Advanced Materials Innovative Recycling

Objectives

The AMIR Master program was designed to attract high-level students, preferably in engineering sciences. The departments of Materials Sciences, Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Chemistry and Earth Sciences of FCT NOVA and their research centres, comprising more than 150 Ph.D. teachers/researchers, constitute the essential support of this master''''s degree in academic terms and thesis framework.

It aims to provide knowledge on concepts and tools needed to evaluate the sustainability of products and processes and give them innovative capacities that will lead to sustainable production. It intends to harmonize learning at the level of advanced materials to develop intelligent production systems of goods and equipment, with the knowledge of complex engineering systems at the macro scale, which encompasses the evaluation of impact of decision making on environmental, economic and social dimensions. It is structured in order to: 

a) provide specific skills and knowledge essential to the exercise of a profession; 

b) provide the indispensable articulation between acquired knowledge and the needs of the labour market; 

c) ensure the development of a critical posture and creative autonomy; 

d) foster the skills of teamwork, leadership and entrepreneurship.