Kaunas University of Technology
PhD in Environmental Engineering
Kaunas, Lithuania
PhD
DURATION
4 years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
01 Sep 2026
TUITION FEES
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Key Summary
- Double degree programme with the University of Bologna, Italy
- Joint doctoral studies with Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuanian Energy Institute (coordinating institution: Kaunas University of Technology).
Joint doctoral studies in Environmental Engineering are designed to enable students become first-rate interdisciplinary researchers and acquire the knowledge and skills to succeed in both academic and non-academic career. PhD students of this programme have a possibility to acquire a double PhD degree with the University of Bologna (Italy).
The main objective of the programme is to educate first-rate interdisciplinary researchers, who are able to develop systemic innovations to improve and maintain the environment for the protection of human health, for the protection of nature’s beneficial ecosystems, and for the environment-related enhancement of the quality of human life, at the same time maintaining compatibility in business and industry.
Students admitted to state-funded places of doctoral studies receive a monthy scholarship. PhD students may receive additional funding for their scientific activies, excellent results of studies and scientific research or for participation in the international scientific conferences, seminars, and science competitions.
Study program modules
Main modules
- Biosystems Engineering
- Modern Environmental Protection Technologies
- Sustainable Development of Renewable Energy
- Sustainable Industrial Development
Alternative modules
- Advanced Solid Waste Treatment Technologies
- Agricultural Waste Decontamination, Processing and Recycling
- Environmental Geographic Information Systems
- Life Cycle Assessment
- Product Ecodesign
- Production, Usage and Environmental Influence of Biofuel and Biolubricant
- Sustainable Energy
- Theory and Technologies of Air Pollution Abatement
- Water Quality Modelling
Elective modules
- Chemicals Risk Management
- Environmental Management
- Environmentally Friendly Technological Processes in Agriculture
- Nanotechnologies and Environmental Protection
- Physical - Chemical Analysis Methods of Environmental Pollution
- Sustainable Development of Cities
- Thermodynamic Processes in Biotechnology
- Vibroacoustic Processes in the System "Human-Machine-Environment"
Core skills modules
- Academic and Technical Research Writing
- Design Thinking in Research
- Digital Support and Tools for Research Writing and Publication
- Research Data Management
- Research Ethics
- Research Project grant Management
- Science Communication for the Public
- Systematic Literature Review
The main objective of the programme – to educate first-rate interdisciplinary researchers, who are able to develop systemic innovations to improve and maintain the environment for the protection of human health, for the protection of nature’s beneficial ecosystems, and for the environment-related enhancement of the quality of human life, at the same time maintaining compatibility in business and industry.
Doctor of Science
This program is delivered in both English and Lithuanian.