Sustainable Water Management MSc

The Masters in Sustainable Water Management will provide you with multidisciplinary knowledge and expertise in river catchment, groundwater, lake and coastal environments, with a focus on the impact of and adaptation to changing environments. The programme is designed to enable you to develop an in-depth and critical understanding of contemporary global issues in water science and management including climate and land use changes, flood and contamination risks, restoration and conservation, ecosystem services and health, and associated perspectives.bThe programme is ideal for you if you are keen to pursue a professional career or research in the water environment. Modes of delivery of the MSc in Sustainable Water Management include lectures, seminars, tutorials, laboratory and field practical classes, computing workshops and independent research tasks under expert supervision. You will take part in a residential field class in Scotland during Semester 1 to develop skills in the operation and analysis of water environment monitoring methods and technologies. In the final part of the programme, you will undertake a research project which will be supervised by a member of staff who teaches on the Sustainable water Management programme.

Normally a 2.1 Honours degree or equivalent qualification (for example, GPA 3.0 or above) in a relevant subject e.g. Geography, Earth Science, Environmental Science, Ecology, Biological Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering, Computing Science.