Water Management

Duration:

1 year full-time
2-5 years part-time

Overview

Water is essential to life and is arguably our most precious resource. The ever-increasing demand for water - when harnessed to climate change, technological advances, new legislation and regulations - has focused attention on the need for a holistic approach to water management.

Our Water Management MSc will enable students to integrate and apply social, scientific and engineering skills to the sustainable management of water in natural, semi-natural and man-made environments.

Students select one of three specialised options:

• Community Water and Sanitation
• Environmental Water Management
• Global Water Policy and Management

On completion, graduates have a broader network of global contacts, increased opportunities for individual specialism in their chosen career, and the capability to make an immediate and real contribution to improved water management. Cranfield water management graduates are highly sought after by employers.

The MSc, PgDip and PgCert programmes have been accredited by the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM), recognising that those completing the course have the skills, knowledge, awareness and confidence to find relevant and challenging employment and develop exciting careers.

Students benefit from facilities including our soil and water laboratories, hydraulics laboratory, soil erosion research laboratory, groundwater training facility, water quality laboratory and field irrigation laboratory.

Course Structure:

The course comprises eight assessed modules, a group project and an individual project. The modules provide the tools required for the group and individual projects. 

Students undertaking the Postgraduate Diploma (PgDip) complete the eight modules and the group projects associated with their chosen option. Postgraduate Certificate (PgCert) students complete six modules selected from any of the options.

Modules:

• Development: Communities, Social and Economic Aspects
• Emergency Water Supply and Environmental Sanitation
• Health, Sanitation and Wastewater Management
• Managing and Financing World Water and Wastewater
• Research Processes
• Surface and Groundwater Hydrology
• Water Quality
• Water Source Engineering

Entry requirements:

Candidates must possess, or be expected to achieve, a 1st or 2nd class UK Honours degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline such as engineering, agriculture, environmental science or physical geography. Other relevant qualifications, together with significant experience, may be considered.

English language requirements - our normal minimum requirement is a TOEFL score of 580 (paper test) or 237 (computer test), essay rating 4.5 or 92 (Internet test), all skills 19 or an IELTS 6.5 with 6.0 for writing, a TOEIC overall score of 830, or a Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English grade C or Cambridge Certificate in Advanced English grade C, although a number of our programmes require higher scores.

Funding:

Funding opportunities exist, including industrial sponsorship, School bursaries and a number of general external schemes.  For the majority of part-time students sponsorship is organised by their employers. We recommend you discuss this with your company in the first instance.

Please note that a formal offer of a place on this course must have been received before consideration can be given for funding. For further details please visit our website or contact our Enquiries Office on the details provided below.

Want to find out more?

Contact our Enquiries Office for further details on all the courses we offer by either email: appliedsciences@cranfield.ac.uk or phone +44 (0)1234 758008. You can also visit our website.

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