Engineering Education 5.0: Model Curriculum for a Postgraduate Master on Circular Economy

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The necessary focus on sustainability issues, especially concerning tertiary engineering education at universities, has increased massively in recent years. On the one hand, the European Commission aims at a long-term examination of sustainability concepts and concrete implementation measures (e.g., Agenda 2030) with concrete initiatives (e.g., Green Deal. On the other hand, there is also a need for reform in the education system to equip the engineers of tomorrow with the necessary competencies for the use and implementation of these measures. This paper presents a model curriculum for a postgraduate master's programme on circular economy in the extractive industry based on a curriculum search and primary data collection in the extractive industry.