Program Overview

Environmental Technology (ETE)

Environmental Technology (ETE) develops and evaluates innovative environmental technologies and concepts based on processes from nature, to recover and reuse essential components and maintain and create a viable environment.

More about this thesis track

Our research is divided into three themes:

1. Biorecovery: Residual streams of cities, industries, agriculture, and mines become increasingly attractive as a source of energy, metals, and minerals. Our research focuses on bio-based technologies for recovery of valuable components from these sources in the form of fuels, electricity, sulphur, copper, and phosphate.
2. Reusable water: Water shortage threatens billions of people. Reuse and protection of our water resources are essential. Our research focuses on removal and recovery of salts, nutrients, pathogens, and micropollutants from water.
3. Urban System Engineering: Scale and speed of urbanization lead to new challenges for our urban services. Closed resource cycles are necessary. Our research focuses on development of sustainable concepts and technologies for urban water, sanitation, waste, and energy management.

Courses

The following courses are part of the MSc programme Environmental Sciences when selecting the thesis track Environmental Technology. Next to these thesis-specific courses, you will follow courses from the common part and electives as summarised in the programme outline.

• Thesis track-related subjects
  • Compulsory
    • One e-learning is compulsory in order to work safely at Wageningen University (0 ECTS):
      • Laboratory safety | ZSS06100
    • MSc Internship Environmental Technology | ETE70224
    • MSc Thesis Environmental Technology | ETE80436
  • Compulsory unless your study adviser indicates differently
    • Fundamentals of Environmental Technology | ETE24804
    • Introductory Thermodynamics A | PCC21802
  • Restricted optional: Select at least two
    • Environmental Electrochemical Engineering | ETE35306
    • Processes for Water Treatment and Reuse | ETE30806
    • Biological Processes for Resource Recovery | ETE30306

In order to prepare well for your thesis track, you can additionally choose supporting courses. These courses focus, for example, on quantitative and data sciences or laboratory skills. You can find the exact list in the study handbook at the section “Restricted Optionals (2) in Common part”.

This course overview is based on the Wageningen University study handbook, where you can find a more detailed course and programme description. The study handbook is guiding in case of any discrepancy.

Below you can see an example of how your schedule can look like when following this thesis track: MES - Environmental Technology

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