We are pleased to announce that from this academic year, a new master’s degree program will be launched – Urban Geoenvironment.
The general goal of education in the field of Urban Geoenvironment is to prepare specialists dealing with urbanized areas, taking into account the potential and limitations of the geoenvironment, especially its resources. They will have appropriate competences in the field of soil science, hydrology, hydrogeology, geochemistry and environmental protection, aimed at application to the specificity of the urban geoenvironment, used and transformed by humans to varying degrees. Education in this field is a response to the needs of the labor market, which is open to specialists who can comprehensively respond to revealed historical pollution or the risk of damage from investments affecting the environment. Graduates of the Urban Geoenvironment course will be able to assess the impact of both past and contemporary investments on the environment in order to correctly diagnose the comprehensive effects of these activities and indicate directions for the use of environmental services and its resources with minimized pressure on biotic and abiotic components, in line with sustainable development. . Graduates will be able to successfully find employment in various institutions and enterprises involved in monitoring the state of the environment at individual stages of urban investment implementation, including research on the effectiveness of reclamation projects in post-industrial or degraded areas. They will be desirable employees of local government units, government administration, as well as institutions developing and implementing strategic environmental protection programming and aimed at adapting to climate change, protecting natural resources in accordance with the concept of Smart City, which is characterized by, among others, transition to a green economy (Green Economy, Zero Waste), expanding green and retention areas in order to preserve geo-environmental resources, natural and cultural heritage for current and future generations.