Bachelor Degree Of Environmental Science in Riga Technical University, Latvia

Bachelor Degree Of Environmental Science in Riga Technical University

Study programme „Environmental Science” is focused on training and education of the students, providing them with an in-depth knowledge of the engineering and technical issues required for work at different enterprises and state administration entities.
The highly qualified academic personnel (EU experts in the field of environmental protection, environmental management and energy) as well as scientists and academicians from the leading Scandinavian and Baltic State technical universities are involved in the implementation of the study programme.

The bachelor study programme is based on the following study courses’ units:

• Fundamental (compulsory) courses (mathematics, physics, chemistry, materials science, mechanics, etc.) provide understanding about the essence, structure, elements and internal and external interconnections of engineering and technical processes;
• Domain-specific study courses (Raw Materials and Resources, Theoretical Aspects of Climate Technologies, Basics of Ecological Research, Environmental Protection and Recycling Processes, etc.) establish the necessary competence required to work with the assessment methods of technological systems and optimization possibilities. These courses help understand if the development trends of national economy are implemented in compliance with the best environmental governance principles, latest scientific achievements and sustainable development principles.