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Knowledge:
The graduate of the MSc in "Policies and Applied Methods for the Protection of the Environment" explores key concepts, the methodological axes and, especially, implementation of environmental policies. Deepening in these items, not just in theory but - especially - in applied level is a key educational and research orientation of the Postgraduate Program which essentially differentiates it from all currently existing graduate programs in the Universities in the broader field of environmental sciences. In particular, for graduates with a basic degree from Departments and Schools of Engineering disciplines, the content of the Postgraduate Program significantly expands their professional and academic fields and gives them the background knowledge to be able to respond quickly to respective labour market and academic research needs, expanding their theoretical and practical knowledge on the environmental aspect of design and construction and how to protect the natural and human environment, both at the level of the corresponding techniques, and in terms of procedures and their implementation policies.

Skills: The skills acquired by graduates based on curriculum are those of a specialized scientific staff who could either develop (or coordinate) an applied research program, or join directly the labour market and meet the growing business demand observed internationally in this field, both in the private and in the public sector. It allows thus graduates to develop and manage - for example - issues of environmental impact studies - and Preliminary Environmental Assessment studies -, offers special scientific knowledge so that they can contribute to urban, planning and development studies where Designer degrees of category 27 are needed, independently develop the main subject of urban or regional planning study ( Designer degrees of category 1 or 2), draft expert opinions, certifications, environmental audits or staff enterprises whose turnover has a substantial environmental component and requires qualified scientific personnel in the object.

Moreover, the epistemic background of the graduates (see Syllabus) in combination with the complex research approach required for the completion of an original thesis (e.g. field and sources research, experimental research, contact with scientific institutions and public services, cooperation with the supervisor, with another student or students, responding to the terms of a framework agreement with a public body), promotes the ability of the graduate to manage predominantly complex problems in the areas of research and application of environment protection techniques and to assess strategies to cope with the respective issues from the perspective of private or public scope.