Education is key to supporting industry professionals, academics, and students on their circular economy journey. A range of educational opportunities, from short CPD elements to dedicated postgraduate programmes, are presented here that aim to bring participants along a circular economy literacy to leadership learning pathway.
Griffith College offer a Level 8 Certificate in Sustainability and the Circular Economy (5 credits) delivered over one semester (12 weeks). https://www.griffith.ie/faculties/graduate-business-school/courses/certificate-sustainability-and-circular-economy
MTU offer a Level 8 Special Purpose Award Certificate in the Circular Economy (20 credits). https://www.ittralee.ie/en/InformationAbout/Courses/ParttimeStudy/CertificateinCircularEconomy/
The ATU B.Sc. (Honours) in Architectural Technology has a ‘Environmental Management for Construction’ module (5 credits) in Year 2 and a ‘Environmental Building Systems’ module (5 credits) in Year 3.
The ATU B.Eng. (Honours) in Civil Engineering has an ‘Environmental and Energy Sustainability’ module (5 credits) and ‘Environmental Engineering’ module (5 credits) in Year 4.
The ATU B.Sc. (Honours) in Quantity Surveying and Construction Economics has a ‘Sustainability and the Circular Economy’ module (10 credits) in Year 4.
The ATU B.Sc. (Honours) in Construction Management has a ‘Environmental Management for Construction’ module (5 credits) in Year 2 and a ‘Sustainability and the Circular Economy in the Built Environment’ module (5 credits) in Year 4.
Cranfield University offer a three-year (part—time) M.Sc. in Technology, Innovation and Management for a Circular Economy https://www.cranfield.ac.uk/centres/centre-for-design-engineering/our-communities-of-practice/circular-economy
Bern University of Applied Sciences offers a 12-month M.Sc. in Circular Innovation and Sustainability (120 ECTS) https://www.bfh.ch/en/studies/master/circular-innovation-and-sustainability/
LUT University offers a two-year M.Sc. in Circular Economy (120 ECTS). https://www.lut.fi/en/studies/technology/masters-programme-circular-economy
The Master’s Degree programme (2 years) in Circular Economy is a collaboration between universities from three continents and seven countries. Each student will spend at least one semester (30 ECTS) at two different EU partner universities. The universities participating in the Erasmus Mundus Master’s Degree Programme in Circular Economy are: University of Graz; Chalmers University
The Polimi Graduate School of Management offers a 12-month International Master’s in Environmental Sustainability and Circular Economy.
The University of Cambridge offer a Postgraduate Certificate and Master’s in Sustainability Leadership for the Built Environment (IDBE). https://www.cisl.cam.ac.uk/education/graduate-study/idbe/interdisciplinary-design-for-the-built-environment
