Minor Future Planet Innovation

Overview

Would you like to contribute to a sustainable society? Learn how to evoke change? Are you interested in both the scientific and social aspects of sustainability? With this minor, the future is in your hands. The minor Future Planet Innovation aims to contribute to a sustainable society. By attending this minor, you will learn how to make choices in a rapidly changing world and how to design feasible solutions. The minor is a complete program that perfectly fits in each curriculum. This means that the education is tailor-made for a broad audience. 

Interdisciplinarity

Sustainability issues are highly complex and solutions can only thrive with extensive collaboration. In the minor students from all disciplines combine talents and backgrounds in the quest for a sustainable world. You will therefore also learn how to integrate the topic of sustainability within your own disciplinary background.

Structure

The minor consists of two blocks of 15 ECTS each. The first semester (1A) entails two courses: Global Challenges (10 ECTS) and Global Integration (5 ECTS). During the second semester (1B) students work on an actual project in multidisciplinary teams in the course Sustainable Contributions to Society (15 ECTS).

Practical Information

The minor Future Planet Innovation is open for students from all faculties of the University of Groningen as well as students outside Groningen and outside the Netherlands. We advise you to register in time because only 50 students can participate. Registration for the minor as a whole is open from May 2024. For more information on the programme, you can visit the minor webpage.  Scientists and lecturers from all faculties contribute to this minor, coordinated by the Faculty of Science and Engineering. Feel free to contact them at fpi@rug.nl.