First year:
1.semester: gain a broad understanding of Industrial Ecology by acquiring thorough knowledge and skills needed for the analysis of sustainability problems and the design and implementation of solutions.
2.semester: focus on the integration and application of the acquired knowledge/skills and follow your specialization courses. 
The second year aims at further integration and application, in the form of an Industrial Ecology Project, specialization courses and thesis research project. 

After graduating you are able to analyse sustainability challenges, create and initiate innovative technological solutions, and come up with tools and strategies for management and policy regarding these solutions. You will have learned to think in systems instead of individual products, processes thereby designing science based solutions for sustainability problems. You will be able to combine the analytical focus of a natural scientist with the problem-solving capacity of an engineer and reflective capacity of a social scientist.