Environmental Technology

for Sustainable Development:

IMETE and ETECOS3

Prof. Piet Lens

Pollution Prevention and Resource Recovery Chair Group

UNESCO-IHE

Good practices and lessons learned

1. Study area

2. Curriculum

3. Deployment of staff

4. Infrastructure

5. Internal quality assurance

6. End product

1. Study area

Environmental (Bio)technology

• Multidisciplinary, exposure to many

sciences

• Global views

• Scientific attitute -> Bologna

desciption of MSc/PhD level

• Soft skills: communication,

presentation, time management, …

• Joint Doctorate in Environmental

Technologies (ETECOS3)

Erasmus Mundus PhD program

• International Master Environmental

Technology and Engineering (IMETE)

Erasmus Mundus MSc

Broad

More

Specialised

Comparison of key features MSc

degree programmes

Specialisati

on

Location Study

load (ECTS)

Main focus Special feature

Topic Region

EST Delft 90 Water Developing

countries

IMETE Delft,

Gent,

Prague

120 Environ-

ment

World Erasmus Mundus

Master Class

ET-SuD Bangkok,

Delft

125 Air, soil

and

hazardous

waste

Asia Large research

component: 45 ECTS

for MSc thesis work

2. Curriculum

1. Study load - MSc: 120 ECTS

- PhD: 180 ECTS

3-year PhD, leading to the degree “European PhD in Environmental Technology”

- 180 ECTS doctoral training program, with a Training through education (45 ECTS)

and Training through research (135 ECTS) component.

- Training through education comprises specialized PhD courses from the

participating universities and leading research schools (SENSE, RECETO, HIGRADE,

SIE) as well as training in research skills, management skills and transferable skills

(including local language training)

- Training through research via a research project carried out at the host and at least

twosecondments (total 60 ECTS) to selected associate partners.

- Aim at publishing a minimum of 4 peer review papers, including a review paper,

two research papers and one outlook paper.

- Joint PhD diploma of University Cassino (Italy), University Paris Est (France) and

UNESCO-IHE (the Netherlands) ?????

Key Features

Education Programme

Level 1

• Summer schools, organized on a rotating basis between associated partners. They

are compulsory:

• 2011/2014 UNICAS on municipal solid waste management

• 2012 /2015 UPE on soil remediation

• 2013/2016 UNESCO-IHE on sediment remediation

Level 2

• Advanced PhD course on Environmental Technology at UPE (compulsory) from 6 to

10 June 2011, other courses to be defined at UNICAS and UNESCO-IHE.

Level 3

• Local PhD courses (voluntary basis) available at the host institutions visited by the

doctoral candidates according to their mobility plan.

Education Programme

2. Curriculum

1. Study load - MSc: 120 ECTS

- PhD: 180 ECTS

2. Admission requirements - A lot of applications for few fellowships : MSc: > 600; PhD: > 80

- How to get student with right background?

- Selection criteria: Language (TOEFL), motivation: not enough?

3. Judging and examinations - Trust in each others system, especially MSc

- Accept practice of local partner

4. MSc/PhD thesis - At least 1 jury member of each partner

- Accept practice of local partner

3. Deployment of staff

1. Quantity of staff

2. Quality of staff

- Not too many partners + good relation between them

- Also administrative personnel needs to be involved!

- Large groups of students are a challenge for supervision, both

MSc and PhD

4. Infrastructure

1. Students go for quality, not for money

2. Associate partners - Crucial for MSc thesis, Internship, PhD secondments

5. Internal quality assurance

1. Evaluation results

- Student evaluation

- Staff evaluation

2. Work on joint research agenda

3. Involvement and commitment

6. End product

1. Study efficiency

- Can all EM students get a diploma?

2. Realised level - MSc / PhD degree: Bologna process and Dublin

descriptors

3. Recognised degree - MSc / PhD degree accredited by National Governments

- Joint degree

- Diploma: also a challenge

- Diploma supplement

Joint diploma

Having regard to the « Memorandum of Agreement » (MOA) Between the members of the Consortium Università degli Studi di Cassino e del Lazio Meridionale, Université Paris-Est, UNESCO-IHE

for the development of a joint PhD degree in Environmental Technology Signed on the ...

RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE MINISTÈRE DE L’ENSEIGNEMENT SUPÉRIEUR ET DE LA

RECHERCHE Vu le code de l’éducation, notamment l’article L. 612-7 ; Vu le code de la recherche, notamment l’article L. 412-1 ; Vu le décret no 2002-481 du 8 avril 2002 relatif aux grades et aux titres universitaires et aux diplômes nationaux ; Vu l’arrêté du 6 janvier 2005 relatif à la cotutelle internationale de thèse ; Vu l’arrêté du 7 août 2006 relatif à la formation doctorale ; Vu le décret no 2007-382 du 21 mars 2007 portant création de l’établissement public de coopération scientifique «Université Paris-Est» ; Vu les pièces justificatives produites par name, birth date and location en vue de son inscription en doctorat ; Vu le procès-verbal du jury attestant que l’intéressée a soutenu le date of PhD defence une thèse de doctorat portant sur le sujet :

Title of the PhD thesis

préparée au sein de l’école doctorale Sciences, Ingénierie et Environnement,

devant un jury présidé par name + names of all committee members; Vu la délibération du jury ; Le diplôme conjoint de docteur en Sciences et Techniques de l’Environnement est délivré à name of the candidate et confère le grade de docteur pour en jouir avec les droits et prérogatives qui y sont attachés. Fait à Créteil, le 2 juillet 2012 Le titulaire Signature du chef d’etablissement Le Recteur de l’academie, chancelier des universites Diploma / Diplome n°

Repubblica Italiana

In nome della legge

Noi Professore Ciro Attaianese

Rettore della

Università degli Studi di Cassino e del Lazio Meridionale

Visti gli attestati degli studi compiuti ed il risultato dell'esame sostenuto in questa Università

conferiamo a

[NAME CANDIDATE] Born on [ date ] in [city, country]

Il Dottorato di Ricerca in

TECNOLOGIE AMBIENTALI [EDITION NUMBER] CICLO

IL PRESENTE DIPLOMA VIENE RILASCIATO A TUTTI GLI EFFETTI DI LEGGE

dato a Cassino il [date] IL DIRETTORE IL RETTORE GENERALE Prof. Ciro Attaianese Dott. Ascenzo Farenti

UNESCO-IHE

The Academic Board of UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education declares that

[ name candidate] Born on [ date ]

In [city, country]

Having presented and successfully defended a dissertation entitled

[ title dissertation]

Supervised by Prof. [ name professor(s)]

Has been awarded the degree of

DOCTOR

Delft, the Netherlands, [date]

UNESCO-IHE Rector

IMETE and ETECOS3

- Joint degree education offers a lot of

opportunities for education and research

- Scientific quality and degree recognition are

the main challenges