Environmental Engineering Polytechnic University of Catalonia

Overview

Environmental Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia aims to enable doctoral students to acquire research skills in the field of environmental engineering, particularly in the following research areas: environmental modelling (atmospheric and water quality), waste management, environmental impact assessment, environmental management systems, noise, industrial wastewater, groundwater, remediation of contaminated soils, and treatment technologies.

Students at Environmental Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia will:

• demonstrate systematic understanding of a field of study of the programme and mastery of the skills and methods of research associated with that field;

• have made a contribution through original research that extends the frontier of knowledge by developing a substantial body of work, some of which merits national or international refereed publication;

• be capable of critical analysis, evaluation and synthesis of new and complex ideas;

• be able to communicate with their peers, the larger scholarly community and society in general about their areas of expertise;

• be able to promote, in academic and professional contexts, technological, social or cultural advancement in a knowledge-based society.