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Sustainability is one of the most challenging and rapidly growing areas in both the public and private sectors. With increasing recognition of the impact of a world living beyond its possibility, the commitment to sustainable development to meet the needs of present generations without jeopardising those of the future has never been more apparent.
The scope of Master's Degree in Sustainable Management of Natural Resources is to meet this challenge. This Master's Degree offers a genuinely interdisciplinary approach to sustainable resource management. It affords students the opportunity to acquire research skills, to develop theoretical understanding of key issues, and also, importantly aspects of the practical and professional skills required by employers.

Learning objectives and outcomes

The Master’s Degree in Sustainable Management of Natural Resources is characterized by a strong interdisciplinary nature of its training path, configured to train a professionally complex figure who should intervene in multiple occupational areas of the sustainability.

The new Master’s Degree in Sustainable Management of Natural Resources aims to train master’s graduates with the ability to conceive, plan, design and manage works, systems, plants and services in the various areas of interest of the environmental engineering:

  • Sustainable management of water resources, quality monitoring and pollution prevention of environmental matrices (air, water, soil), the treatment of emissions in solid, liquid and aeriform form and the remediation of polluted sites;
  • The use and management of natural resources, raw materials, by-products and energy resources, with particular regard to those deriving from renewable sources, and the treatment, recovery and disposal of civil and industrial waste;
  • The management of the land and the built environment, the improvement of the functional, energy and environmental performance of structures and infrastructures, and the assessments of the environmental impact of civil and industrial activities.

The specific skills which will be acquired by the end of the course include:

  • A thorough knowledge of the theoretical-scientific aspects of engineering, mathematics and other basic sciences and be able to use this knowledge to identify, formulate and solve engineering problems for the environment and the territory, characterized by high complexity, according to a systemic vision and an integrated and interdisciplinary approach;
  • The acquisition of the principles and tools for the design of engineering works, systems, plants and services of interest to the environment;
  • The acquisition of the adequate awareness of the need for active protection of the natural environment, sustainable management of natural resources and reduction of the ecological footprint according to the principles of the circular economy;
  • The ability to understand the complex interactions between anthropogenic activities and natural systems, recognizing the value of resources and ecosystem services, to ensure the protection of the environment through the minimization of elements of fragility and the optimization of resilience to changes climate, hydro-geological instability, seismic events and, more generally, extreme events;
  • The ability to use information and telecommunications technologies in the representation of the territory and in the acquisition, management and interpretation of data obtained from remote sensing and distributed monitoring networks;
  • The ability to consciously design, implement and use physical, mathematical and numerical models for the simulation of environmental phenomena and processes, knowing how to critically interpret the results;
  • The knowledge of the problems of safety and health protection in natural and anthropic, civil and industrial environments.

a new deal
for the next generations

Why choose this degree course?

This innovative Master’s Degree programme is open to applicants from all disciplinary backgrounds and promotes leadership and embraces action-based, experiential learning, facilitated through a series of lectures, work placements and group projects. The programme fosters critical thinking and promotes the use of initiative for problem-solving and decision-making in sustainable development.

Graduates in the Master’s Degree in Sustainable Management of Natural Resources will be able to find employment opportunities in the national and international work market in professional firms, consulting and design firms, construction companies, management and maintenance of civil works, infrastructures and plants, manufacturing or service companies, public and private entities, managers and concessionaires of works, networks and services, operating:

– in the planning, design, construction and management of works, systems, plants and services for the protection of water bodies, remediation of natural and anthropogenic systems, remediation of contaminated environmental matrices, treatment of primary and waste water and emissions into the atmosphere, management of water resources, raw materials, by-products and energy resources, the management of the waste cycle;

– in the planning, design, construction and management of environmental monitoring systems, infrastructures, systems and service networks;

– in the assessment of the environmental impacts and compatibility of civil and industrial works and interventions, in the strategic environmental assessment of territorial plans and programs, in the safety of work and construction sites and in the protection of workers’ health;

– in the research, development and production of innovative technological solutions for the environment.

Master’s graduates in the class will also be able to find employment:

– at universities and research institutions, in the field of higher education and research;

– in companies operating on the market through quantitative analyses of the value of the environment and its ecosystem services.

Duration: 2 years;
Start date: October 1, 2021;
Total amount of hours ( number of ECTS credits ) : 3000 hours ( 120 ECTS credits );

Admission requirements:
Master’s Degree in: Environmental Engineering, Civil Engineering, Earth Science, Environmental Science and/or equivalent.

Bachelor’s Degree in: Environmental Engineering, Civil Engineering, Earth Science, Environmental Science and/or equivalent.
Language skills in English: B1 and/or higher levels.

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Elective Courses

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