Environmental Systems - Processes - Pollution - Solutions University of Vienna

Overview

Geoscientists, life scientists, geographers, chemists, physicists, mathematicians, economists and lawyers come together to tackle these problems in a collaborative way. University of Vienna's goal is to prepare a new generation of professionals and scientists for solving the challenges ahead.

Key features

The interdisciplinary programme focuses on the analysis of fundamental environmental processes using knowledge from a wide range of scientific fields. This disciplinary diversity is not only reflected in the numerous fields of expertise of the Faculty, but also in the variety of students, who have a background in many different academic disciplines.

The Environmental Systems - Processes - Pollution - Solutions master's programme deals with the scientific principles underlying the relationship between humans and the environment, focusing on system analysis. For this purpose, students acquire extensive skills in the relevant fields of natural sciences, in particular earth sciences and biology. The curriculum is internationally oriented and courses are held in English.

Career:

Vienna aims at educating future decision-makers in the fields of science, economy, public administration and in international organisations. Thanks to their system- and process-oriented, academically sound education, graduates have a wide range of job opportunities in:

• public administration, authorities and federal offices (environmental departments of provincial governments, the Environment Agency Austria, the Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety, international public institutions)
• international organisations (e.g. FAO, UNEP, IAEA, NGOs, etc.)