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JEMES - Joint European Master Programme in Environmental Studies – (M.Sc.)
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Faculty of Sciences and Environmental Science
| Application Deadline: | May 1 | ||
| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 3,000 ≈ € 8,000 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | Barcelona / Spain / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 24 months | Start Date: | September |
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| Credits (ECTS): | 120 | ||
| Languages: | English | ||
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The Joint European Master Programme in Environmental Studies (JEMES) is strongly interdisciplinary given its integration of practical and theoretical course units, its numerous projects and theses based on research, and the "change in perspective" experienced by students in the course of the degree.
By focusing on two different perspectives, Environmental Technology Engineering and Environmental Management Engineering, JEMES intertwines technological skills with management training by providing research-based courses and demanding learning experiences at a high level of academic excellence. You will choose one for each semester and then decide which specialisation you wish to take. The last semester will be reserved for your research thesis.
Your training will provide you with a solid and broad scientific foundation and important skills and abilities used in problem-solving, teamwork, management of complex environmental processes and analytical competence. You will additionally acquire skills which are important when dealing with intercultural exchanges, such as improving your communications skills and fluency in English, knowledge of other European languages and the creation of an invaluable network of contacts.
Mobility is compulsory in this master's degree and you must spend at least the second semester of your first year at another university.
Contents
JEMES allows you to design your study plan based on your interests and preferences. All JEMES students obtain 75% of their credits in one and 25 % in the other stream in order to obtain the 120 ECTS necessary to obtain the Master Degree. You can start in your preferred stream and switch to the other stream in the second semester. After that you will be asked to decide in which orientation to specialise. The third semester has a strong focus on project work; the fourth semester is devoted to research leading to the Masters thesis.
Semester Structure
The modules provided for JEMES within each stream assure complementarities of knowledge, avoiding any overlap. All students spend the first semester in one of the two streams and the second semester in the other. A general overview on environmental technology disciplines and on environmental management disciplines is offered (but not on beginners' level), assuring that the students coming from the other stream will be able to understand, to communicate and to deal with the relevant aspects of this orientation.
The third semester is at each institution characterised by its focus on project work, plus a range of courses that again reflect the different areas of expertise of the involved institutes. In the third semester, it may be (but must not be) a first step of research for the Master thesis. The subjects proposed for project work will be consulted beforehand with the other partners to ensure that they match with the interests of and the specialisations chosen by the students. Industrial partners who accept English-speaking candidates are available. Project work may also be done in research institutions, governmental institutions, or other enterprises. The students will be prompted to apply their knowledge about basic theories, concepts and methods to the real-world problems they will encounter in the projects. The underlying hypothesis of the consortium is that offering students both a profound theoretical education and a wide range of possibilities to make use of their knowledge to solve practical problems can best support the transfer from theory to practice.
In the fourth semester, Students perform research activities and write a Master Thesis within the research field of the university they choose as the host in their final semester.
Master thesis work shall be supervised by a local professor and a professor of a JEMES partner university.
An international Master
JEMES is an innovative Master in Environmental Studies offered jointly by:
* Technische Universität Hamburg-Harburg (TUHH), Germany
* Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Spain
* Universidade de Aveiro (UA), Portugal
* Aalborg Universitet (AAU), Denmark
JEMES is an exclusive high end programme that promotes students mobility. Participants are required to study in at least two of the partner universities in order to obtain a Joint Master Degree.
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Ideal student profile
Students with a degree in environmentalstudies, good English and a strong desire to develop research projects.
Admission
A joint committee with representatives from each university selects the students competitively. The selection criteria are:
* Candidates must hold a degree with a good overall mark in the field of environmentalstudies.
* Candidates must hold a TOEFL with a grade of 550 (PBT), 213 (CBT) or 79 (IBT) or equivalent certificates.
Selection criteria
* 1. The marks on your student record of subjects directly related to the master's degree.
* 2. Competency in English.
* 3. Cover letter.
* 4. Reference letters.
* 5. Academic awards and merits, publications.
* 6. Prior work experience.
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| TOEFL Paper-based: | 550 |
| TOEFL Computer-based: | 213 |
| TOEFL Internet-based: | 79 |
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