Master of Science in Environmental Engineering for Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation
Rome, Italy
MSc
DURATION
2 years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
TUITION FEES
EUR 1,500 / per year **
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* visa seeking candidates: april 29, 2024
** tuition for our bachelor's and master's programs is € 300-1500/year
Key Summary
About: The Master of Science in Environmental Engineering for Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation at Sapienza gives advanced technical training in mitigation, adaptation, and resilience. You’ll study infrastructure design, risk assessment, environmental management, hydrology, and climate-resilient engineering linked to policy. The programme readies you for consultancy, public-sector engineering, project management, or research across varied regulatory and climatic contexts.
Career Outcomes: Graduates can work in public authorities, technical services, private companies, consultancy firms, and research or higher education institutions, in roles such as environmental engineer, climate adaptation specialist, resilience planner, consultant, project manager, policy analyst, or researcher, and sustainability roles globally.
The Master Programme in Environmental Engineering for Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation provides an advanced technical background for careers in environmental engineering, particularly in consultancy, planning, design, and management of actions, structures, and infrastructures for mitigation of and improvement in environmental resilience to climate change effects.
First-year
First semester
- Urban Climatology
- Sustainable development and planning
- Groundwater management and treatment
Second semester
- Hydraulic risk adaptation and mitigation measures
- Landslides and slope engineering
- Greenhouse gases: control and treatment
Second year
First semester
- Waste management and its role in climate change
- Environmental Geophysics
Second semester
- Final thesis project
- At the student's choice
- Computing and telematic skills
The Master's Degree Course in Environmental and Territorial Engineering aims to train an engineering professional in the field of mitigation of the effects of climate change, management of water resources, prevention and control of pollution, environmental recovery, land protection, and soil defense, who can analyze problems, create models to support decisions, plan and design actions and interventions of environmental and territorial interest using modern and innovative approaches, techniques and tools, generally interdisciplinary.
Specific competencies of graduates include:
- Methods and techniques for the identification of climate change effects and monitoring/control of environmental compartments
- Policies and international guidelines to contrast climate change
- Modeling of climate systems and their interactions with anthropic systems
- Planning, design, and implementation of measures and interventions to prevent and mitigate climate change impacts
- Management of natural disasters and water scarcity associated with climate change; management and protection of natural resources
- Solid waste management and materials/energy recovery from residues; design of actions and technologies for greenhouse gas emissions.
We can offer such convenient rates thanks to public funding from the Italian Ministry of Higher Education. Additionally, students can apply for various scholarships available at different levels, awarded based on academic merit and/or family income.
Graduates in Environmental Engineering for Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation will find professional career opportunities, in Europe and abroad, in:
- Public authorities, institutions, and control agencies
- Technical services
- Private companies and large enterprises
- Consultancy and environmental counseling firms
- Research and higher education institutions