Environment and Natural Resources — Specialisation Sustainable Water and Sanitation, Health and Development

Study mode:On campus Study type:Full-time Languages: English
Deadline: Dec 1, 2024
601–800 place StudyQA ranking:9741 Duration:2 years

The main objective of the programme is to provide the students with competence and skills raised by challenges related to inadequate water and sanitation with special focus on developing countries. It also aims at providing the students with an overview of potential technical solutions and knowledge of the advantages and limitations of different water and sanitary systems (large and small scale), as well as socioeconomic factors of relevance for successful implementation in different parts of the world.

Areas covered by the programme include:
- Water resources and water management
- Ecological engineering
- Conventional and decentralised wastewater treatment systems
- Natural systems wastewater treatment
- Health and development

Admission requirements:Applicants should have an university bachelor degree equivalent to at least 180 ECTS.The curricula should comprise basic courses innatural science (maths, statistic, biology, chemistry and physic)equivalent to at least 60 ETCS and advanced courses equivalent to atleast 80 ECTS in the fields of geology, soil science, plant science, limnology, hydrology, environmental chemistry, radioecology, biology,ecology or natural resource management. Further have students to document sufficient English proficiency.For admission to English-language Master??s programmes, one of the following special admission requirements for English apply:a) foundation/level 1 course in English at upper secondary school (5 weekly periods) with the mark 4 or better (alternatively, a pass in the English Advanced course I and/or II)b) Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) with a result of at least 550 points for the Paper-based test (PBT), 213 points for the Computer-based test (CBT) and 80 points for the Internet-based test (IBT)c) International English Language Testing Service (IELTS) with a score of at least 6.0d) other approved documentation following an individual assessment
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