Admission Requirements
- University bachelor degree certificate
- Engineering, Technology Mathematics, Informatics, Physics, Life or Agricultural Sciences study field degree OR Social, Law Business and Public Administration Sciences study fields degree AND ≥20 ECTS completed in the Engineering, Technology, Mathematics, Physics, Informatics, Life or Agricultural science study field subjects.
- IELTS ≥6.0, TOEFL ≥85, CEFR ≥C1, or previously completed studies in English language.

Learning Outcomes
Student’s knowledge:
• concept of Cleaner Production (CP), development tendencies
• knowledge about the environmental impact of technological processes, products or services throughout their life cycle; economic life cycle cost and social life cycle
• principles and means of responsible consumption and sustainable industry development
• indicators and methodologies for analyzing the use of natural resources
• methods of environmental impact analysis
Student’s competences:
– To assess environmental, social and economic aspects of production processes, company or region aiming to make integrated and substantiated solutions guiding the company’s performance towards long-term competitiveness and responsible performance;
– To prepare an investment project of sustainable innovations for a product, company or region;
– To systematically assess sustainability aspects in production and management insuring further economically efficient, socially responsible and environmentally friendly activities-leadership for sustainable development;
– Inter-field competences of engineering, production engineering and business;
– To apply advanced engineering methods and latest technologies while solving complex production, company’s or regional problems.

Student’s skills:
– Able to assess the environmental impact of industrial technologies, processes and products based on the knowledge of environmental processes and integrated engineering;
– Able to introduce and administer environmental management systems, manage production, environmental and other management documentation in the industrial and service companies;
– Able to prepare and present reports on environmental management, social responsibility and sustainability;
– Able to analyse business, industrial and regional problems and propose economically efficient, environmentally and socially beneficial innovations for management of sustainability risks;
– Able to implement engineering solutions for cleaner production, analyse and assess their efficiency, apply ecological design principles for product development and make integrated assessment of environmental, economic, social and technological aspects while making important decisions.

Programme
In addition to the courses provided below, there is a course for a research project and elective courses, such as Smart and Sustainable Cities, Innovative Production Technologies, Ecosystems Engineering, etc.
• Cleaner Production (6 ECTS)
History of development of environmental strategies; Cleaner Production (CP) conception; Material and energy flow analysis; Application of CP prevention methods for environmental problems decision; CP feasibility analysis: technical, environmental and economic evaluation of suggested innovations; Selection of CP innovation for implementation. Evaluation of main financial indicators; Methods of evaluation of environmental performance; Resource Efficient and Cleaner Production; Cleaner Production practice worldwide; The role of governmental and financing institutions in CP development
• Environmental Impact Assessment (6 ECTS)
Main principles of Environmental impact assessment (EIA) conception; Procedures of EIA of planned economic activity (PEA); Procedures of EIA of planned economic activity (PEA); Main methods to identify the scope and significance of environmental impact of PEA; PEA impact on main environmental components (air, water, soil); Planning impact minimization measures; PEA impact on waste generation and treatment: general methods of assessment; Planning waste prevention and minimization measures; Public health impact assessment (HIA), correlation with the EIA; Assessment of probability of PEA fires and other emergencies (accidents) and planning preventive methods; Evaluation of the impact on the landscape, biodiversity; Preparation of PEA documents screening due to EIA, EIA programs and reports, analysis and decision-making; Public participation in EIA process.
• Sustainable Development Policy, Law and Economics (6 ECTS)
Economic Development, Globalization, and Sustainability; Industrial Policy and the Role of the Firm in Pursuing Sustainable Development; Sustainability policy and economic research: research methodology, data bases and integration of AI; Climate change and its legal regulation; Sustainable development: National, Regional and International legal regulation; Financing Sustainable Development; Strategic Policy Design for Sustainable Transformations
• Sustainable Management of Natural Resources (6 ECTS)
Natural resources and socio-industrial metabolism; analysis of resource use; Resource use trends and examples; Strategies and visions for a sustainable resource use
• Environmental Management (6 ECTS)
Environmental management system standards; Elements of the environmental management system and Deming’s cycle; Principles of environmental management system planning; Model of environmental management system implementation; Environmental performance evaluation; Environmental audit and requirements ISO 19011; Technique and methodology of environmental audit.
• Life Cycle Assessment (6 ECTS)
History, concept and definitions of the Life cycle assessment; Application of the life cycle assessment in industry and public organizations; The objective and scope definition and inventory analysis; The life cycle of an environmental impact assessment and exposure assessment methods; The life cycle environmental impact assessment indicators; Life cycle assessment databases and software; Life Cycle Assessment Interpretation, sensitivity analyses; Life cycle cost assessment
• Sustainable Consumption and Production (6 ECTS)
Sustainable development strategy: sustainable development problems in industrial society; Sustainable development goals: from strategy to real implementation of objectives and indicators; Industrial ecology – the strategy of sustainable industrial development: main elements of industrial ecology; SD indicators and their practical use for the evaluation of development perspective of different sectors of economy; Main tools of sustainable industrial development; Sustainable consumption: consumer behavior and the environment; Relation of sustainable consumption with the production and resources efficiency; Sustainable consumption and production indicators: calculation, evaluation and monitoring; Principles, objectives and implementation of Circular economy; Environmental impact assessment of households and reduction of environmental impact; Social business and regenerative economy; Structure and organisation of scientific work: selection and description of methodology
• Eco-Design (6 ECTS)
Product environmental policy; Methods and tools for product environmental impact evaluation; Eco-design strategies and tools; Model for product eco-design; Product-service systems; Ecological product marketing and environmental reporting; Eco-design management
• Sustainable Energy (6 ECTS)
Global trends of energy production and consumption; Power systems; Role of renewable energy in climate change prevention; Policy and law of energy (as well Renewable energy sources); Electric vehicles; Solar Energy; Biomass, biofuels; Geothermal and hydro energy; Wind Energy; Energy efficiency principles and technologies

References
• Juha I. Uitto, Jyotsna Puri, Rob D. van den Berg (editors). 2017. Evaluating Climate Change Action for Sustainable Development
• Environmental and Natural Resource Economics: A Contemporary Approach. Jonathan M. Harris, Brian Roach; 2013
• Ad Lansink. Challenging Changes. Connecting Waste Hierarchy and Circular Economy, 2017
• Brears, Robert C,. Natural resource management and the circular economy. Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, 2018
• Michael Z. Hauschild, Mark A.J. Huijbregts. Life cycle impact assessment, LCA compendium, Springer, 2015

Teaching Methodology
Lectures, discussions, seminars and tutorials, case analysis, challenge-based learning, inquiry-based learning, group works

Language of the Curriculum and Course
English

ECTS Credits
The programme lasts 2 years and includes 120ECTS (54 ECTS of mandatory courses, research project excluded)

Examination Methodology
The ten-grade scale and the cumulative evaluation system are applied. The course’s final evaluation consists of the sum of multiplications of the grades of the intermediate assessments and the final assessment multiplied by weighting coefficients (percentage components). The evaluation structure depends on the course. During the semester students’ assessment is performed in a form of assignments, individual works, problem-solving tasks, etc. The final assessment is done in a form of written or oral examination. The evaluation of master’s project consists of the evaluation by the reviewer and qualification commission.

Relevance
The curriculum of Sustainable Management and Production combines environmental engineering, manufacturing engineering, and business. Students develop interdisciplinary knowledge and leadership skills. The holistic approach enables students to analyze complex relationships and systematically assess the consequences of decisions in terms of environmental, economic, and technological aspects.