The programme for the Master in Environmental Bioengineering with a professional focus is designed to train bioengineers in the field of management, preservation and the sensible use of renewable natural resources (land and water) and natural and anthropized ecosystems.
The programme trains future bioengineers to become:
- professionals able to tackle and diagnose environmental problems : management and development of resources (land, water, plants) and ecosystems, land development;
- scientists able to understand complex processes on different scales, used to multidisciplinary approaches and consultation with other specialists ;
- innovators able to design new kinds of environmentally-friendly resource management.
Training provides students with :
- knowledge in the field of environmental science (e.g. soil science, hydrology, hydraulics, ecology, biological and physico-chemical processes in the water and the land and forest science) and human sciences (e.g. economics of natural resources and environment law);
- technical skill in environmental bioengineering (e.g. geomatics, topometrics, photogrammetrics, ecological and environmental diagnosis, data analysis, modeling and support for decision-taking) and in integrated analysis (e.g. project management and systems analysis)
Strongly multidisciplinary in character, the training focuses on acquiring skills which combine the theory and techniques of bioengineering. There is special emphasis on the mechanistic study of processes, systems analysis, ecological impact, information systems, fusion of multi-source data and support for decision-taking.
This programme comprises a series of activities totalling 120 credits spread over two years worth 60 credits each. It is structured as follows :
Year 1 :
• professional focus programme 30 credits (compulsory)
• choice of one option course for 30 credits from five available. Certain option courses are organized jointly with one or two of the other Masters in Bioengineering programmes. This is the reason for the special numbering of these option courses. (For example, option course 4E is also in the programme for the Master in Agronomic Science where it is called option course 4A; option course 10E is also in the programme for the Master in Agronomic Science where it is called option course 10A and the Master in Chemistry and Bioindustry where it is called option course 10C.)
Year 2 :
• core subjects programme of 38 credits (compulsory)
• choice of one module of 22 credits from six advanced modules: each of the first five modules follow on from the option courses in Year 1. Students are strongly recommended to have studied the corresponding option course in Year 1 if they wish to continue in Year 2. The sixth module is generalist in nature and may be taken to follow on from any option course.
Optional subjects :
There are some optional courses within the programme. They may either be chosen from a suggested list or may be chosen freely from all the courses available at UCL or even at another institution. The same applies to all the optional courses in the programme.
All these choices must be made in the timescale laid down by the Faculty Department and agreed by the Academic Secretary. For courses from another faculty or institution, students must gain prior agreement from the lecturer in charge of the course.
Additional training "Business Creation"
Students enrolled on the Master in Bioengineering programme have the possibility of taking a module of interdisciplinary training entitled "Business Creation". This additional programme features in the Master programmes of various faculties (Bioengineering, Law, Business Management, Civil Engineering, Psychology). It is designed to provide students, as potential creators, with the tools for analysis and understanding which will help them to appreciate how entrepreneurship works when creating or taking on a business and develop projects of this kind within existing organizations.
In addition, this training enables students to gain familiarity with other disciplines and to learn how to work in multidisciplinary teams.
For further information :
- on the training programme, please refer to : http://www.uclouvain.be/cpme.html
- on how the Master in Bioengineering programmes work, please contact the Faculty Office.
The Master in Bioengineering programme follows on directly from the Bachelor in Engineering Science (Bioengineering) with an option course in Environment. Successful completion of this programme enables direct entry to other training programmes in the second and third cycles.
- Advanced Masters : The Advanced Masters in the filed authorized by regulations in addition to those established by the University Development Commission (Commission Universitaire au Développment – CUD) in the same field.
- Doctoral programmes : doctorates in Agronomic Sciences and Biological Engineering.
