Water Science and Engineering

Flood Risk Management is a multiple-degree joint MSc programme offered by IHE Delft in cooperation with the Technical University of Dresden in Germany, UPC Barcelona in Spain and University of Ljubljana in Slovenia. Students start at Technical University of Dresden in Germany before coming to IHE Delft for the 2nd semester, and then move to UPC Barcelona and University of Ljubljana for the 3rd semester. In the final semester, students undertake a thesis research project in association with one of the abovementioned institutions and possibly external partners.

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Hydroinformatics - Modelling and Information Systems for Water Management is a double-degree MSc programme, offered by IHE Delft and Escuela Colombiana de Ingenieria Julio Garavito (ECIJG) in Bogota, Colombia. This programme is designed for students especially from Colombia and other Latin American countries. Students start at ECIJG, where they have six months of course work prior to coming to IHE Delft in March, where they follow course work until October, followed by thesis research at either of the two institutes.

The programme is organized around the following thematic areas: (1) Ocean and atmospheric sciences, (2) Coastal dynamics and hazards, (3) Coastal modellling, (4) Risk assessment in coastal areas, (5) Coastal protections and restoration, (6) Fieldwork and data analysis, and (7) Climate change impacts and adaptation.The students will start the academic year at UC, where they receive courses addressing core competences in Thematic Areas (1) and (2), and partially in areas (3) and (4), totalising 30 ECTS. In February of the following year, the students move to IHE Delft, where they will acquire 30 ECTS in the second semester, taking more advanced courses within Thematic Areas (3), (4) and partially (5) and (7). At IHE DELFT the students will also have some elective courses to reach the 30 ECTS to be achieved. Following conclusion of the second semester in July, the students move to UAlg in September, where they will study during the third semester. Here they will obtain advanced training in Thematic Areas (5), (6) and (7), and will present their thesis proposal. At UAlg the students will also have a number of optional courses to reach the 30 ECTS to be achieved.At the end of the third semester, in January, students can follow a voluntary internship period at one of the associated partners before their thesis research (30 ECTS), or start their thesis work righ away (30 ECTS).

Groundwater and Global Change – Impact and Adaptation is a joint MSc programme offered by IHE Delft in cooperation with the Technical University of Dresden in Germany and the University of Lisbon in Portugal. Students start at University of Lisbon before coming to IHE Delft for the 2nd semester, and then move to Technical University of Dresden for the 3rd semester. In the final semester, students undertake a thesis research project in association with one of the abovementioned institutions and possibly external partners.

You will deal with surface and groundwater, addressing both water quantity and quality, learning to understand human influences on the hydrological system and apply tools, such as modelling, for the p

Hydrology is an earth science studying the circulation and distribution of global water and encompassing elements of other disciplines, such as geology and geophysics, meteorology and climatology, ecology and engineering.

Hydrologists play a key role in integrated water resources assessment and management. Graduates are able to understand, describe and quantify the physical and bio-geochemical processes of the hydrological cycle so that they can better plan, manage and engineer natural water resources.