Programme structure

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