Bachelor in Environmental Science Engineering

The relevance of the environmentalist profession is growing every year, because the impact on the environment, unfortunately, has reached such proportions that it is necessary to act immediately to restore and protect it. Our students have a unique opportunity to feel part of a global movement to prevent environmental disasters for the benefit of existing and future generations of people.The main goal of the program is to train new personnel with a powerful interdisciplinary base, which includes the study of full-fledged courses in various areas of the ecology such as natural science, engineering, economics and environmental law.

Benefits of the program

• All academic staff are active researchers in the field of ecology and environmental protection with many years of experience.
• You will be equipped with a broad set of transferrable key skills, which are highly valued by employers.
• The program comprises a range of compulsory and optional courses, which enable you to select topics that are of the most interest to you.
• Multinational teaching environment which enables students to acquire cross cultural communication skills.
• An opportunity to spend a semester or an academic year abroad at one of our partner universities.
• The territorial proximity of the university to ecosystems creates excellent conditions for practical training and field work (Lake Baikal, a UNESCO World Natural Heritage Site, which is just 70 km away from Irkutsk).

Internship

Places for internships include:

• The Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Irkutsk Region,
• The Interregional Administration of Rosprirodnadzor for the Irkutsk Region and the Baikal Natural Territory;
• Siberian Standard Company;
• Zapovednoye Pribaikalye, federal state budgetary institution.

Educational Modules

• Chemical and biological processes in the biosphere and technosphere;
• Climate change;
• Earth sciences;
• Best Available Technologies;
• Clean Energy Production;
• World Ocean Conservation;
• Land use management;
• Principles of sustainable development of society;
• Fundamentals of environmental law;
• Environmental anthropology;
• Ethnogenesis and biosphere.

• Understanding the basics of geography, climatology, hydrology and cartography;
• Applying theoretical foundations of geochemestry and geophysics of the environment, nature management economics, sustainable development;
• Understanding the basics of geography, climatology, hydrology and cartography;
• Predicting and preventing man-made disasters and their consequences;
• The knowledge of energy saving technologies.

Graduates of the Ecology and Environmental Protection program will be in demand in a wide variety of fields and have excellent career prospects. Graduates can work in environmental agencies, water and wastewater companies, energy and waste management companies, engineering firms, or the biotech industry.

Job positions: Environmental Scientist, Zoologist, Environmetal Engineer, Ecologist, Environmental Health Officer.