Environmental Hazard Engineering Programme code: W2-S1IZ19.2023

Environmental Hazards Engineering provides students with theoretical and practical knowledge of broadly defined environmental hazards. The major educates specialists in natural disasters, emergency management systems and environmental hazards, including those caused by environmental degradation. Graduates receive an engineer's diploma in environmental hazards, which entitles them to apply for admission to a 2-year supplementary master's degree programme. Graduates of the course will be able to use modern technological advances to minimise the effects of natural and anthropogenic disasters, and will have the knowledge to undertake work in environmental management, hazard prediction and prevention.

The condition for admission to the diploma examination is to achieve the learning outcomes provided for in the study program, to obtain a certificate of an appropriate level of language proficiency in a foreign language and to obtain positive grades for the diploma dissertation. The condition for graduation is to pass the diploma examination with at least a satisfactory result. A graduate receives a higher education diploma confirming obtaining the qualifications of the appropriate degree. Detailed rules of the diploma process and the requirements for the diploma thesis are set out in the Rules and Regulations of Studies at the University of Silesia and the diploma regulations.

Internships are an integral part of the study program, carried out by students in individual fields, levels, profiles and forms of study. Internships are to help in confronting the knowledge acquired during studies with the requirements of the labour market, acquiring skills useful in the profession, learning about practical issues related to working in positions for which the student is prepared during the course of studies. The internship is to familiarize the student with professional language relevant to a specific industry and work culture. The rules for the organization of internships are set out in the Rector's ordinance. Detailed rules of apprenticeship taking into account the specifics of particular fields of study are set out in the field's of study apprenticeship regulations, in particular: learning outcomes assumed to be achieved by the student during the apprenticeship, framework apprenticeship program including a description of issues, dimension of apprenticeship (number of weeks of practice); form of internship (continuous, mid-year), criteria for choosing the place of internship, obligations of the student staying in the internship, obligations of the academic tutor, conditions for completing the internship by the student and conditions for exemption from the internship obligation in whole or in part. The number of ECTS and the number of hours are specified in the course structure.

The study programme of the major in Environmental Hazards Engineering corresponds to the mission and development strategy of the University of Silesia in Katowice. Thanks to the proposed curriculum, the student receives theoretical and practical knowledge in the field of environmental hazards responding to the strategic needs of the country in the area of crisis management. In accordance with the mission of the University, the major in Environmental Hazards Engineering responds to the increasing educational needs of society. The interdisciplinary nature of the major coincides with the University's strategic goals for education, i.e. 'Modern education and innovative teaching offer' and, through apprenticeships, is in line with the strategic goal 'Active interaction of the university with the environment'. The didactic offer of the major is attractive and modern, in line with the labour market demand. The Environmental Hazard Engineering major offers the opportunity to go on scholarships abroad within the CEEPUS, ERASMUS programmes and to participate in the national student exchange programme MOST.