Environmental Engineering

Double degree programme with the University of Bologna, Italy

Joint doctoral studies with Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuanian Energy Institute (coordinating institution: Kaunas University of Technology).

Joint doctoral studies in Environmental Engineering are designed to enable students become first-rate interdisciplinary researchers and acquire the knowledge and skills to succeed in both academic and non-academic career. PhD students of this programme have a possibility to acquire a double PhD degree with the University of Bologna (Italy).
The main objective of the programme is to educate first-rate interdisciplinary researchers, who are able to develop systemic innovations to improve and maintain the environment for the protection of human health, for the protection of nature’s beneficial ecosystems, and for the environment-related enhancement of the quality of human life, at the same time maintaining compatibility in business and industry.

Cycle	Third cycle
Language	Lithuanian, English
Duration	4 y.
Degree awarded	Doctor of Science Dvigubas laipsnis

Partners

Vytautas Magnus University
Lithuanian Energy Institute

Research topics

Topic title	Possible scientific supervisors	Source of funding
Reasons and prevention possibilities for heavy metals entering to biodegradable waste treatment products	prof. dr. Gintaras DENAFAS	state-funded	Research Topic Summary. When developing the use of separately collected food waste for the production of compost, problems may arise with the realization of this compost, the impact on the environment and human health, and the possibilities of implementing the principles of circular economy. One of the hypotheses that can explain the increased amount of heavy metals can be the presence of plastic packaging with information labels in food waste and the increase in the amount of microplastics containing heavy metals in compost due to additional mechanical processing. Therefore, it becomes appropriate to perform detailed scientific research in order to find out the reasons for the increase in the amount of heavy metals in compost. For this, it is necessary to determine the distribution of these metals and microplastics in the granulometric fractions of the resulting compost for various compost production batches, as well as for the initial materials used for compost production - food waste, wood additives, etc. In order to achieve the set goal and set tasks, research cannot be limited to separately collected food waste and one waste management region.

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Entry requirements

Minimum requirements

Persons with a Master’s Degree or equivalent degree of higher education may participate in an open competition for admission to doctoral studies.

Applicants to the doctoral field of science are accepted by competition according to the competition score. Minimum Competition Score 7.0

Application procedure

Mandatory documents for admission:

Application indicating the science field, the topic and the form of funding (online)
Official legalised Master’s diploma with the diploma supplements or a higher education degree equivalents and academic transcripts (translated into English or Lithuanian and notary verified) and the certificate of recognition if higher education qualification acquired abroad
Curriculum Vitae
Recommendations by two researchers of the relevant science field
A list of the research works with a full bibliographic description and copies thereof; if no research works by the applicant are presented, the applicant is required to present a research paper whose topic is consistent with the dissertation topic indicated in the applicant’s application
A copy of the passport page with personal data, or a copy of the ID card
A copy of the receipt of the application fee payment (40 EUR for EU citizens, and 100 EUR for non-EU citizens)
A certificate issued by IELTS, TOEFL, CERF or any other competent institution within the last 2 years certifying the level of the English language if the candidate is not a graduate of the first or second cycle studies conducted in the English language

Participation in motivational interview (Kaunas University of Technology, Studentų g. 50, Kaunas, Lithuania or online)

Signing a study agreement (if invited to study)

Selection criteria and their weighted coefficients

Weighted grade point average of the Master’s diploma supplement

0,5

Research experience

Research experience in ten-point grading system (the evaluation of the research experience includes the candidate’s scientific publications or the research paper, other research experience, scientific qualifications, the compliance of the scientific publications and research experience with the topic of doctoral studies)

0,3

Motivational interview, including evaluation of the knowledge of a foreign language

0,2

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