Master’s Degree in Water Cycle Engineering
Structuralia
Key Information
Campus location
Online
Languages
English
Study format
Distance Learning
Duration
12 months
Pace
Full time, Part time
Tuition fees
EUR 6,490 / per year
Application deadline
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Introduction
Why pursue a Master’s Degree in Water Cycle Engineering?
According to the World Health Organization, approximately 2.2 billion people in the world do not have access to safe drinking water, and 4.2 billion lack sanitation services. Furthermore, climate change is expected to cause increasingly frequent and disastrous droughts and floods. These facts and projections have motivated water companies around the world to initiate infrastructure adaptation plans.
This master's program seeks to study each process within the water cycle in-depth, as well as the design and operations of all the necessary infrastructures to guarantee safe water supply and the protection of river ecosystems.
Curriculum
Module I: Climate Variability And Climate Change
- Unit 1. The Climate System
- Unit 2. Weather, Climate, And Climate System
- Unit 3. Climate Change
- Unit 4. Vulnerability Assessment And Climate Change Risks
Module II: Water Resource Catchment And Management
- Unit 1: Water As A Resource
- Unit 2: Catchment Infrastructure I
- Unit 3: Catchment Infrastructure II
- Unit 4: Adduction And Regulation Infrastructures
Module III: Water Treatment For Human Consumption: Purification And Desalination
- Unit 1: Water Treatment Process Design
- Unit 2: Liquid-Solid Phase Separation
- Unit 3: Disinfection
- Unit 4: Seawater Desalination
Module IV: Piping And Water Distribution Network
- Unit 1: Introduction To Networks And Service Connections
- Unit 2: Supply System Components
- Unit 3: Supply System Design
- Unit 4: Constructive Considerations And Quality Management
Module V: Sanitation Networks
- Unit 1: Gravity Sanitation Networks
- Unit 2: Sanitation Network Construction, Maintenance, And Exploitation
- Unit 3: Wastewater Pumping Stations (Wwps)
- Unit 4: Spillways And Storm Tanks
Module VI: Exploitation And Design Of Wastewater Treatment Plants
- Unit 1 – Wastewater. Primary Treatment
- Unit 2 – Water Line. Secondary Treatment
- Unit 3 – Water Line. Tertiary Treatment
- Unit 4 – Sludge And Gas Lines
Module VII: Electromechanical Equipment At Water Treatment Plants
- Unit 1 – Pumping And Insulation Systems
- Unit 2 – Solids Separation Systems
- Unit 3 – Agitation And Aeration Systems
- Unit 4 – Instrumentation And Control
Module VIII: Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems
- Unit 1 – Rainfall Management Via Suds.
- Unit 2 – Control Of Origin. Catchment And Transport
- Unit 3 – Infiltration Systems
- Unit 4 – Storage And Passive Treatment Systems
Module IX: Natural Risk Engineering: Drought And Floods
- Unit 1 – Water Resource Assessment
- Unit 2 – Droughts
- Unit 3 – Floods
- Unit 4 – Engineering Solutions For Natural Risk Management
Module X Master's Final Project (MFP)
The program is subject to possible content updates and upgrades.
Scholarships and Funding
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