Manresa School of Engineering

Career Opportunities

Graduates of this master's degree will be experts, with advanced technological knowledge and the ability to be part of research and technological innovation teams in the world of natural resources engineering. In addition to a natural exit as researchers or researchers in public and private research centers, they will also be able to work in the Administration, construction waste management entities, teaching, extractive industry in general, capital equipment companies waste treatment in general and environmental engineering.

Skills

Transversal skills

Transversal competences describe what a graduate is able to know or do at the end of the learning process, regardless of degree. The transversal skills established at the UPC are entrepreneurship and innovation, sustainability and social commitment, knowledge of a third language (preferably English), teamwork and responsible use of information resources.

Specific skills

  • Analyze field and laboratory data and design experiments, using computerized methods.
  • Know the analytical techniques for the characterization of inorganic natural resources, as well as waste in its different states, know how to use them and interpret the results.
  • Use scientific and technical information to respond efficiently to any demand for the preparation of an analytical method for the characterization of a material of natural or anthropogenic origin.
  • Use geological materials in industrial processes with high added value.
  • Learn in depth the techniques of remote sensing and interpretation of satellite images applied to the characterization and management of natural resources of geological origin.
  • Identify pollutant accumulation processes in the air, water and soil compartments.
  • Identify the presence of metals in mining waste mainly, but also in industrial and agricultural waste.
  • Design processes to minimize the pollution produced by the exploitation of natural resources.
  • Minimize pollution by dust, noise and vibrations common in mining operations, using the most advanced techniques.
  • Restore degraded spaces due to exploitation of natural resources, using the most current restoration techniques.
  • Design natural biotechnological processes for the elimination of pollutants in solid, liquid and gaseous media.