Environmental Technology (ETE)
Environmental Technology (ETE) develops and evaluates innovative environmental technologies and concepts based on processes from nature, to recover and reuse essential components and maintain and create a viable environment.
More about this thesis track
Research Focus
Our research is divided into three themes:
1. Biorecovery
Residual streams of cities, industries, agriculture and mines become increasingly attractive as a source of energy, metals, and minerals. Our research focuses on bio-based technologies for recovery of valuable components from these sources in the form of fuels, electricity, sulphur, copper, and phosphate.
2. Resuable water
Water shortage threatens billions of people. Reuse and protection of our water resources are essential. Our research focuses on removal and recovery of salts, nutrients, pathogens and micropollutants from water.
3. Urban System Engineering
Scale and speed of urbanization leads to new challenges for our urban services. Closed resource cycles are necessary. Our research focuses on development of sustainable concepts and technologies for urban water, sanitation, waste and energy management.
Students can learn more about the education and research related to this discipline by visiting the website of the Environmental Technology group.
Courses
The following courses are part of the MSc programme Environmental Sciences when selecting the thesis track Environmental Technology. Besides these courses, for the common part of the programme several supporting courses are available which have to be taken if your study adviser deems it necessary (these are not listed in the table below, but summarized in the programme outline). Also, there is room for optional subjects which you may use to broaden your scope or to deepen your knowledge on a topic in your specialisation. For more information visit the study handbook or contact the study adviser.
| Subject | Code | Period* | Phase |
|---|---|---|---|
| Compulsory | |||
| Environmental Quality and Governance | ENP-35806 | 2AF, 5AF | M1 |
| General Safety ** | ZSS06000 | M1 | |
| Fieldwork Safety ** | ZSS06200 | M1 | |
| Compulsory unless your study advisor advises otherwise: | |||
| Principles of Environmental Sciences | ESA-20806 | 1AF, 4WD | M1 |
| Research Methodology in Environmental Science | YRM-20306 | 1MO, 2MO | M1 |
| Restricted optional: select one out of these four options *** | |||
| Research Master Cluster: Proposal Writing | YWU60312 | ||
| European Workshop Environmental Sciences and Management | ESA-60312 | 1WD, 6WD | M1 |
| Environmental Education and Learning for Sustainability and Teaching, Learning and Capacity Building for Sustainable Development | ELS-31806+ ELS-32806 | 6WD | M1 |
| Academic Consultancy Training and Modular Skills Training (MOS) **** | YMC-60809 | 1WD, 2WD, 3WD+4WD, 5WD,6WD | M1 |
| Minors (optional) | |||
| Environmental Education | |||
| Environmental Communication |
| Subject | Code | Period* | Phase |
|---|---|---|---|
| Compulsory | |||
| Laboratory safety ** | ZSS06100 | ||
| MSc Internship Environmental Technology | ETE-70424 | 1,2,3,4,5,6 | M2 |
| MSc Thesis Environmental Technology | ETE-80436 | 1,2,3,4,5,6 | M2 |
| Compulsory unless advised otherwise | |||
| Fundamentals of Environmental Technology | ETE-24804 | 2MO | M1 |
| Introductory Thermodynamics A | PCC-21802 | 2MO | M1 |
| Restricted optional: select (at least) two | |||
| Environmental Electrochemical Engineering | ETE-35306 | 5MO | M1 |
| Processes for Water Treatment and Reuse | ETE-30806 | 5AF | M1 |
| Biological Processes for Resource Recovery | ETE-30306 | 4WD | M1 |
| * MO = morning; AF= afternoon; WD = whole day | |||
| ** e-learning | |||
| *** The restricted optional subjects have to be selected in consultation and agreement with the study adviser. | |||
| **** To get the list of the skills courses, go to Osiris Course Catalogue, select “courses’ in the green menu bar. On the left side (grey area) click “Modular Skills Training Course (MOS)” and check the box “Yes, this is a Modular Skills Training courses” | |||
| This course overview is based on the Wageningen University study handbook. The study handbook is guiding in case of any discrepancy. |
Below you can see how your schedule might look like:
