You will study the water quality impacts of human activities on aquatic ecosystems, as well as possible remedial actions, considering different levels of environmental stress and in various socio-economic contexts.
Starts: Annually in October
Duration: 18 Months
Location: UNESCO-IHE, Delft, the Netherlands
Prospective Students
The Water Quality Management specialization aims at engineers and scientists responsible for or involved in planning, developing and implementation of water quality policies, strategies and programmes. Affinity with chemistry and biology is required for this specialization.
Learning Objectives
After completing this specialization, graduates will be able to:
- Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the physical, chemical and biological processes of the environment and identify the impacts of human activities on aquatic ecosystems;
- Name and explain principles, concepts and instruments of main national and international water and environmental legislation and common and desired institutional and management arrangements;
- Interpret, design and optimise water quality monitoring and assessment schemes in the watershed;
- Apply experimental, statistical and modelling tools for interpreting and designing water quality management programmes;
- Critically analyse and evaluate alternative water quality management programmes.
Application procedure
Please click here for the application procedure for the UNESCO-IHE MSc programmes.
Programme Structure & Contents
This specialization consists of 14 modules covering a total of 12 months, this is followed by a 6-month research and thesis phase. Graduates of the programme will be awarded 106 ECTS (European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System) credits.
A detailed table of all specialization modules that comprise the Master's Programme in Water Management is available here. The specializations are found in the top row and their relevant modules are found directly below.
