MSc-Diploma-Certificate Urban Water Engineering and Management
Entry requirementsEntry requirements Second-class Honours degree (BEng, MEng, BSc – equivalent GPA 2.1–3.0) or MSc in Civil Engineering or other appropriate engineering, mathematics or science subject. Our standard English requirement is a TOEFL score of 575 (232 computer-based test) or IELTS grade 6.5 (with no marks less than 5.5), or equivalent.
Academic titleMSc/Diploma/Certificate Urban Water Engineering and Management
Course descriptionStructural Engineering courses
These courses are ideally suited to students with a civil engineering degree, or students with a first degree in another appropriate subject who want to diversify.
Our MSc courses can form Part 2 (Matching Section) of the Education Base for Chartered Engineer status. For further details see:
The MSc and Diploma courses can also be taken through a more flexible route, designed for those in current employment. Under this scheme, candidates take modules as short block taught courses and accumulate credits over a period up to five years; 120 credits lead to a Postgraduate Diploma and 180 to an MSc.
Course content
-Modules
-Hydrogeology
-Urban and Industrial Hydrogeology
-Environmental Chemistry
-Environmental Microbiology
-Methods in Water Analysis
-Whole Life Costing
-Wetlands Hydrology and Water Quality
-Modelling Water Distribution
-Environmental River Processes
-Design and Performance of Urban Drainage
-Sustainable Systems
-Dissertation planning
-Dissertation
Assessment
Mainly by formal examination and course work. Project dissertations are assessed in September and include a paper presentation and interview.
The external examiner may also interview students.