Course overview
Brief overview
Degree type: Master degree
Course duration: 2 years
Total credits: 120
Language: English
Location: Padua, Italy
Course coordinator: Prof. Paolo Carrubba
The degree course consists of three study tracks:
- Environment & Sustainability
- Land planning and management
- Soil protection and water management
Course overview: Environment & Sustainability
Click here to access the syllabus of all three study tracks. Please note that on this website, you have to check for the current academic year, then select the School of Engineering and proceed by clicking on your course of studying. Once there, you can select the Degree study track you follow.
Course overview: Land Planning and Management
Click here to access the syllabus of all three study tracks. Please note that on this website, you have to check for the current academic year, then select the School of Engineering and proceed by clicking on your course of studying. Once there, you can select the Degree study track you follow.
Course overview: Soil Protection and Water Management
Click here to access the syllabus of all three study tracks. Please note that on this website, you have to check for the current academic year, then select the School of Engineering and proceed by clicking on your course of studying. Once there, you can select the Degree study track you follow.
List of elective courses (free choice):
These courses are also described in the course syllabus, which can be accessed here.
Please note that this list of elective courses is not exhaustive. You can also choose courses from other study tracks as well as other Departments of the University of Padua. The courses above are offered within the Master Degree of Environmental Engineering.
Green Technologies
Students following the curricula Environment & Sustainability (1) and Soil Protection and Water Management (2) can join the project: Green technologies for sustainable environmental engineering. The path allows students to obtain the title of Green Technologies Expert, a professional figure with a cultural profile enriched with skills for the management of environmental sustainability with a view to the circular economy. During the programme it is necessary to acquire as a whole 30 credits:
- 18 credits are selectable from courses already included in the two curricula of the Master in Environmental Engineering,
- 12 credits can be chosen between other extracurricular courses
All the courses to obtain the title of Green Technology expert (within one year after the master time) can be viewed below:
In order to apply, check the dedicated website under “Modulo di pre-adesion”. For more information, contact the School of Engineering.
Credit system
For each course, a number of credits is distributed which the students obtain by passing the respective exam. These credits define the student's workload, including time spent attending lectures, seminars, independent study, and examinations. The Italian University system uses CFU (Crediti Formativi Universitari) for which 1 CFU corresponds to 1 ECTS (European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System). The Italian system is adapted to the European credit system.
An overview of the transfer system is listed below:
- 1 Italian CFU = 1 ECTS credit
- 1 ECTS credit = 25 working hours (lectures and self study)
- 1 full year of study = 60 ECTS
- 1st cycle Degree (3 years Programme) = 180 ECTS
- 2nd cycle Degree (2 year Programme) = 120 ECTS