Apr 16, 2014
United Nations University and TU Dresden launch joint Doctoral Degree Programme
The United Nations University (UNU) and the Technische
Universität Dresden (TUD) announced the launch of a joint
doctoral degree in “Integrated Management of Water, Soil and
Waste”. The program will begin in October 2014 and is
coordinated by TUD (Faculty of Environmental Sciences) and
the Dresden-based Institute for the Integrated Management of
Material Fluxes and of Resources of the United Nations
University (UNU-FLORES).
“The theme of our joint doctoral degree programme is new and
unique in the academic world,” remarked Dr. David Malone,
Rector of UNU, after signing the agreement to launch the joint
programme. “The programme will enable graduate students to
utilize an interdisciplinary approach, a nexus approach,
towards the integrated management of water, soil and
waste.”
The joint programme aims at creating a new generation of
environmental scientists, engineers and managers. After
successfully completing the programme, the graduates will be
able to conduct, promote and guide the sustainable management
of water, soil and waste. These resources and their sustainable
management are essential in times of climate change, population
increase and economic growth, particularly to developing
countries and emerging economies.
The Rector of TUD, Prof. Hans Müller-Steinhagen,
declared that the participants will benefit greatly from the
joint programme: “Students will have access to the facilities
and services of 15 research and training institutes and
programmes of UNU around the world as well as those of TU
Dresden, one of eleven German Universities of Excellence. Their
research will include close cooperation with the UN, other
international organizations and our local partners.”
The main objective of the joint doctoral degree programme is to
provide graduate students with detailed knowledge and critical
understanding of strategies and tools that enable an
interdisciplinary and integrated approach towards the
management of water, soil and waste.
The United Nations University (UNU) is a global think tank and
postgraduate teaching organization headquartered in Japan. The
mission of UNU is to contribute, through collaborative research
and education, to efforts to resolve the pressing global
problems of human survival, development and welfare that are
the concern of the United Nations, its Peoples and Member
States. The Institute for the Integrated Management of Material
Fluxes and of Resources (UNU-FLORES) was established in
Dresden/Germany in December 2012. The institute engages in
research, capacity development, advanced teaching and training.
UNU-FLORES develops strategies to resolve pressing issues in
the area of sustainable use and integrated management of
environmental resources such as soil, water and waste. http://flores.unu.edu/phd/
Information for journalists:
Aska Maki
Communications Assistant, Tel.: +81 35467-1212
Benjamin Zhu, Office of the Director UNU-FLORES, Tel:+ 49
351 8921-9377
Kim-Astrid Magister, TUD Press office, Tel.: 0351
463-32398