Scholarships in Environmental Technology and Engineering- IMETE Programme

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Growing awareness of the human impact on the environment has convinced most governments of the need to prevent air, water and soil pollution. Remediation of contaminated sites is becoming a priority target to most governments. The increasing demand for specialists trained in pollution prevention and remediation has led to the Joint Erasmus Mundus programme that addresses these needs by educating a new generation of environmental scientists and engineers that can provide adequate and state-of-the-art environmental technology and engineering solutions to tackle complex, multidisciplinary environmental issues.

MSc Research Areas for desalination, wastewater treatment, and Reuse are :

Desalination and Reuse 

  • Seawater desalination
  • Brackish water desalination
  • Membrane fouling and fouling prediction in reverse osmosis systems
  • Membrane scaling and scaling prediction in reverse osmosis systems
  • Predicting the performance of membrane based desalination systems
  • Predicting cleaning frequencies in membrane systems
  • Fouling indices
  • Pre-treatment for desalination systems
  • Post-treatment of desalinated water
  • Preventing biological fouling in membrane systems
  • Minimizing the use of chemicals in desalination and reuse systems
  • Minimizing the use of energy in desalination and reuse systems
  • Minimizing the environmental impact of membrane based desalination systems
  • Reuse of wastewater for ultra pure water

 Wastewater Treatment and Reuse

  • Domestic wastewater treatment and reuse in agriculture (addressing the emerging contaminants)
  • Planning Decenertlized wastewater treatment infrastructure
  • Nitrogen conversion in photobioreactor
  • Master Planning for Industrial Wastewater management
  • Industrial wastewater management and resource recovery
  • Biomass Valorization
  • Environmental DNA and microbial source tracking (MST) (Biomonitoring, water quality analysis, and bioreactor)
  • Photo activated Sludge
  • Granules and other bioreactors
  • Biochar based filters for water and gas treatment
  • Sludge treatment by hydrothermal processes.

Successful graduates will acquired a comprehensive knowledge of:

  • The nature and severity of environmental pollution;
  • The way polluted water, waste, gas, soils and sediments can be treated;
  • The way ecosystems and the atmosphere can be protected from pollution;
  • The way to prevent environmental pollution through resource management and application of re-use technologies.

Admission Requirements

  • Proof that the applicant has successfully accomplished a first degree of higher education equivalent to a B.Sc. degree (equivalent to 180 credit points according to the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS))
  • A good final mark as shown by a Grade Point Average (GPA) of at least B/B+ (US System) or a classification of at least 2nd upper (UK system)
  • Degree in one of the following subjects: pure or applied sciences (e.g., chemistry, biology, geology, civil or agricultural engineering, environmental or agricultural sciences, etc.)
  • Sufficient academic knowledge of mathematics, physics and chemistry is an absolute requirement and basic knowledge of biology is recommended
  • Evidence of qualification in one of the internationally-recognized English language tests.
  • Applications may be submitted before the first degree of higher education (usually B.Sc.) has been successfully completed and if at least 120 ECTS of the programme have been successfully obtained. If the applicant meets all of the other admission requirements, admission can be granted on the condition that the first degree of higher education must be obtained no later than 15 August of the year in which the programme starts.

For more details and application: https://www.imete.eu/programme

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