Educate is an international postgraduate course in Water Resources and Environmental Management organised by four leading Universities in the South-Eastern European region. The Consortium includes the National Technical University of Athens, the University of Belgrade, the Technical University of Civil Engineering of Bucharest and the University of Ljubljana. The pilot year of the course was funded by the INTERREG III B CADSES Programme and ended successfully on 24 August 2008.

The objective of this postgraduate programme is to assist the regional transnational cooperation on Water Resources and Environmental Management. This is achieved by shaping highly trained graduates into future policy makers who can rise to positions of leadership in their fields and perform their function professionally and with an understanding of the perspectives of the entire region.

The course directly contributes to the development of sustainable solutions for environmental management and pollution abatement, by advocating to students a strategy that considers spatial development and its individual components in the context of sustainability. In addition to their academic work, students will develop a variety of learning skills and competencies, such as research, communication, and other professional skills, learn to orient themselves in European networks of academic institutions and elaborate on relevant career objectives and strategies.

The postgraduate course is a flexible distance learning programme based on e-learning. All educational material, lectures and tutorials are developed in English. The Academic Programme is organised as a pedagogic continuum and includes four Thematic Areas and a research thesis.

The course is addressed to graduates in Engineering or natural and applied sciences mainly from the countries of SE Europe but can receive students from other countries as well. It 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 need to satisfy specific Admission Requirements set by the Educate Academic Board and follow the Application Procedure.

Successful completion of 2 years of the course leads to the award of Certificate of Academic Specialization in the field of Civil Engineering, study programme: Water Resources and Environmental Management from the Faculty of Civil Engineering, University of Belgrade.

A number of 3-5 day short courses on additional specialised topics will be available in each country to professionals from Government and Industry.