Environmental Engineering

In order to gain admission to the Master's Degree in Environmental Engineering, you must be a:

• Holder of a bachelor's degree in architecture or engineering in the areas of civil engineering, industrial engineering, chemistry, the environment, forestry, mining, physics, biology or agriculture.
• Holder of a bachelor's degree in environmental, chemical, physical, biological or geological sciences.
• Holder of a pre-EHEA Spanish degree in architecture or engineering in the areas of civil engineering, industrial engineering, chemistry, the environment, forestry, mining, physics, biology or agriculture.
• Holder of a pre-EHEA Spanish diploma in environmental, chemical, physical, biological or geological sciences.
• Holder of a pre-EHEA Spanish degree in environmental, chemical, physical, biological or geological sciences.

Candidates seeking admission who have qualifications other than those mentioned above will be reviewed by the master's degree committee with the aim of establishing the bridging courses they must take.

Students pending obtaining the degree that gives access to the master's degree

UPC undergraduate students who, despite not having obtained the bachelor’s degree, have pending the TFG and, at most, up to 9 ECTS (including credits pending recognition or transfer) or who have completed their studies, but are waiting to achieve, if possible, transversal competence in a third language. Under no circumstances will students who access this route be able to obtain a master's degree if they have not previously obtained a bachelor's degree.

Candidates from other universities who are enrolled in all the credits to complete the studies that give access to the master's degree can apply for access. Acceptance will be conditioned to the fulfillment of the general and specific access and admission requirements at the time of formalizing the registration.

You will find all the information about the general Access requirements to UPC master's programs here.

The following factors or parameters are considered for admission to the Master's Degree in Environmental Engineering:

• Academic record (F1 = 40%)
  Weighting as established by the Academic regulations for Master's Programs at UPC-BarcelonaTech.
• Curriculum Vitae (F2 = 50%)
• Additional certified training (F3 = 10%)

The relationship between prior formation and the academic and professional competencies established for this master's degree will also be taken into account in the final weighting score.

You can check the results of the evaluation and selection of the applications for the current academic year here.

Check here the general admission requirements for UPC masters and information on pre-enrolment: calendar, how to apply for admission, how to reserve a place if the resolution is favourable, etc.

The master’s degree in Environmental Engineering is a strategic, high-level master’s programme aimed at training environmental engineers and providing them with the skills needed to take decisions and lead teams. Graduates will have the scientific and technical knowledge required to identify, measure, prevent and correct environmental problems, and the skills needed to define, select and develop appropriate solutions and technologies, technological and management tools, and related action programmes. The master’s degree combines advanced scientific content and applied engineering methods in a balanced way to produce graduates who are able to solve complex problems involving different aspects of environmental engineering or successfully undertake doctoral studies in these areas. Graduates are hired mainly by engineering and environmental consulting firms, construction companies, government agencies (local, provincial, regional and state-level), universities (doctoral-level teaching) and research institutes.

General competencies

Generic competencies are the skills that graduates acquire regardless of the specific course or field of study. The generic competencies established by the UPC are capacity for innovation and entrepreneurship, sustainability and social commitment, knowledge of a foreign language (preferably English), teamwork and proper use of information resources.

Specific competencies

On completing this master's degree, students will be able to:

• Conceptualise engineering within the framework of sustainable development.
• Know and familiarise themselves with legislation applicable in the sector and become involved by making proposals.
• Direct, coordinate and develop complete projects in all areas of environmental engineering.
• Identify and design solutions for environmental problems within an ethical, social and economic framework.
• Understand the interaction of their work with society and the environment, locally and globally, in order to identify possible challenges, risks and impacts and to design appropriate solutions.
• Design and use infrastructures and installations for purifying and treating water, correctly managing waste, maintaining air quality and the treating polluted sites, taking the regulatory and legal framework into account.
• Come up with systems for monitoring the quality of air, water and soil.
• Define, coordinate and implement environmental management systems and environmental impact studies.
• Be involved in the design of processes and products through the use of appropriate techniques (cleaner technologies, life cycle analysis, etc).
• Identify, design, construct, operate and deconstruct the systems of modern society, taking into account the legal, economic and social framework, which involves the management and the optimum use of natural resources.
• Develop new systems to protect people and the environment from existing environmental damage, while progressing towards sustainable development.
• Understand the contribution and the effect of their work in different cultural, social and political contexts.

Students enrolled at UPC for the Master's Degree in Environmental Engineering can access the following information:

Choose the subjects you want to study and simulate how your schedule will be with the UPC Timetable Viewer:

Wednesdays from 12:00 to 14:00 there are no classes and these periods can be used for cultural activities (culture period).

The Master's Thesis is an original exercise to be done individually and presented and defended before a university panel consisting in a project in the sphere of the specific civil engineering technologies synthesising and integrating the competences acquired on the course.

These are the defenses scheduled for the current call: