The International Master Program 'Environmental Engineering' starts with a new program

摘要

Human activities can have severe impacts on the natural environment. Utilization and management of water resources, urban mobility and transportation, energy generation, and urban planning are affecting the environment through multiple interactions. In addition, natural phenomena and hazards can represent serious threats to human activities and human life. In order to address these issues, environmental engineers are trained to manage these vital resources in a sustainable manner. They are able to understand, model and predict the outcome of the interplay of these various factors. Based on this knowledge, environmental engineers develop and apply strategies and technologies for an ecologically, economically and socially sustainable interaction between the natural and man-made environment. The international master program in Environmental Engineering at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) was established in 2006/07. Since then, several revisions have occurred and the current program described in this article is being offered starting in the winter term of 2016/17.