PhD in Environmental Engineering

• Double degree programme with the University of Bologna, Italy
• Joint doctoral studies with Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuanian Energy Institute (coordinating institution: Kaunas University of Technology).

Joint doctoral studies in Environmental Engineering are designed to enable students become first-rate interdisciplinary researchers and acquire the knowledge and skills to succeed in both academic and non-academic career. PhD students of this programme have a possibility to acquire a double PhD degree with the University of Bologna (Italy).

The main objective of the programme is to educate first-rate interdisciplinary researchers, who are able to develop systemic innovations to improve and maintain the environment for the protection of human health, for the protection of nature’s beneficial ecosystems, and for the environment-related enhancement of the quality of human life, at the same time maintaining compatibility in business and industry.

Study program modules

Main modules

• Biosystems Engineering
• Modern Environmental Protection Technologies
• Sustainable Development of Renewable Energy
• Sustainable Industrial Development

Alternative modules

• Advanced Solid Waste Treatment Technologies
• Agricultural Waste Decontamination, Processing and Recycling
• Environmental Geographic Information Systems
• Life Cycle Assessment
• Product Ecodesign
• Production, Usage and Environmental Influence of Biofuel and Biolubricant
• Sustainable Energy
• Theory and Technologies of Air Pollution Abatement
• Water Quality Modelling

Elective modules

• Chemicals Risk Management
• Environmental Management
• Environmentally Friendly Technological Processes in Agriculture
• Nanotechnologies and Environmental Protection
• Physical - Chemical Analysis Methods of Environmental Pollution
• Sustainable Development of Cities
• Thermodynamic Processes in Biotechnology
• Vibroacoustic Processes in the System "Human-Machine-Environment"

Core skills modules

• Academic and Technical Research Writing
• Design Thinking in Research
• Digital Support and Tools for Research Writing and Publication
• Research Data Management
• Research Ethics
• Research Project grant Management
• Science Communication for the Public
• Systematic Literature Review