MSc Environmental Engineering INTRO WS21-22

School of Engineering and DesignTechnical University of Munich

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MSc EnvironmentalEngineering

Introduction Winter 2021

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jörg E. DrewesDr.-Ing. Antonios Tsakarestos

October 2021


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Who is who

• Study Director: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jörg Drewes

•Overall responsibility for the study Program

• Study Coordinator: Dr.-Ing. Antonios Tsakarestos

•Questions concerning your study plan, study progress, regulations,

rights and obligations, troubleshooting

• Examination Officer: Renate Bayer, M.A.

•Examination schedule planning, validation of results, booking individual

electives, problems with exam registration/ de-registration

•Co-ordination of the examination board

• Examination Board:

•Overall responsibility of examination procedures

•Contact for “hardship cases”

MSc Environmental Engineering | Introduction


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Office hours


Prof. Drewes Dr. Tsakarestos Ms. [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] via e-mail (089) 289 22424 (089) 289 22404

For personal issues:Telephone office hours Tuesdays 9:00 – 11:00or web-meeting by appointment

For general issues (no privacy guaranteed):Open zoom room Thursdays 10:00 – 12:00

Telephone office hours Mondays 10:00 – 12:00or web-meeting by appointment

Our personal office hours are suspended due to COVID-19


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Semester Schedule

winter term 2021- 2022 summer term 2022

lectures period lectures periodOct. 18th Feb. 11th Apr. 25th Jul. 29th

exams exams

Registration for the exams: via TUMonlineregistration dates will be communicated by the examination officer

Dates for the exams: The exam dates are available over TUMonlinein small courses the exam date is coordinated directly with the professor

Deadline for completing your enrolment: November 19th 2021

Oct. 1st Apr. 1st


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Introduction to the study regulations

Study Project (12 Cr.)

Individual Choice Electives (18 Cr.)

Cross Cutting Electives (12 Cr.)

Field of Study Electives (12 Cr.)

Field of Study Required (12 Cr.)

Master's Thesis (30 Cr.)




FPSO 20211

old study regulationsFPSO 20161


Fields of StudyField of Studies (co-ordinating professors) 1. Urban Water Engineering (Prof. Drewes) 2. Water Resources Management (Prof. Disse)

3. Hydraulic Engineering (Prof. Rutschmann)

4. Hydrogeology, Groundwater, Geothermal Energy (Prof. Einsiedl)

5. Modelling and Measurements of Flow and Transport (Prof. Manhart)

6. Resource Efficiency in Urban Planning (Prof. Lang)

7. Environmental Geotechnics (Prof. Cudmani)

8. Environmental Hazards and Risk (Prof. Krautblatter & Prof. Straub)

9. Sustainable Urban Mobility Planning (Prof. Wulfhorst)

10. Transportation Engineering and Control (Prof. Busch)

11. Water, Food, Energy Nexus (Prof. de Vires, Dr. Keilmann-Gondhalekar, Dr. Gerner)



Combinations of FoS



Combinations of FoS


Please send your choice of field of Study via e-mail to Dr. Tsakarestos

[email protected] latest November 1st



Courses and Modules

A module is:

• a didactic unit

• consists of one or more courses

• is completed by one examination

• can run over one or two semesters

A course is:

• a thematic unit as part of a module

• has a series of scheduled dates

exam

course 1

course 2



Elements of the Curriculum

Required modules:• Core competence courses of each FoS• All required modules from a chosen FoS

must be passed until graduation

Elective modules:• Each FoS has a fixed catalogue of

electives• A sufficient number of credits (min. 12)

has to be achieved• Failed electives can be repeated or

skippedStudy Project (12 Cr.)

Personal Electives (18 Cr.)







FPSO 20211




Cross Cutting Methods:• General competences, useful to all FoS• A sufficient number of credits (min. 12)

has to be achieved• Failed Cross Cutting modules can be

repeated or skipped









FPSO 20211




Individual Choice Elective modules:• Can be chosen freely from: All other (not chosen) FoS of Env.

Engineering Other study programmes of TUM TUM language centre

(up to 6 credits, level A2 or higher) Carl von Linde Akademie ATHENS programme

• You can obtain a max. of 18 credits in individual choice electives

• If electives in the FoS exceed 12, the available space for individual choice is reduced accordingly









FPSO 20211




Individual Choice Elective modules:• Courses outside of environmental

engineering must be approved by a mentor









FPSO 20211




Study Project: • practical work on a specific field• 12 Credits (=360 workload hours)• Duration over one or more semesters• Topic of the project from the chosen

Field of Study or a chosen thematic unit from Cross Cutting Methods









FPSO 20211




• Master‘s Thesis: • self-dependent scientific work• 30 Credits• Duration 6 months• Topic of the thesis from the chosen

Field of Study• The thesis can begin after completing

a total of 75 Credits









FPSO 20211



Study Progress

• Normal study progress = 30 ECTS credits/ semester

• Courses have a yearly cycle• Make a plan in advance for the next

1-2 semesters• Try to pass the required modules from

the FoS the soonest possible• Choose from all categories each

semester









FPSO 20211



Study Progress Control

• A normal study progress results in approximately 30 Credits per Semester

• Minimum requirements are:

• pass at least one required module in the first year

• Do not fall more than 60 Credits “behind schedule”

total credits

120

90

60

30

01 2 3 4 5 6 7

Semester

* a 7th semester is only possible for repeating failed exams



Changes compared to the old regulations:

• The requirement for “Basic German” will not be observed• The elective module catalogues have changed more modules with 6 ECTS• The required modules of Field of Study 11 (Water Energy Food Nexus) have

Changed1. Principles and Applications of Land Management content changes to

integrated Land and Water Management2. Urban Water Food Energy Nexus Ethics in Science and Technology are

no longer a required module for FPSO 20211 (but still for FPSO 20161)

FPSO 20211 old study regulationsFPSO 20161



Course Registration

Study Status/Curriculum



Course Registrationwww.moodle.tum.de

• Teaching material is provided through the moodle platform

• Students who registered for a course automatically have access to the course material

• Login to the moodle platform with your TUMonline login data



International Mobility

For students of Environmental Engineering at TUM

• ERASMUS and other exchange semesters

• Electives: up to 30 Credits from a foreign university can be recognized

if the study-plan was co-ordinated in advance with a Mentor

• Required electives: recognition is undertaken by the

respective professor at TUM on the basis of a module description

• 1:1 Programme with DTU Copenhagen

• Studies: 1 year in Munich, 1 year in Copenhagen

• Application until November the 15th for the following winter term

• Double Degree Programmes (KTH, EPFL,…)

• Application until January 15th for the following academic year



Info on websites

www.bgu.tum.de/umwelt still active but will not be updated anymore

In the school of Engineering and Design will set up a Wiki for student information…

it will gradually fill with the content from the website.

You can access the overviews of course schedules in PDF here:

https://wiki.tum.de/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=876675817


Thank you for your attention!

Contact:E-Mail: [email protected].: 289 22424

Contact:E-Mail: [email protected] Hours: by appointment

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MSc Environmental Engineering INTRO WS21-22