Environmental Engineering (2024 program)
The Master's Degree in Environmental Engineering is an interdisciplinary program that delves into the fundamental concepts and criteria for understanding the relationships between human action and the environment. It provides advanced knowledge in technologies for identifying, preventing, managing, and remedying pollution in different environmental vectors, as well as fundamental tools for ensuring quality, environmental management, and sustainable development.
his master's program offers the possibility to specialize in three optional tracks:
- Environmental Technologies
- Hydrology and Water Resources
- Sustainability and Energy
| Academic year starts in | Fall semester (Q1): September Spring semester (Q2): February |
| Duration | 1.5 years |
| Study load | 90 ECTS (including 30 ECTS of the Master's Thesis) |
| Minimum academic progress | The minimum academic progress for first year students is 30 ECTS. |
| Delivery | On-campus |
| Enrolment |
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| Language | Spanish |
| Places | 40 |
| Official degree | Master's Degree in Environmental Engineering by the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (recorded in the Spanish Ministry of Education's degree register) |
| Fees | |
| Academic coordinator | Daniel Fernández García |
Specific admission requirements
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.
Admission criteria
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.
Pre-enrolment and enrolment
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.
Educational objectives
The Master's Degree in Environmental Engineering is an interdisciplinary program that delves into the fundamental concepts and criteria for understanding the relationships between human action and the environment. It provides advanced knowledge in technologies for identifying, preventing, managing, and remediating pollution in different environmental vectors, as well as fundamental tools for ensuring quality, environmental management, and sustainable development.
Career opportunities
The Master's Degree in Environmental Engineering at UPC is a strategic and high-level program aimed at training environmental engineers prepared for decision-making and team leadership. They possess scientific and technical knowledge for identifying, measuring, preventing, and addressing environmental issues. They are capable of defining, selecting, and developing appropriate solutions and technologies, as well as technological tools, management strategies, and action programs. Consequently, the program balances advanced scientific subjects with applied engineering knowledge, resulting in professionals capable of solving complex environmental engineering problems across various domains or successfully pursuing doctoral programs in these fields. The companies that hire students from this master's program include environmental engineering firms, consulting companies, construction companies, public administrations (local, provincial, regional, national), universities (doctoral teaching), and research institutes.
Training and Learning Outcomes
Knowledge or content
- Identify, define, and propose appropriate technological and management solutions for environmental problems.
- Analyze systems, environmental issues, and their solutions using models, as well as evaluate them.
Skills
- Apply scientific concepts to environmental problems and correlate them with technological concepts.
- Design conventional and unconventional solutions to solve environmental problems and develop mass and energy balances.
- Acquire basic working skills specific to environmental engineering (organizational skills, observation skills, ability to interpret information) in the laboratory and in the field, and identify methods and instrumentation for determining environmental quality parameters.
Competencies
- Develop practical approaches, with an economic perspective and in accordance with applicable environmental legislation, for environmental management instruments and environmental impact assessments.
- Plan interventions in the environment considering project evaluation parameters, develop and organize basic documentation, and analyze its technical, economic, and environmental feasibility.
- Design conventional and advanced unconventional solutions to environmental problems and develop mass and energy balances.
- Carry out, present, and defend, before a university tribunal, an original exercise conducted individually, consisting of a comprehensive study or project in the field of Environmental Engineering, synthesizing the competencies acquired in the studies, adopting advances and innovations in this field, and contributing new ideas.
- If you wish to obtain a track (optional), you must pass the 4 elective courses specific to the desired track.
COURSES |
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| First year | ||
| Fall semester | ECTS | Type |
| Biogeochemical processes modeling | 5 | Mand |
| Energy efficiency and decarbonization | 5 | Mand |
| Ecological engineering | 5 | Mand |
| Climate change and global warming | 5 | Mand |
| Life cycle analysis and sustainability | 5 | Mand |
| Contaminants in the natural environment | 5 | Mand |
| Spring semester | ECTS | Type |
| Environmental Technologies Track | ||
| Water and Waste Treatment Plant Management | 5 | Opt |
| Environmental Engineering Laboratory | 5 | Opt |
| Bioproducts and Bioenergy Recovery | 5 | Opt |
| Nature-Based Solutions | 5 | Opt |
| Hydrology and Water Resources track | ||
| Environmental Oceanography | 5 | Opt |
| Urban Hydrology and Flood Risk | 5 | Opt |
| Water Resources and Integrated Management | 5 | Opt |
| Contaminant Transport Modeling | 5 | Opt |
| Energy and Natural Resources track | ||
| Geomechanics for Energy and Environment | 5 | Opt |
| Digitalization and Artificial Intelligence | 5 | Opt |
| Eco-Materials, Recycling, and Reuse | 5 | Opt |
| Environmental Project Management | 5 | Opt |
| Second year | ||
| Primer quadrimestre | ECTS | Type |
| Master's Thesis | 30 | Mand |
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.
List of master's theses currently scheduled for public presentation:
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Contact
- Admission:
admissions.masters.camins@upc.edu - Information enrolled students:
masters.camins@upc.edu