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Environmental Pollution and Risk Assessment – (M.Sc.)
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Faculty of Natural Resources and Agricultural Sciences
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| Application Deadline: | January 15 | ||
| Annual Tuition Fee: | Free - ≈ € 14,927 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | Uppsala / Sweden / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 24 months | Start Date: | September |
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| Credits (ECTS): | 120 | ||
| Languages: | English | ||
Location of Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
THE PROGRAMME WILL NOT START AUTUMN 2012.
There are currently many thousands of land areas in the world that are polluted with metals and organic toxins. How serious are the environmental risks and other risk factors? There are numerous cases where the magnitude of environmental risks must be assessed. This programme provides knowledge and training in the methods used in these assessments.
As awareness of the spread of metals and toxins in nature grows, public authorities and companies are subject to increasingly vigorous demands for action. Risk assessments are becoming more and more popular as a tool used by experts in environmental protection work to evaulate various types of risk. These may involve the risk of toxic compounds leaching from contaminated industrial land or of nutrients and pesticide residues leaching from farmland into neighbouring lakes and seas.
Mankind is also facing the challenge of creating a more recycling-based society, without adverse impacts on the environment or human health. Risk assessments are becoming very much important troughout the world.
Future Prospects
The programme has a unique profile, which in combination with a growing demand for experts and personnel able to assess risks, means that the employment prosepects are good. Potential employers include environmental consulting companies, local and regular authorities, chemicals agencies and environmental protection agencies. The programme also provides the opportunity for further postgraduate studies in this field.
Contents
This programme is aimed at students with a Bachelors degree in natural science, specialising in biology, chemistry, geoscience/soil science or environmental science, and who are seeking a career in environmental risk assessment.
The programme will provide deeper knowledge of the dispersal of environmental pollutants in nature, the impact they have on the environment and how they affect various life forms. The programme includes courses in soil and water chemistry, transport processes in soil and water, environmental microbiology, ecotoxicology, sampling and data evaluation, environmental systems analysis, sewage and waste management, pesticide use, soil remediation, environmental law, microbial risk analysis and risk assessment methodology.
The programme also presents a range of examples of the way risk assessment methods are applied in Sweden and elsewhere. The programme is based on lectures, seminars, project work and laboratory practicals and concludes with a Master´s project.
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Requirements
1. Previous studies
Equivalent to Bachelor's degree of 180 credits including 90 credits in one of the following subjects:
- - Biology
- - Chemistry
- - Soil Science, Geo Science
- - Environmental Science
- - Forest Science
- - Technology
Knowledge equivalent to at least 20 credits in Biology, at least 20 credits in Chemistry and at least 10 credits in Soil Science or Geo Science alternative knowledge equivalent to at least 15 credits in Biology, at least 15 credits in Chemistry and at least 20 credits in Soil Science or Geo Science is required.
2. Language requirements
Knowledge equivalent to English B from upper secondary school. Required results at internationally recognized tests are:
- TOEFL paperbased: Score of 4.5 (scale 1-6) in written test and a total score of 575
- TOEFL internetbased: Score of 20 (scale 0-30) in written test and a total score of 90
- IELTS: An overall mark of 6.5 and no section below 5.5
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| IELTS Band: | 6.0 |
| TOEFL Paper-based: | 575 |
| TOEFL Internet-based: | 90 |
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