE students, governments and the professional sector through involvement of scholars and guest lecturers, job fairs and the organisation of a summer school.

Successful graduates will be qualified for a professional career in:

• The private sector (environmental technological applications in different domains);
• Research sector (applied research at universities or research institutions, or in-company research);
• The public sector (consulting in local, regional and (inter)national administrations, defining and implementing environmental policy for sustainable development).

For more information on the admission procedure, programme structure and contents, degree and partner institutes, please see the programme's website.