Environmental Technology – (M.Sc.)

With a Master Degree in Environmental Technology there will be plenty of opportunities to work within the most challenging and interesting fields in both offshore and onshore companies.

By completion of the program the candidate can participate in technical and scientific projects regarding water environment and pollution. This includes management, planning, carry out and final reporting and/or publishing. The candidate will be able to evaluate and analyse environmental conditions in water and suggest actions in order to improve the condition. This also includes laboratory testing of methods, analysis of chemical compounds and evaluation and implementing of the results. The link between theory and practice is essential in the study program and the candidate is given insight and practical training in applying these links in design and operation of treatment plants for water and wastewater.

Introduction

UiS offers two postgraduate engineering specializations in environmental technology. We aim to provide motivated students with the knowledge and skills necessary to become responsible water managers and engineers. Students that want to pursue a career in the oil and gas industry, or among the many offshore related service and research companies, are offered a full time MSc in Offshore Environmental Engineering. Our MSc specialization in Water Science and Technology is offered to students that want to focus on aquatic chemistry and ecology, and technologies for water and wastewater treatment.

Water is life. This incredible chemical with its numerous anomalies is the fundamental nutrient and ecosystem component for all living organisms. We drink it, grow food in it, swim in it, sail on it, wash in it, discharge into it, and we totally depend on it. Historic and modern, rural and urban, small and large societies all depends on water. Civilizations are found, and are still largely established in the vicinity of water resources. Modern infrastructures secure safe quality transport of drinking and process water and provide hygienic and environmentally sound end user treatment for discharges into natural water bodies. Or at least; that is the idea. Industrialisation, urbanisation and modernisation set higher quality standards for required water and at the same time produce waste products with detrimental effects on natural aquatic habitats. We are therefore required to secure responsible management of our water resources based on thorough knowledge of aquatic physical, chemical and biological processes combined with mastering available technologies for analysis and remediation. And who require this? We do. We all do.

Environmental Science and Engineering at UiS started in 1977 with the establishment of a BEng in Environmental Engineering. The first Master programme was offered in 1995 in Offshore Environmental Engineering. Currently there is 30 bachelor and an equivalent number of master students to promote sustainable and sound use of our most precious resource. Come join us!