TU/e MSc Certificate

‘Technology for Sustainable Development’ (TSD/MSc)

The TSD/MSc certificate is meant for all MSc students at the TU/e.

It is relevant for students who want to contribute to social and environmental sustainability, whether at home or abroad. Negative impacts from conventional economic modernization strategies are becoming ever more obvious and require urgent action, by people working in government, the private sector, and NGOs.

There is a growing demand for scientists and engineers who have an awareness of how sustainability problems play out in different socio-economic and cultural environments, and who have the skills to address these problems in diverse settings and perform well in multidisciplinary project teams. This MSc certificate equips students for a career in this domain, with a global perspective. It trains them to be able to act both in developed and developing countries across the world.

With this certificate the TU/e declares that the owners are also experts of sustainable development within their field of expertise

Learning Outcomes

The TSD/MSc certificate shows that you:

● are familiar with, and can reflect on the key environmental and social challenges that are occurring in a variety of socio-economic and cultural contexts, and understand their major causes and impacts

● can identify important environmental and social exclusion problems and major research areas within your own field of expertise concerning sustainable technology;

● are aware of common limitations of science & engineering-driven “solutions” for sustainability problems, and know how to avoid such dead ends;

● have mastered sound management approaches for working towards the solution of these challenges in a socially and environmentally responsible manner, such as participative stakeholder governance and responsible innovation;

● are capable of integrating aspects of environment and social inclusiveness in innovation design processes in your own field of expertise;

● recognize the multidisciplinary character of sustainable technology;

● are capable of working in multidisciplinary teams.

Content

This MSc certificate consists on 20 ECTS worth of courses. Students have to complete at least 10 ECTS on top of their regular course program. One of the components should take the form of a project, which will count for 5 ECTS. The type of project that can be undertaken is flexible, as long as the orientation is clearly on social and/or environmental sustainability. Suitable projects can be an MSc internship or an MSc thesis project. In due course a dedicated TSD project course may also be offered.

At least two core courses have to be chosen out of the following three (all are 5 ECTS):

● 0EM150 Sustainability Transitions and Responsible Innovation

● 0EM200 - International Development and Sustainability

● 0EM310 - From Industrial Ecology to Cradle to Cradle

Other suitable courses (all 5 ECTS except 1CM230) are:

● 0EM140 - Energy, economy and society

● 0LM130 - Ethics and the Risk Society

● 0HM260 - Environmental Psychology

● 1CM170 - Sustainable Supply Chains

● 4EM70 - Sustainable Energy Sources

● 7XX9M0 - Urban Trends and Strategies

● 1CM230 Sustainable Agrofood Chains (10 ECTS)

Any other MSc courses with a clear focus on sustainability can be considered although the course must be subject to approval in advance by the Certificate Coordinator.

For Inspiration, have a look at the courses promoted below.

For More info: https://studiegids.tue.nl/verbreding/certificaten/technology-for-sustainable-development-msc

Dr. Henny A. Romijn TU/e

Atlas Building North 8.404

H.A.Romijn@tue.nl