MSc Water Management for Development

  • Country United Kingdom
  • Course Duration 12 month
  • Course Type Full Time
  • Courses Campus On Campus
  • Language Specification IELTS
  • Program Level Post-Graduate
  • Education Required Undergraduate
  • Admission intake Sep
  • Minimum GPA 78

Application Charges

Application Fee Tution Fee
Free GBP 22,500

Application Date

Application Start Date Application Closing Date
2024-04-10
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Exam Test Required

IELTS
Speaking Score Listening Score Writing Score Reading Score
6 6 6 6
TOEFL
Speaking Score Listening Score Writing Score Reading Score
22 22 22 22
PTE
Speaking Score Listening Score Writing Score Reading Score
63 63 63 63
DET
Speaking Score Listening Score Writing Score Reading Score
110 110 110 110

Program Description

Our Water Management for Development (Distance Learning) MSc is designed to develop careers managing water supply and environmental sanitation infrastructure and services for low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).
The programme supports the professionalisation of the sector through addressing issues relating to policy development, improving performance, institutional reform, change management, benchmarking services, and the financial viability of institutions. It equips participants with knowledge of the range of appropriate water and environmental sanitation technologies, along with the expertise and skills relevant to work in the management of water and environmental sanitation projects and programmes. In addition, it encourages a critical approach to the global principles, national and local practice for achieving sustainable water and environmental management for the public good.This programme is managed by the Water Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC) in the School of Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering whose programmes are well-established and held in high regard by practitioners and employers from international development and emergency sectors. Modules are taught by experts with considerable experience of working in low- and middle-income countries.Comprehensive resources are available on the online learning environment (LEARN) for each module, including study guidance, highly illustrated unit notes, additional reading materials, YouTube clips of laboratory procedures and experimental setups, and subject-specific references and texts.

Key aims of the programme are to:

  • provide the multidisciplinary knowledge and skills to coordinate, plan, manage and monitor water and environmental sanitation services, with a focus on low and middle-income countries;
  • support the professionalisation of the sector through policy development, performance improvement, institutional reform, change management, benchmarking services and aiming for financial viability;
  • equip you with knowledge of the range of appropriate water and environmental sanitation technologies;
  • encourage a critical approach to the global principles and local practice of sustainable water and environmental management for the public good;
  • equip you with appropriate expertise and skills for relevant work in the management of water and environmental sanitation for low- and middle-income countries; and
  • encourage critical analysis through an in-depth study of a specialist topic.

Extra Notes


* NOTE : The Tuition Fee is subject to change Semester wise, as such for exact Tuition Fee kindly see the Website of the respective University.
* NOTE : Pathways : Students who want to pursue a Graduate Degree through a particular University but are unable to meet the university requirements for the GPA, GRE/GMAT or English Language scores, have to take up an additional academic and language support i.e. pathways in order to ensure the admit and study at the desired University.