Environmental management (FT)

Practical relevance is a core element of the Environmental Management degree programme. You will be prepared for the realities of professional life as early as the first semester of the degree programme through labs, excursions and small projects and will make important contacts for your network during your studies. A future-orientated combination of theory and practice will therefore accompany you throughout the entire degree programme.

You will work on modern tasks in the environmental, energy and mobility sectors as part of various courses, some of which are also provided by industry partners. Each academic year is thus enriched by various practical projects. To optimise your project work, we emphasise working in small groups in which you can apply your knowledge and demonstrate your interdisciplinary skills. The Institute of Energy, Transport and Environmental Management also offers particularly interested students the opportunity to work on current research projects at the institute.

Excursion weeks: The window to the international professional world

Excursions as part of excursion days in the foundation semesters and excursion weeks in the 3rd and 4th semesters of the degree programme allow you to immerse yourself in a new professional world. The aim of the practical teaching units is to familiarise you with various areas in large corporations or infrastructure facilities that are not normally accessible to the public. As part of the international excursion week, you will also get to know other living environments and interpretations of ‘environmental protection’, ‘renewable energy’ and ‘mobility transition’. Whether it’s cycle motorways in the Netherlands or offshore wind farms on the coast, the excursions open up a completely new perspective on challenges in the specialist areas.

Students of the class on ‘Environmental Impacts in the Energy & Transport Sectors’ explore the issue of particulate matter emissions and the link between air quality and the use of different heating and transport technologies. During practical exercises, students are issued with portable AirBeam air quality instruments so that they can take their own measurements in everyday life and analyse and interpret the particulate matter data recorded using an app.