Master program

Degree number of credits: 60

Compulsory credits: 24

Elective credits: 18

Final project: 12

Work placements/Internships: 6

Degree code: 2139

Years: 1

Teaching type: Presencial

Knowledge branch: SCIENCE

Master degree website: www.uv.es/master-contaminacion-ambiental

Places available for new students: 45

Minimum number of enrolment credits per student: 36

Price of credit for non-resident foreign students Non EHEA [academic year 2025-26]: 70.68€

Price per credit [academic year 2025-26]:35.34€

Management Centre: Faculty of Biological Sciences

Languages used in class: Spanish

Participating Universities: University of Valencia

Academic Coordinating Committee: Rafael Boluda Hernández (Co-Director)
Luis Roca Pérez (Co-Director)
Óscar Enrique Andreu Sánchez
Antonio Camacho González
Víctor Estellés Leal
Encarna Sancho Aguilar
Juan Soria García
Amparo Torreblanca Tamarit
Mónica Giménez Monleón (PAS)

Observations:

For the 2022-2023 academic year, this master's degree is offered without specialties, the set of optional subjects offered are the following:

43053 Water quality and ecological status of inland aquatic ecosystems

43054 Climate change and biodiversity

43057 Endocrine disruption

43058 Biomarkers of pollution

43059 Histology and histopathology of bioindicator animals

43061 Bioassays of ecotoxicity

Academic, scientific or professional interest: The existence of indicators of social interest, the growing demand on researchers in this field, both in technological centres as well as in companies and the public administration, the interest of this area of research in the scientific community, with journals which impact index grows significatively year after year, the existence of research groups in this field both in Universities as in State Research Centres, which implies a relevant critical mass of researchers; this Master's Degree expects to provide an answer to these needs and to offer specialised knowledge of the polluting processes both in the environment as in the living beings that live in it.

PhD programme linked to this Master’s programme: Environmental Pollution, Toxicology and Health

Pre-enrolment information: Student Information Service

Academic information: mcta@uv.es

Master's Degree in Environmental Pollution, Toxicology and Health