Educate — International in Water Resources and Environmental Management

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Educate is an international postgraduate programme in Water Resources and Environmental Management organised by four leading Universities in the South-Eastern European Region: the National Technical University of Athens, the University of Belgrade, the Technical University of Civil Engineering of Bucharest and the University of Ljubljana. The programme directly contributes to sustainable environmental management and pollution abatement by promoting integrated, system-oriented thinking, methodologies and tools.

The course follows a flexible distance-learning programme based on e-learning and the educational material is delivered online, in English. The course is addressed to graduates in Engineering, Natural and Applied Sciences and professionals from the public or private sector seeking specialisation in the field of Water Resources and Environmental Management. It is particularly suitable for working professionals who cannot afford a major disruption in their work, and who can attend in parallel with their working commitments without leaving their area of residence. Participants can follow the entire postgraduate course (11 modules and postgraduate thesis) or alternatively they can follow selected course elements, such as Thematic Areas and/or Modules according to their needs.

The following modules are offered within the e-learning programme:

Thematic Area 1:

* Hydraulics - Hydrology
* Ecology; Chemistry & Microbiology
* Data Analysis Tools

Thematic Area 2:

* Water Supply and Distribution Management
* Wastewater Collection and Treatment
* Stormwater Management

Thematic Area 3:

* Integrated Flood Risk Management
* Groundwater
* Integrated Water Resources Management

Thematic Area 4:

* Policy and Legislation
* Environmental Assessment
* Coastal Erosion Management
* Statistics for Water Resources

Modules in Thematic Areas 1 and 3 begin in September 2010 and modules in Thematic Areas 2 and 4 begin in February 2011.

The postgraduate course in Water Resources and Environmental Management is a flexible, distance learning programme based on e-learning. Lectures and tutorials are developed in English. Students can follow the entire postgraduate course or alternatively they can select specific course elements, such as Thematic Areas and/or Modules according to their needs.

The full programme is organised as a pedagogic continuum and includes:

* An introduction and common scientific background to the participants, organised under Thematic Area 1
* The acquisition and use of concepts in urban water management in an integrative approach within a sustainable
make-space-for-water management context, organised under Thematic Area 2
* A thematic specialisation in the issues of catchment and environmental management by utilising hydro-informatics tools, including distributed hydrologic models, advanced optimisation and geostatistics under Thematic Area 3
* Issues of policy, legislation, decision-making and environmental assessment with an emphasis on the Water Framework Directive (WFD), as well as other advanced topics are provided under Thematic Area 4
* A research thesis

Academic RequirementsThe Educate programme invites applications from an international audience and is targeting recent university graduates and professionals from the public or private sector seeking specialisation in the field of Water Resources and Environmental Management.Successful candidates must have a good first degree from a recognized university with at least 300 European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) credits or equivalent in Engineering.All candidates should demonstrate proficiency in English. Admission is based on the academic and intellectual excellence of applicants as well as their motivation and prior experience. In order to create a multicultural learning environment, the consortium strives to achieve a balance between various geographic and disciplinary backgrounds of the programme's students.Language RequirementsAll candidates should demonstrate a good command of the English language since this is the teaching language of the postgraduate course.Efficient attendance of the Course requires as a minimum proficiency in English equivalent to Certificate in Advanced English (CAE) level.The candidates are required to provide a standardised English language test, such as the ones listed below along with the minimum required test scores, or equivalent.English Language Test - Minimum test score required TOEFLComputer Based Test (CBT): 230 (with a minimum of 4.5 in written English)Paper Based Test (PBT): 570 (with a minimum of 4.5 in written English)Internet Based Test (iBT): 88 (with a minimum of 24 in Writing and 20 in Speaking)IELTS (International English Language Testing System) Cambridge: 6.5 (with a minimum of 5 in the written element)Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE): CCambridge Certificate in Advanced English (CAE): BStudents must make arrangements to take the appropriate test well in advance of the start of their course and their places will not be confirmed prior to the submission of the acceptable test scores/results.Exceptions to the English language test will be applied to candidates who have completed their first degree or a postgraduate course in an English-language university or whose mother tongue is English.Further information and on-line application for selected modules or for the entire postgraduate course available at: English Language Requirements IELTS band: 6.5 TOEFL paper-based test score : 570 TOEFL iBT® test: 88

Accreditation

Successful completion of the entire postgraduate course (2 years) leads to the award of the Diploma of Academic Specialization in Water Resources and Environmental Engineering from the Faculty of Civil Engineering, University of Belgrade. The degree awarded by the University of Belgrade is recognised by the National Academic Recognition Information Center of Greece (D.O.A.T.A.P.). In case that only specific modules are selected students receive a certificate that includes the corresponding ECTS credits obtained upon successful completion of the selected modules.