Objectives and competences
The generation of waste poses great environmental and economic challenges but, at the same time, it represents an opportunity if waste is conceived as a resource: a secondary raw material with economic value that brings new economic benefits. To make this leap in added value, the sector requires professionals who master waste treatment and management techniques, but who also know the market and the possibilities of valorizing this resource. In this context, this postgraduate course was developed in response to the needs of professionals in the sector.
Basic information
| Type | Postgraduate courses |
|---|---|
| Certificate | Specialization diploma |
| Coordinating faculty | Institut de Formació Contínua IL3 |
| Branch of knowledge |
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| Mode of delivery | Distance |
| Credits | 30 |
| Length of course | 1 academic year |
| Language(s) of instruction | Spanish |
| Enrolment fee | First year: 3.810,00 € An increase of 10% is applied to the price, up to a maximum of € 70, as administration fee |
| In-company placement(s) | No |
| Start of teaching period | 03/11/2025 |
| End of teaching period | 10/06/2026 |
| admision@il3.ub.edu | |
| Webpage | https://www.il3.ub.edu/ca/postgrau-gestio-tractament-valorizacion-residus |
| Managment | Abad Cuñado, Vanessa |
| Open pre-enrolment | https://www.il3.ub.edu/ca/postgrau-gestio-tractament-valorizacion-residus |
| Lead to doctoral studies | No |
| Admission for applicants not holding a degree qualification | Sí, amb crèdits pendents (10% o menys) |
Objectives and competences
Objectives
- The main objective is to prepare participants for their professional development in functions of responsibility in the management, treatment and recovery of waste.
Specific objectives:
- To understand, identify and make decisions on value chain associated to waste and business models, and of professional activities related to waste treatment and management.
- To know how to determine waste categories, establish the most appropriate criteria for their management (depending on their physical, physical-chemical or biological characteristics), decide on treatment processes and know the price of technologies and their productive yields, and the economic impact that decisions have on the company.
- Understand the waste treatment processes and flows that must be valued both on a material (mass balance) and energy scale and to know the technologies used in the sector and where future processes and technologies are headed.
- To understand waste as secondary raw materials and to know how the waste market operates (consumer companies, factors that affect price, raw materials requirements, global fluctuations, opportunities, etc.).
- To be able to design waste treatment processes.
- To develop an awareness of the end treatments for non-usable waste (incinerators and controlled landfills) and their options as an energy recovery resource: biogas for the production of electrical and thermal energy and upgrading.
Access and admission
Applicant profile and access requirements
Recommended applicant profile
- Professionals interested in developing their professional career in the waste sector and who have an engineering degree (especially industrial, chemistry or agronomist, among others) or scientific-technical studies (environmental sciences, biology, geology, physics, chemistry, architecture, etc.).- Professionals working in the field of waste management, treatment and valorization, in functions such as heads of waste treatment plants, heads of waste treatment facility operations, technical office engineers, technical heads of waste management, heads of quality and environmental departments, business and investment consultants in the field of waste management, environmental consulting and business development in the waste management sector, governmental specialist technicians in the field of waste management or waste management technicians at the municipal and supra-municipal level.
Access requirements and conditions
The course is also open to students with no prior university education, who will acquire the same knowledge and skills and receive a specific qualification for their learner group. Information on the access requirements and other conditions can be obtained from the course directors.Pre-enrolment
Calendar
Contact us
Classes
| Address | Institut de Formació Contínua - UB C/ Ciutat de Granada, 131 08018 - Barcelona Espanya |
|---|---|
| Email address | admisiones@il3.ub.edu |
| Webpage | http://www.il3.ub.edu |
| Telephone | 93 309 36 54 |
| Observations | online learning. |
Further information
| Address | Instituto Forymat c/ de la Princesa, 41 28008 - Madrid Espanya |
|---|---|
| Email address | admision@il3.ub.edu |
| Webpage | https://www.il3.ub.edu/ca/postgrau-gestio-tractament-valorizacion-residus |
| Telephone | 91 559 27 86 |
| Observations | Monday to Thursday, from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., and Friday, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. 15:00 (in July, August and over the Christmas period, Monday to Friday, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m). |