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Environmental Sciences graduate study programme

Study programme: Environmental Sciences
Main fields of study: Environmental pollution, protection, policy and management
Name of the qualification: Diploma
Qualification title: Master/Doctor of science
Qualification abbreviation: MSc/Dr
Final examination: no

Programme director: prof.dr. Mladen Franko
ECTS coordinator: prof.dr. Iztok Arčon

Programme description

The graduate study programme leads to master's or doctoral degree in science. The syllabus is distinctly interdisciplinary research oriented. The objective of the programme is to educate experts with interdisciplinary knowledge and experience in basic and applied research on environmental phenomena. Since the need for such interdisciplinary studies exists elsewere in Europe and throughout the world, the proposed courses are designed to be internationaly comparable and in conformity with similar courses throughout the world. Lectures and exams are given in English.

The study is based on a system that defines the required number of credit for each degree(ECTS). Such organisation allows the exchange of courses from recognised institutions around the world. The School encourages research in domestic and foreign institutions for its students.

Admission requirements

The number of available positions is limited to twenty. Candidates, who want to register as students of the Environmental Sciences graduate study programme must have a Master’s degree from the fields of natural sciences, biotechnology, engineering or medicine or an adequate university degree according to a four years study program from the fields of natural sciences, biotechnology, engineering or medicine, evaluated with 240 credit points.

Educational and professional goals

The study programme leads to a Master's or doctoral degree in environmental sciences. The syllabus is distinctly interdisciplinary and research oriented. The objective of the programme is to educate experts with interdisciplinary knowledge and experience in basic and applied research on environmental.

Access to further studies

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Examination and assessment regulations

Knowledge is assessed by written examinations, oral examinations and seminar papers.

Course structure diagram

Compulsory Hours ECTS
Modern trends in environmental science I 30 6
Modern trends in environmental science II 30 6
Modern trends in environmental science III 30 6
Research (M.Sc) 300 60
Research I 250 50
Research II 250 50
Research III 250 50
The fundamentals of environmental science 60 12
General elective Hours ECTS
Analytical techniques and instrumentation in environmental analysis 75 15
Atmospheric pollution: sources and control 60 12
Environmental epidemiology 60 12
Environmental policy development and management 45 9
Environmental transport and fate 45 9
Radioactivity and radiation protection 75 15
Science in the media 60 12
Waste treatment and management 60 12
Water pollution and water treatment 60 12
Specialized elective Hours ECTS
Cancer and environment 30 6
Colloid chemistry for the environment 45 9
Data analysis with machine learning methods 45 9
Ecology 45 9
Health-risk effects of nonionizing electromagnetic field 15 3
Industrial ecology 45 9
Limnology 45 9
Radiation biology and biophysics 45 9
Remote sensing of environmental pollution 45 9
Systems ecology 60 12
Trace element cycling in the environment 45 9
Selected topics in Environmental Sciences Hours ECTS
Advanced Spectroscopy 30 6
Computer Control and Simulation of Environmental Processes 30 6
Developing Leadership Competencies for Sustainable and Socially Responsible Development 30 6
Ecotoxicololgy 30 6
Knowledge and management of anthropized sites and soils 30 6
Metode laserske detekcije za analizo okoljskih vzorcev 30 6
Occupational and Environmental Safety and Management 30 6
Quality Assurance 30 6
Radioecology 30 6
Recent Strategiec in Surface Water Conservation 30 6
Selected topics in environmental science III 30 6