The postgraduate courses, are semester-long, each corresponding to ten (10) credit units (ECTS):

MSc Specialization Area I: Sustainable Technologies for Exploitation of Energy Resources-Environment

1st semester

• Mandatory (2 of the following)
  • Environmental Control Technologies in Energy Production (10 ECTS)
  • Application of Geoinformatics, Satellite and Uncrewed Systems on the Energy Sector (10 ECTS)
  • Reservoir Engineering for Hydrocarbon Production, Storage and CCS (10 ECTS)
• Elective (1 of the elective courses as shown in the corresponding table) (10 ECTS)

30 ECTS

2nd semester

• Mandatory (2 of the following)
  • Biofuels-Thermochemical Processes (10 ECTS)
  • Fossil Fuels and Energy Transition (10 ECTS)
  • Energy-efficient Mineral Processing Plant Design* (10 ECTS)
• Elective (1 of the elective courses as shown in the corresponding table) (10 ECTS)

30 ECTS

3rd semester

• Postgraduate Diploma Thesis* (ECTS 30) MSc

*The course Energy-efficient Mineral Processing Plant Design and the postgraduate Thesis require the physical presence of the students in the department

Total: 90 ECTS

MSc Specialization Area II: Sustainable Technologies for Exploration and Exploitation of Raw Materials-Recycling

1st semester

• Mandatory (2 of the following)
  • Raw Materials Exploitation Methods with Low Environmental Footprint (10 ECTS)
  • Sustainable Processing of Ores, by-products and Critical Raw Materials (10 ECTS)
  • Porous Materials in Environmental Protection (10 ECTS)
• Elective (1 of the elective courses as shown in the corresponding table) (10 ECTS)

30 ECTS

2nd semester

• Mandatory (2 of the following)
  • Emerging Technologies for the Exploration of Raw Materials (10 ECTS)
  • Instrumental Analysis for Raw Materials (10 ECTS)
  • Modern Technologies for the Near-zero-waste Processing of Low-grade Primary Ores and Secondary Raw Materials  (10 ECTS)
• Elective (1 of the elective courses as shown in the corresponding table) (10 ECTS)

30 ECTS

3rd semester

• Postgraduate Diploma Thesis* (ECTS 30) MSc

* The postgraduate Thesis require the physical presence of the students in the department

Total: 90 ECTS

Elective Courses (common to the 2 specializations)

1st semester

• Industrial Safety and Risk Management
• Trace Element Analysis
• Exploring Data Analytics
• Political Economy of Environment and Natural Resources
• Applied Geochemistry in Raw Materials Exploration and Mining
• Design of Sustainable Energy and Mobility Systems

2nd semester

• Selected Topics in Analytical Chemistry
• Advanced Geomechanics
• Mine Geotechnical Investigation
• Economic geology of industrial minerals and rocks
• Data science for Exploration and Exploitation
• Advanced topics in Applied Geophysics
• Seismic Signal Processing   
• Environmental Economics and Policy
• Circular Economy

The language of instruction, presentations, examinations and the language of the Master's Thesis is English.