The postgraduate courses, are semester-long, each corresponding to ten (10) credit units (ECTS):
MSc Specialization Area I: Sustainable Technologies for Exploitation of Energy Resources-Environment
1st semester
Courses | ECTS |
Mandatory (2 of the following) |
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Environmental control technologies in energy production | 10 |
Application of geoinformatics, satellite and uncrewed systems on the energy sector | 10 |
Reservoir engineering for hydrocarbon production, storage and CCS | 10 |
Elective (1 of the elective courses as shown in the corresponding table) | 10 |
2nd semester
Courses | ECTS |
Mandatory (2 of the following) |
|
Biofuels-Thermochemical processes | 10 |
Fossil Fuels and Energy Transition | 10 |
Energy-efficient mineral processing plant design | 10 |
Elective (1 of the elective courses as shown in the corresponding table) | 10 |
3rd semester
Postgraduate Diploma Thesis (ECTS: 30) MSc
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MSc Specialization Area II: Sustainable Technologies for Exploration and Exploitation of Raw Materials-Recycling
1st semester
Courses | ECTS |
Mandatory (2 of the following) |
|
Raw materials exploitation methods with low environmental footprint | 10 |
Sustainable processing of ores, by-products and critical raw materials | 10 |
Porous materials in environmental protection | 10 |
Elective (1 of the elective courses as shown in the corresponding table) | 10 |
2nd semester
Courses | ECTS |
Mandatory (2 of the following) |
|
Emerging technologies for the exploration of raw materials | 10 |
Instrumental analysis for raw materials | 10 |
Modern technologies for the near-zero-waste processing of low-grade primary ores and secondary raw materials | 10 |
Elective (1 of the elective courses as shown in the corresponding table) | 10 |
3rd semester
Postgraduate Diploma Thesis (ECTS: 30) MSc
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Elective Courses (common to the 2 specializations)
1st semester
Courses | ECTS |
Industrial Safety and Risk Management | 10 |
Trace Element Analysis | 10 |
Exploring data analytics | 10 |
Political economy of environment and natural resources | 10 |
Applied geochemistry in raw materials exploration and mining | 10 |
Design of sustainable energy and mobility systems | 10 |
2nd semester
Courses | ECTS |
Selected Topics in Analytical Chemistry | 10 |
Advanced Geomechanics | 10 |
Mine Geotechnical Investigation | 10 |
Economic geology of industrial minerals and rocks | 10 |
Data science for Exploration and Exploitation | 10 |
Advanced topics in Applied Geophysics | 10 |
Seismic signal processing | 10 |
Environmental economics and policy | 10 |
Circular Economy | 10 |
The language of instruction, presentations, examinations and the language of the Master's Thesis is English.