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Contamination threatens both the environment and drinking water sources and is a big problem worldwide. To find solutions it is important to be able to assess risk and develop new methods for the sustainable usage of soil and water.
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To create and support a sustainable and prosperous society involves more than just developing new technologies and acting sustainably as individuals: it also demands that we understand how technologies are adopted and propagated, how our daily activities and movements are affected by new policies and technologies, how these changes interact and spread across space, and how all these efforts lead to change in the cities and regions around us.
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The programme aims to equip students with the competencies, knowledge and tools needed to analyse environmental impacts and resource constraints, to suggest and develop mesures and to plan, lead, evaluate and follow up the effects of measures related to for example roduct development, land and resource use, energy systems, and large-scale urban planning processes.
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The LUMES programme is set in a unique interdisciplinary and international educational milieu, creating a setting that challenges students to broaden personal outlooks and sharpen critical thinking skills.
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Environmental Engineering and Sustainable Infrastructure provides the tools to solve futures environmental problems and water issues. Our courses in, for example, environmental assessment and water resources engineering prepare students for careers as environmental engineers.
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Sustainable development is a political vision that entails huge challenges for social and technical innovation all over the world.
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Safe water and sanitation are fundamental to human development. When people are deprived of these, they face diminished opportunities to realise their potential as human beings. The Millennium Development Goals provide a benchmark for measuring progress towards the human right to water.
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The M.Sc. program in Geological Sciences includes the study of processes that shape our planet, from the effects of plate tectonics on mountain building and basin development, to understanding causes behind volcanism and earthquakes.
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The EnvEuro programme is a co-operation between four European universities. The Master is focused on soil, water and biodiversity and the aim is to give students European and international perspectives on research as well as planning and management in the environmental sector.
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The peogramme gives you excellent qualifications for employment at research institutes, in government, in companies, as well as in public-private partnerships. More importantly, it provides a sound theoretical and practical basis for those who wish to contribute to sustainable change.
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Industrial and Environmental Biotechnology involves the understanding of how to design and operate life science based processes, which are optimized with respect to product quality and finance, but also how to make qualified decisions that will promote the formation of a sustainable society.
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Investments in infrastructure form a considerable part of the global economy. Hence safe, economic and sustainable development requires continued progress in civil engineering with a specialisation towards infrastructure and environment.