Master's Programme N0312A250003: Master in European Environmental Economics and Policy

Academic year 2025/2026

The two-year Master’s programme in European Environmental Economics and Policy (M3EP) prepares students to take on one of the most complex and demanding policy areas for the EU and its member states in the 21st century: the green transition.

This Erasmus Mundus Joint Master’s programme is delivered collaboratively by five 4EU+ universities: University of Copenhagen, Charles University, Heidelberg University, University of Milan and University of Warsaw. 

Students will gain a firm disciplinary and interdisciplinary footing in both environmental economics and environmental policy and politics, equipping them to effectively design, implement, and analyse policy solutions for the complex environmental challenges facing European and international societies.

In Copenhagen: Throughout the first year at the University of Copenhagen, students will gain a disciplinary and transdisciplinary footing in both environmental economics and environmental policy and politics. They will gain a foundational grasp of key concepts and analytical frameworks in political science, alongside a comprehensive understanding of reasoning, concepts, and frameworks in economics, all within the context of addressing environmental challenges. 

In addition, they will be introduced to the process through which EU’s environmental policies are created, shaped, and implemented. Students will also be introduced to economic tools and methods that can be used in the development and evaluation of environmental policies. 

As their studies move along, students will get further expertise in economics and political science with a specific focus on combining the disciplines with targeted application to the contemporary development and implementation of EU environmental policy. 

Students will meet instructors from all five partner universities of the programme during the first semester in Copenhagen.

In Prague: The Policies and Politics of the Green Transition mobility track, offered during the 2^nd year in Prague, focuses on policy and political aspects of the green transition. Students on this track will, at the end of the first year of study in Copenhagen, choose one of two orientations for their second year at Charles University: Public Policy for Green Transition or European and Global Politics of Green Transition. Both orientations include the course Policy Analysis for a Green Transition in the first semester. 

In the second semester, students choosing the orientation in Public Policy for Green Transition will specifically target analysis and problem-solving in relation to public policies toward the green transition. Further, they can create individual profiles according to their preferences in the choice of elective courses addressing various aspects of public policy (environmental policy instruments, policy evaluation, administrative or public economics context of the green transition, and so on) to better understand green transition issues. 

Students choosing the orientation in European and Global Politics of Green Transition will instead study politics and political analysis in the context of European or global organisations addressing the green transition. Further, students can create individual profiles through their choices between elective courses concerning various aspects of politics and governance in the EU and global institutions related to the green transition. In both orientations, the choice of elective courses is restricted to ensure that, regardless of the orientation, all students in this mobility track acquire competences within both policy and politics. Both orientations further entail the option of doing an internship in an organisation involved in the green transition, which could help students with the choice of their diploma thesis as well as gain deeper insight into the topic of their thesis.

Programme Director: prof. PhDr. Ing. Ondřej Císař, Ph.D. (  )

Programme Coordinator for Organisational Affairs: PhDr. Vilém Novotný, Ph.D. (  )

Programme Coordinator for Student Affairs: Mirna Jusić, M.A., Ph.D. (  )

Language of Instruction: English

Course Structure and Study Requirements

Master State Examination

(JDIP01) Diploma thesis defence

* WS = Winter Semester (Oct. - Feb.) SS = Summer Semester (Feb. - June)

Common courses for both orientations (Copenhagen University)

Orientation "Public Policy for Green Transition" (Charles University)

Orientation "European and Global Politics of Green Transition" (Charles University)

Prerequisites, co-requisites, interchangeable and incompatible courses (Charles University)