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Industrial Ecology

Master

Industrial Ecology is een opkomende wetenschappelijke discipline die een systematische aanpak naar menselijke problemen voorstaat, waarbij technische, milieu- en sociale aspecten worden geïntegreerd. Gesteld kan worden dat deze aanpak de manier is om tot duurzame ontwikkeling te komen. Daarom wordt industriële ecologie ook wel gezien als de ‘gereedschapskist voor duurzame ontwikkeling’ of de ‘wetenschap der duurzaamheid’.

1st year

The first year is composed of 9 compulsory courses with a total of 54 EC.
The second year is composed of 3 compulsory courses with a total of 48 EC.
Students have to fill in 18 EC with Specialisation Modules.

Vak EC Semester 1 Semester 2
General Introduction to Industrial Ecology 6
Renewable Energy Systems 6
Fundamentals of Systems, Data, Models and Computational Thinking 6
Analytical Methodologies and Tools 6
Social Systems – Policy and Management 6
Urban Environments and Infrastructures 6
Sustainable Innovation and Social Change 6
System Earth 6
Design of Sustainable Technological Systems 6

2nd year

The first year is composed of 9 compulsory courses with a total of 54 EC.
The second year is composed of 3 compulsory courses with a total of 48 EC.
Students have to fill in 18 EC with Specialisation Modules.

Vak EC Semester 1 Semester 2
Interdisciplinary Project Groups 12
Thesis Preparation Module 6
Thesis Research Project 30

Specialisation Modules

The first year is composed of 9 compulsory courses with a total of 54 EC.
The second year is composed of 3 compulsory courses with a total of 48 EC.
Students have to fill in 18 EC with Specialisation Modules.

Vak EC Semester 1 Semester 2
Advanced Course on LCA 6
Industrial Ecology Capita Selecta Module (2 EC) 2
Industrial Ecology Capita Selecta Module (3 EC) 3
Industrial Ecology Capita Selecta Module (4 EC) 4

Meer info

The Industrial Ecology track is a co-operation between three faculties of two Dutch universities:

  1. the Faculty of Science (Leiden University)
  2. the Faculty of Applied Sciences (Delft University of Technology)
  3. the Faculty of Technology, Polocy and Management (Delft University of Technology)

Both universities deliver an equivalent contribution to the overall teaching programme.