The program provides, in particular, the opportunity for students to learn and apply: knowledge and techniques needed to develop and implement environmental policies in order to achieve sustainable development; analytical thinking that leads to environmental decisions; interactions between science, politics, society, economy and environment; specific case studies for Romania and Central and Eastern Europe. Abilities: adoption of specific terminology in environmental management and sustainable development; understanding the details related to sustainable development and environmental management; superior capacity for analysis and synthesis, based on the use of rigorous scientific methods; graduates will be able to initiate, plan and conduct complex analysis and environmental assessment studies; use of specific environmental risk assessment software, licensed and approved internationally; interpersonal skills: ability to work in teams – environmental audit (integrated environmental management systems), HAZOP team etc.; systemic competences, mainly the ability to work independently (external expert / consultant); ability to design projects, to run them and to obtain the desired results; knowledge of specific measures to reduce natural and technological risks; ability to integrate environmental data with other socio-economic parameters to get a broader perspective of sustainable development; understanding the rules for the preparation of regulatory documents issued by environmental authorities; ability to use appropriate evaluation criteria and methods of sustainable industrial systems