Mälardalen University

Master's Programme in Environmental Engineering for Sustainable Development

This online programme is one of the first international Master's programmes in Environmental Engineering in Europe. It will give you enhanced knowledge about environmental challenges, including how to address these issues while contributing to sustainable development.

We strive to develop state-of-the-art knowledge, models, and processes that form the core of the environmental engineering discipline. Our goal is to contribute to a sustainable solution to these problems by equipping the next generation of environmental leaders with the knowledge they will need to succeed.

• Degree: Degree of Master of Science (120 credits) in Environmental Engineering

The overall goal of the Master's programme in Environmental Engineering for Sustainable Development (120 credits) is to provide students with advanced knowledge and abilities within the field of environmental engineering and sustainable development. The programme offers a dynamic and relevant on-line distance education, to meet the increased need of digitalisation, lifelong learning, flexibility and gender equality. The programme prepares students to meet the expectations of private and public actors in the field of environmental engineering. In addition, the programme prepares students for a research career in the subject.

Entirely online

Though the programme is based entirely online, we provide ample opportunities for interaction with fellow classmates as well as lecturers in the programme, through our modern digital platforms.

Strongly correlated with ongoing research

This Master's programme is hosted by the Division of Environmental Engineering and Energy Processes at Mälardalen University, where a group of internationally recognised researchers investigate the most significant environmental challenges facing us today.

Our Master’s programme is strongly correlated with our ongoing research, allowing us to provide insight into the current state of the field as well as emerging technologies. You will thus be well prepared for a future career in environmental engineering, including working or conducting research in related fields.

Year 1

• Environmental Engineering:
• Climate change and energy: past, present and future, 7.5 credits
• Atmospheric pollution and air quality, 7.5 credits
• Applied statistics in engineering, 2.5 credits
• Scientific methods in environmental engineering, 5 credits
• Freshwater treatment and management, 7.5 credits
• Sustainable cities and infrastructure, 7.5 credits
• Sustainable production and consumption, 7.5 credits
• Resource recovery and solid waste management, 7.5 credits
  • Climate change and energy: past, present and future, 7.5 credits
  • Atmospheric pollution and air quality, 7.5 credits
  • Applied statistics in engineering, 2.5 credits
  • Scientific methods in environmental engineering, 5 credits
  • Freshwater treatment and management, 7.5 credits
  • Sustainable cities and infrastructure, 7.5 credits
  • Sustainable production and consumption, 7.5 credits
  • Resource recovery and solid waste management, 7.5 credits
• Mathematics/Applied Mathematics:
• Applied mathematics for environmental engineers, 7.5 credits
  • Applied mathematics for environmental engineers, 7.5 credits

Year 2

Elective 15 credits

• Environmental Engineering:
• Environmental economics, 2.5 credits
• Industrial dynamics, 2.5 credits
• Circular economy in the context of environmental engineering, 2.5 credits
• Digital remote sensing and GIS in environmental engineering, 7.5 credits
• Multivariate data analysis in engineering, 7.5 credits
• System modelling in environmental engineering, 7.5 credits
  • Environmental economics, 2.5 credits
  • Industrial dynamics, 2.5 credits
  • Circular economy in the context of environmental engineering, 2.5 credits
  • Digital remote sensing and GIS in environmental engineering, 7.5 credits
  • Multivariate data analysis in engineering, 7.5 credits
  • System modelling in environmental engineering, 7.5 credits

Elective 15 credits

• Environmental Engineering:
• Humanitarian engineering, 7.5 credits
• Biomass utilization and conversion, 7.5 credits
• Real-time analysis in environmental engineering, 7.5 credits
• Wastewater treatment and management, 7.5 credits
  • Humanitarian engineering, 7.5 credits
  • Biomass utilization and conversion, 7.5 credits
  • Real-time analysis in environmental engineering, 7.5 credits
  • Wastewater treatment and management, 7.5 credits
• Environmental Engineering:
• Degree project in environmental engineering, 30 credits
  • Degree project in environmental engineering, 30 credits

This programme will give you an in-depth understanding of current and future environmental challenges, and provide you with tools to meet these challenges through a lens of sustainable development.

Future employers of our graduates include industry, consulting firms and public organisations (such as municipalities and government agencies) in fields related to environmental engineering.

You can also choose to continue your career as a researcher by applying for postgraduate studies after you have completed your degree.

Teaching on the program consists of web-based lectures, seminars, project work and laboratory work. All teaching takes place on-line on distance, which means that the student is responsible for setting aside time for the studies based on the dates given for different examinations within each course in the programme. The courses are examined through digital written and/or oral exams, and/or continuously during the course through e.g. seminar reports and assignments.