Engineering and Technology
Build knowledge in materials, energy, manufacturing processes, resource circularity, and pollution prevention to analyze and improve industrial carbon emissions and energy use.
SUSTAINABILITY IN DECARBONIZATION
Master's / Ph.D. Program in Sustainability in Decarbonization Graduate College of Sustainability and Green Energy
Centered on net-zero emissions and sustainable industrial development, the program integrates engineering technology, carbon management, circular economy, and smart manufacturing to cultivate interdisciplinary professionals who can help organizations advance decarbonization, resource circularity, and net-zero transformation.
Program Positioning
Engineering Solutions for the Net-Zero Transition
The program combines engineering, management, and sustainability perspectives to prepare professionals capable of addressing industrial decarbonization challenges.
The degree program is centered on net-zero emissions and sustainable industrial development. In response to the global transition toward net zero and Taiwan's 2050 net-zero policy direction, it develops interdisciplinary professionals with engineering expertise, management capability, and sustainability-oriented thinking.
The curriculum integrates material circularity, circular economy, carbon management, resource recovery, carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS), smart manufacturing, and sustainability management, with equal emphasis on theory and practical application.
Through industry-academia collaboration, project-based research, and Problem-Based Learning (PBL), students learn to analyze corporate carbon emissions, resource use, and production-process challenges and to develop feasible solutions for net-zero transformation.
Educational Core
Three Core Competencies
Students develop technical, managerial, and interdisciplinary problem-solving abilities needed to plan and implement decarbonization strategies.
Carbon Management and Sustainability Strategy
Develop core capabilities in greenhouse-gas inventories, product carbon footprints, life-cycle assessment, emissions-reduction strategies, and corporate sustainability management.
Interdisciplinary Integration and Problem Solving
Integrate engineering, management, data analysis, and sustainability thinking to develop innovative solutions that balance environmental, economic, and social benefits.
Curriculum
Three Curriculum Tracks
The curriculum is organized around three connected areas: decarbonization technology, circular economy, and smart manufacturing.
Industrial Decarbonization
Focuses on industrial emissions reduction, carbon capture, low-carbon processes, and energy-efficiency improvement, building capabilities from emissions-source analysis to technical implementation.
- Carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS)
- Low-carbon processes and energy-saving technologies
- Bioenergy and alternative-energy applications
- Corporate decarbonization technology planning
Resource Circularity
Addresses material life cycles, waste recovery, and circular design to improve resource efficiency and reduce the environmental impacts of industrial activities.
- Material life-cycle management
- Resource circularity and reuse
- Waste-to-resource applications
- Circular-economy strategies and business models
Data-Driven Manufacturing
Combines data, digital tools, and intelligent production technologies to improve process efficiency, energy use, and carbon-emissions management.
- Smart production and digital monitoring
- Process energy-efficiency analysis
- Low-carbon manufacturing system integration
- Data-driven process improvement
Professional Skills
Core Professional Capabilities
Students build practical capabilities for measuring emissions, evaluating environmental impacts, improving industrial processes, and planning organizational decarbonization pathways.
- Greenhouse-Gas Inventories Identify emission sources and establish organizational carbon-emissions data.
- Product Carbon Footprints Analyze carbon emissions across the life cycle of products.
- Life-Cycle Assessment Evaluate the overall environmental impacts of products and manufacturing processes.
- Carbon Management Strategy Plan organizational emissions-reduction pathways and sustainability programs.
- Material Circularity Improve material reuse and resource-circularity efficiency.
- Low-Carbon Processes Improve energy efficiency and reduce process-related emissions.
- Smart Manufacturing Apply digital technologies to process monitoring and improvement.
- Sustainability Strategy Integrate environmental, economic, and management considerations.
Knowledge Domains
Professional Knowledge Areas
The program connects carbon-management methods with engineering, manufacturing, resource circularity, energy, and sustainability management.
- Material Life-Cycle Management
- Circular-Economy Strategy
- Waste-to-Resource Applications
- Bioenergy Applications
- Carbon Capture and Utilization
- Greenhouse-Gas Inventories
- Product Carbon Footprints
- Life-Cycle Assessment (LCA)
- Smart Manufacturing
- Low-Carbon Processes
- Resource-Efficiency Analysis
- Corporate Sustainability Management
Applied Learning
Practice-Oriented Learning
Learning activities connect classroom knowledge with real industrial challenges through problem-based learning, corporate projects, and industry-academia collaboration.
Problem-Based Learning
Real industrial scenarios and Problem-Based Learning train students to analyze carbon emissions, energy efficiency, and resource-use challenges.
Industry-Oriented Projects
Corporate cases, project research, and practical needs help students develop the ability to plan decarbonization technologies and sustainability improvement solutions.
Industry-Academia Collaboration
Collaboration with companies, research organizations, and industry resources provides experience in addressing real-world net-zero transformation challenges.
Data & Integration
Data Analysis and Interdisciplinary Integration
Scientific methods, engineering knowledge, digital tools, and management perspectives are combined to support evidence-based decarbonization decisions.
Data-Informed Net-Zero Decision-Making
Data Analysis × Engineering × Sustainability
The program emphasizes data-analysis capability, preparing students to use scientific methods, engineering technologies, and digital tools to examine carbon emissions, energy use, and resource efficiency.
Through interdisciplinary collaboration, students integrate environmental, engineering, management, and economic perspectives to develop innovative solutions that consider environmental, economic, and social benefits.
Career Pathways
Industry and Career Directions
The program prepares students for technical, environmental, sustainability, and carbon-management roles across industries undergoing the transition toward low-carbon production and net zero.
Technology and R&D
- Green energy and green-technology industries
- Pollution-prevention technology industries
- Low-carbon processes and smart manufacturing
- Materials and energy technology research and development
Circular and Environmental Industries
- Circular-economy industries
- Resource circularity and recycling industries
- Environmental engineering consulting
- Waste recovery and resource management
Sustainability and Carbon Management
- Corporate sustainability and ESG
- Greenhouse-gas and carbon management
- Decarbonization strategy and net-zero planning
- Sustainability management and transformation projects
The program develops professionals who can integrate theory, technology, data, and management methods, analyze industrial challenges, plan decarbonization strategies, and support corporate net-zero transformation—contributing to sustainable development across industry and society.