Circular Economy
This programme offers a comprehensive look at the circular economy, combining perspectives and practical tools to help you understand how circularity works in various contexts.
The circular economy is a systemic model that addresses global sustainability challenges such as climate change, biodiversity loss, and the overconsumption of natural resources. It also serves as a strategic framework for minimising waste and emissions by closing and narrowing material and energy loops, thereby maintaining products, materials, and resources at their highest utility and value for as long as possible.
Closely aligned with sustainability science, the curriculum also introduces key concepts for advancing societal change toward strong sustainability, such as planetary boundaries, just transitions, sufficiency, and ecological economics.
The programme is well-suited for people with a full-time job. Most of the content is available online, and in-person instruction is offered during intensive periods. However, participation in the programme requires occasional in-person attendance at the Lahti campus.
You will learn to
- design innovative solutions that replace goods with services, extend product life cycles, and enable sharing-based business models;
- evaluate environmental and social impacts using tools such as life cycle assessment;
- apply systems thinking and related theories to understand the dynamics of societal changes on different scales;
- identify systemic barriers and leverage points for transformative change;
- develop and critically assess sustainable business models that generate long-term value within planetary boundaries.
Į magistro studijų programas gali stoti visi, baigę universitetą arba besimokantys paskutiniame kurse. Studijos kurias baigei ar tebesimokai turi būti panašios krypties kaip ir tos, į kurias nori stoti, kadangi priėmimas yra paremtas ECTS kreditų suderinamumu.
ECTS kreditų išrašas - jei dar nesi baigęs aukštosios mokyklos, būtina prisegti ECTS kreditų išrašą, kuriame būtų matyti, kokius dalykus Tu mokeisi bei kokius pažymius ir kiek kreditų už juos gavai. Kai siunti anketą paskutiniame kurse, diplomą reikia prisegti vėliau, kai tik jį gausi. ĮSIDĖMĖK, Prie anketos būtinai turi prisegti dokumentą (anglų kalba), patvirtinantį, kad studijuoji ir šiais metais baigsi savo studijas. Dokumentas turi būti patvirtinas universiteto administracijos.
Bakalauro diplomas – jei jau esi baigęs aukštąją mokyklą, išrašo nereikia, užtenka prie anketos prisegti savo Bakalauro diplomą.
Pastaba! Stojant į šio universiteto programas yra reikalingas geras bakalauro studijų įvertinimas, vidurkis turėtų būti 7 ir daugiau. Šie reikalavimai yra orientaciniai ir galutinį vertinimą ar turimų pažymių pakanka atliks LUT universiteto priėmimo komisija.
SVARBU! Anglų testo sertifikatas turi būti atsiųstas kartu su stojimo anketa iki stojimo deadlino.
Anglų kalbos žinias gali patvirtinti vienu iš šių būdų:
IELTS – 6.5
TOEFL - 90
There is no minimum number of ECTS credits for programme-related courses required.
In the academic evaluation however, degree-related points are only given for degrees completed in the field of Technology, Natural Sciences, Business Administration or Social Sciences.
Bachelor of Science in Technology
Completed in a University - All countries
Bachelor of Science in Natural Sciences
Completed in a University - All countries
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration
Completed in a University - All countries
Bachelor of Science in Social Sciences
Completed in a University - All countries
Bachelor of Engineering
Completed in a University of Applied Sciences - EU/EEA countries and Switzerland
Applicants that meet educational background requirements are invited to an interview.
As a graduate, you may find jobs in industry, consultancy, regulatory agencies, and governmental and non-governmental organisations, where growing interest in sustainability has created new job opportunities.
Graduates from this programme are typically employed as environmental specialists in consulting companies, sustainability specialists in product or business development, experts in urban planning, environmental managers or officers in industry or government administration, sustainability or safety specialists in industry, and researchers in research institutes or universities.
