Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Engineering for Environmental Sustainability and International Cooperation (EESIC)
Trento, Italy
M.Eng. (Master of Engineering)
DURATION
2 years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
10 Feb 2026*
EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2026
TUITION FEES
EUR 8,000 / per year **
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* *The application deadline for all candidates is 10 February 2026
** **Possible scholarships or 75% fee reduction (i.e. EUR 6.000 less / year; reduced tuition fees = EUR 2.000 / year)
Engineering for Environmental Sustainability and International Cooperation (EESIC) is a new Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters (EMJM) project jointly managed by the University of Trento (Italy), coordinator, the Instituto Superior Técnico - Universidade de Lisboa (Portugal), and the Universitat Politècnica de València (Spain).
EESIC is a two-year (120 ECTS) MSc programme shaping global engineers for a sustainable future. EESIC creates a new profile of graduates combining a strong engineering background with interdisciplinary and global competencies (open mindset, problem-solving attitude, intercultural understanding, management of complex problems) and builds a hub in Europe and in the world, together with selected Associate Partners, for the topics of sustainability in environmental engineering in the context of international cooperation.
Scholarships and tuition fees for Non-EU Citizens living abroad
EESIC offers Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters (EMJM) scholarships to the most deserving students from all over the world.
The scholarship amount is 1,400 Euros/month and it is a contribution to the costs incurred by the beneficiary students. Scholarship holders will not be charged tuition fees or other mandatory costs related to student participation in the EESIC Programme.
The EMJM scholarship will cover the entire duration of the Master programme (max 24 months), and should cover all the programme-related costs, including study, research, annual meetings, placement activities, project work, thesis preparation and defence, etc. in line with the requirement of the joint Master.
The scholarship will be awarded in full and to full-time students. Students who have previously obtained an EMJM scholarship are not eligible to apply for an additional scholarship under the EMJM.
Additional scholarships for targeted regions
EESIC applicants can benefit from additional EMJM scholarships for students from the following specific targeted regions of the world:
- Region 1 Western Balkans
- Region 3 Southern Neighbourhood
- Region 5 Asia
- Region 6 Central Asia
- Region 7 Middle East
- Region 8 Pacific
- Region 9 Sub-Saharan Africa
- Region 10 Latin America
- Region 11 Caribbean
Fees and fee reductions
For students admitted without a scholarship, the fees are €8,000 per year.
Fee reductions are attributed to some best-ranked candidates that did not receive the scholarship and correspond to 75% of the overall student fee (i.e., students with fee-waiver will have to pay only €2,000 per year).
Scholarships and tuition fees for EU Citizens and Non-EU citizens regularly living in Italy
EESIC offers Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters (EMJM) scholarships to the most deserving students from all over the world.
The scholarship amount is 1,400 Euros/month and it is a contribution to the costs incurred by the beneficiary students. Scholarship holders will not be charged tuition fees or other mandatory costs related to student participation in the EESIC Programme.
The EMJM scholarship will cover the entire duration of the Master programme (max 24 months), and should cover all the programme-related costs, including study, research, annual meetings, placement activities, project work, thesis preparation and defence, etc. in line with the requirement of the joint Master.
The scholarship will be awarded in full and to full-time students. Students who have previously obtained an EMJM scholarship are not eligible to apply for an additional scholarship under the EMJM.
Additional scholarships for targeted regions
EESIC applicants can benefit from additional EMJM scholarships for students from the following specific targeted regions of the world:
- Region 1 Western Balkans
- Region 3 Southern Neighbourhood
- Region 5 Asia
- Region 6 Central Asia
- Region 7 Middle East
- Region 8 Pacific
- Region 9 Sub-Saharan Africa
- Region 10 Latin America
- Region 11 Caribbean
Fees and fee reductions
For students admitted without a scholarship, the fees are €8,000 per year.
Fee reductions are attributed to some best-ranked candidates that did not receive the scholarship and corresponds to 75% of the overall student fee (i.e., students with fee-waiver will have to pay only €2,000 per year).
1st Semester (30 ECTS) at the Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
- Environmental Modelling
- Environmental and Natural Resource Economics
- Impact Assessment
- Air Quality Management and Climate Change
- Elective course to be chosen among:
- Remote Sensing
- Machine Learning
- Decision Support Models
2nd Semester (30 ECTS) at the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), Spain
- Surface and Groundwater Hydrological Modelling
- Sustainability in Civil Engineering
- Climate Change and Water Resources Planning and Management
- Water Quality and Wastewater Treatment
- Solid Waste Management and Soil Pollution
- Elective course to be chosen among:
- Hydraulic Infrastructures
- Sustainable Ports and Marine Transportation
- Climate Change and Coastal Resilience
- Solar Photovoltaic Energy and Water Management
3rd Semester (30 ECTS) at the University of Trento (UniTrento), Italy
- Engineering for International Sustainable Development: Methods
- Nature-based Solutions for Urban Sustainability
- Water and Sediment Management for Sustainable Development
- Near-zero-energy Technologies for Waste and Sanitation
- Elective course to be chosen among:
- Renewable Energies
- Applied Ecology
- Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Applications
4th Semester (30 ECTS)
Engineering for International Sustainable Development: Project work
Research thesis (at one of the Partners or Associate Partners)
EESIC will create a new profile of graduates combining a strong engineering background
- to mitigate natural disaster risks, particularly hydrological and hydrogeological hazards linked to climate change and land use change;
- to design sustainable and equitable water supply, drainage, and flood protection infrastructures also with nature-based solutions;
- to reduce pollution and provide sanitation systems tailored to regional needs;
- to ensure sustainable access to natural resources, preserve biodiversity, minimize environmental impacts, and enhance ecosystem services with professional skills and global competencies, including open mindset, initiative-taking perspective, problem-solving attitude, intercultural understanding, critical thinking, problem framing, adaptability.
with professional skills and global competencies, including open mindset, initiative-taking perspective, problem-solving attitude, intercultural understanding, critical thinking, problem framing, adaptability.
EESIC will increase the awareness of engineers about the importance of environmental sustainability, and providing them with the necessary knowledge and competences to quantify and detect key drivers in complex systems, to formulate alternative, environmental-friendly solutions that also ensure social inclusion and economic competitiveness.
EESIC will increase the ability to critically understand the socio-economic and cultural factors that mostly affect engineering design within environmental projects, by enhancing their ability to work with others from different contexts and by adopting viewpoints that are based on novel understanding of local, real-world contexts.
Anthropogenic interventions can produce opportunities and threats on the fragile equilibrium between the natural and the built environment. EESIC aims at training future environmental engineers not only providing cutting-edge technical knowledge, but also nurturing their capability of dealing with complex and controversial situations, educating them to recognize the crucial role of the cultural milieu for the success of an intervention.
This is key for international cooperation for development, where the knowledge of the local context controls the success or failure of technical projects, and also in any other engineering context in which conflicting interests, cultural acceptance and other local factors play a crucial role. Training engineers to work in complex contexts, where the solution of the problem is not unique and not purely technical, is a challenge that higher education institutions must face.