Offered Degrees:
Master of Science in Engineering ‘M.Sc.’ (NEW)
Professional Master of Engineering ‘M. Eng.’ 
Professional Doctorate in Engineering ‘D. Eng.’ (NEW)

Concept of the Resource Efficiency for Sustainable Cities Programs
Population growth and rapid urbanization are combining to create huge challenges for cities all over the world. Meeting demand for urban services in these cities will need massive capital investment over the years. The concentrations of people and their activities create intensified pressure on the environment.  Cities consume around 75 % of the natural resources in order to sustain the various functions performed within them. Without the proper design and planning, this massive urban growth will inevitably exacerbate existing problems of congestion, pollution, environmental degradation, and resource scarcity, as well as social inequalities in resources access.
However, this very concentration and dynamics offer opportunities, through design and actions at an urban scale, to enhance resources efficiency, and in doing so, raise equitable access and minimize the various environmental impacts, including the effects of climate change.

The program focuses on natural resources efficiency in the built environment and aims at directing education and research towards achieving progress to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs):
•    Goal 11 “Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe and sustainable”, 
•    Goal 6 “Ensure availability and sustainable use of water and sanitation for all”, 
•    Goal 7 “Ensure sustainable energy for all”, and 
•    Goal 9 “Promote sustainable infrastructure and industrialization and foster innovation”. 
This concept comes also in line with the UNEP Initiative launched after the Rio+20 summit in Brazil, 2012: "The new Global Initiative for Resource Efficient Cities”.

Agreements with another University
The Interdisciplinary Program on Resource Efficiency for Sustainable Cities is jointly developed by 5 partner universities under the umbrella of the global Center of Excellence for Natural Resources and Development (CNRD) -one of five centres of Exceed Network of excellence of universities- including Ain Shams University, Egypt; TH Köln University of Applied Sciences, Germany; Autonomous University of San Luis Potosi, Mexico; Kenyatta University, Kenya and Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia. Since 2015, the five member universities have joined forces to develop the program through a deliberate sequence of international workshops of the partners. The job market demand and graduate profiles were defined, their necessary competencies compiled, and the curriculum and master’s modules’ content and respective didactics jointly developed.