Environmental Physics, Renewable Energy Sources and Meteorology and Climatology

Prospects of graduates
The focus of graduates specializing in environmental physics and renewable energy sources reflects the current requirements of the society. They can find employment in the field or in a wide range of related fields. The most typical examples of graduate jobs are:
- basic and applied environmental research (Slovak Academy of Sciences, international research centers, world and domestic science centers),
- universities and educational institutions,
- development laboratories and institutes dealing with environmental issues (pollutant control in the environment, applications of radionuclides in practice, metrology of ionizing radiation),
- nuclear energy (internal and external dosimetry),
- meteorological and hydrological service,
- public health authorities (guiding health protection against the effects of ionizing radiation, monitoring compliance with the principles of radiation protection in workplaces with ionizing radiation, monitoring of radioactivity in the environment),
- public and state administration sphere (application of the principles of state policy in the field of environmental protection, supervision of nuclear power plants),
- private sector (implementation of renewable energy sources in practice, environmental analyzes, control of radioactivity in natural environments and living spaces, analysis of samples of environmental components, environmental impact assessment, personal dosimetry, measurement of radioactivity in the environment),
- various branches of industry, energy and transport, where graduates will work as technologists and environmental managers)
- trading companies for renewable energy sources, nuclear technology, laboratory equipment and radiation sources,
- data centers, banks and insurance companies (data processing, statistical analysis, computer networks).
Graduates of meteorology and climatology are prepared for a job in a wide range of professions related to: weather, climate, air pollution, transport, agriculture, industry, health, environment, forestry and water management. They will find positions in Slovakia and abroad, especially in various departments of the Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute (in Bratislava - Koliba and the airport; in Banská Bystrica; in Gánovce near Poprad; in Košice). They can also be employed in other institutions throughout Slovakia (Institute of Geophysics of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Hydromelioration, Research Institute of Water Management, Institute of Hydrology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, University of Agriculture in Nitra, Forestry Research Institute and the Faculty of Forestry of the Technical University in Zvolen, in state and public administration and elsewhere). Some of the graduates also work at similar workplaces in the Czech Republic or abroad. The most typical examples of graduate specializations are:
- Synoptic meteorologist in normal operation (daily weather forecast)
- Aviation meteorologist in normal operation (weather forecast for aviation security)
- Numerical meteorologist - solution and operation of dynamic models for weather forecasting
- Aerological meteorologist - measurement and analysis of parameters in the open atmosphere up to 40 km
- Meteorologist for satellite and radar measurements - distance methods of meteorological monitoring
- Meteorologist for ground measurements and instrumentation - methods of measurement and testing of instruments
- Meteorologist for the study of solar radiation - globally coordinated measurement and processing
- Mountain meteorologist, climatologist - study of meteorological processes in high mountains
- General climatologist - research in climatology, processing of scenarios, maps, atlases, and monographs
- Applied climatologist - processing and distribution of climatological information
- Microclimatologist - climatology of the ground layer, enclosed spaces and stands
- Bioclimatologist (biometeorologist) - applications to biological systems and human health
- Agrometeorologist (agroclimatologist) - applications for agriculture
- Forest meteorologist (climatologist) - applications for forestry and forest ecosystems
- Hydroclimatologist (hydrometeorologist) - applications for hydrology and hydroprognosis
- Speleoclimatologist - applications on the microclimate of caves
- Meteorologist for avalanche prevention - applications for avalanche prognosis and prevention
- Meteorologist for the study of air pollution - diffusion of pollutants in the boundary layer
- Meteorologist for long-distance transport of pollutants in the atmosphere and critical loads - interstate transmission
- Meteorologist studying ground-level and total ozone in the atmosphere

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