Master Environmental Engineering

Admission requirement is a qualified Bachelor's or Diplom degree with an overall grade of 2.5 or better in the field of environmental engineering. Students with a Bachelor's degree of 180 CP must acquire an additional 30 CP in order to achieve the 300 CP required for the Master's degree course in Environmental Engineering. Students with a Bachelor's degree without a practical module, which includes a practical phase of at least 12 weeks, must still complete a corresponding module.

A detailed description of the admission requirements can be found in the examination regulations (BBPO).

The efficient and careful use of resources is becoming increasingly important. The aim is to reuse raw materials as often as possible, to keep them in the material cycle for as long as possible and then to utilize their energy potential, for example through incineration or fermentation. Environmental engineers take this into account when planning, building and operating recycling, biogas or sewage treatment plants as well as other environmental engineering systems; however, the requirements are becoming increasingly complex overall. In the Master's degree course in Environmental Engineering, students deepen their specialist knowledge and acquire comprehensive skills to take on challenging management, research, development and design tasks in environmental engineering. They pay particular attention to the increasingly important aspects of plant safety and occupational health and safety in the planning, construction and operation of environmental engineering plants, supplemented by specialist knowledge of environmental law and business management aspects and environmental and sustainability assessment.

Students majoring in water and environment or studying environmental engineering with an interest in water subjects can enrol in an information Moodle course, which is used to distribute special announcements, information on theses or job advertisements, for example.

The Master's degree course in Environmental Engineering is structured in such a way that students can specialize quickly. Practical phases with real-life projects play a major role, as they will later in their professional lives. Knowledge is deepened in seminars, lectures, exercises and laboratories. Interdisciplinary modules broaden the view of the social dimensions of the profession. The Master's thesis is written in the final semester.

The course is divided into modules .

• A modules: In-depth and specialist modules with a high proportion of independent work. These are often projects to be completed independently.
• B modules: Preparatory in-depth and specialist modules with mostly seminar-style teaching. The aim is usually to prepare students for the A modules.
• B modules: To be chosen from the entire range of courses offered by Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences. The aim is to strengthen interdisciplinary skills in line with the general studies approach. The content of the modules must not be related to the degree program.

1st and 2nd semester each

• 15 CP Catalog A-Modules
• 10 CP Catalog B modules
• 5 CP Catalog C modules (or e.g. SuK modules)

3rd semester

• 30 CP Master's module / Master's thesis

According to a study by the Federal Environment Agency on "Green Economy" job advertisements, environmental engineering specializations in water and waste management, waste disposal and the removal of environmental pollution are particularly in demand. In addition to a wide range of activities in Germany, the global demand for environmental technology also opens up prospects for working abroad. Graduates of the Master's degree course in Environmental Engineering therefore have very good career prospects:

• In the entire water/wastewater, recycling management and environmental sector as well as in other industrial sectors
• In plant construction and operation as well as in engineering offices
• In public administration, for example with operators of sewage treatment plants and waterworks, with public waste management authorities, in approval and monitoring departments in regional councils and ministries as well as with associations