Circular Economy
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Today’s societies face a variety of sustainability challenges that urgently need to be addressed, such as climate change, poverty, affordable clean energy and other issues, summarized in the United Nations’ “Sustainable Development Goals”. The use of resources and its environmental consequences are a priority on the political agenda, with the European Union issuing its “Action Plan for the Circular Economy”, aiming at profoundly transforming society’s metabolism, and also the G7 is supporting the transition to a low-carbon and circular economy (CE). Meeting these challenges requires well-educated people, who are able to think holistically and interdisciplinary, able to assess and model the consequences of anthropogenic interventions in the biosphere, and strive towards implementing measures to mitigate and reduce humanity’s impact on the environment, while at the same time ensuring access to resources. Circular Economy is a multidisciplinary research field that addresses all above-mentioned sustainability challenges holistically through a series of different concepts, tools and methods. The “International Master’s Programme on Circular Economy” (CIRCLE) will be established to address these challenges through higher education. CIRCLE is a two-year master’s programme (with 120 ECTS) that will equip its students with the necessary tools and skills in systems’ thinking to contribute tackling some of the most pressing environmental and societal challenges in order to maintain the value of products, materials and resources for as long as possible and to minimise waste generation.The CIRCLE consortium consists of eight universities from three continents, ensuring a well-balanced CE education: The University of Graz (Austria, coordinator), four European partners (Leiden University and Delft University of Technology, Chalmers University of Technology Gothenburg, the Norwegian University of Science and Technology), and three associated partners (Waseda University Tokyo, Tsinghua University Beijing and Curtin University Perth).After a first year at one of the European universities to learn the necessary CE basics, the CIRCLE students will choose a specialization, based on the main strength of each consortium partner. Graduates will be highly qualified, with solid knowledge of the basic concepts and methods of CE and individual specializations that allow them to contribute to moving towards a more sustainable society. CIRCLE students will be awarded with double degrees. The geographical focus areas for CIRCLE are Europe and Asia, where two of the associated partners are situated. Some of the fastest developing countries are in Asia and to ensure sustainable development, the skills of CE are of utmost importance and special attention to CE education in Asia is required. Through the consortium with partner universities across three continents with strong CE academic reputation, CIRCLE offers a unique and truly international CE programme to students.
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Bachelor's degree in engineering, natural sciences, environmental sciences, economics or social sciences, including courses in mathematics, statistics, environmental, systems sciences, or equivalent English proficiency. Admissions Deadline: 17 January
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Brno
South Moravian
601 51
Czechia
- 2 years
- Full Time
- On Campus Learning
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