The table below shows all course modules of the specialisation within the framework of the International Master Programme in Water Science and Engineering.
The programme has a size of 106 ECTS (European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System) credits, which are collected over a period of 18 months.
| Module Title | ECTS | Module Content | ||
| Introduction to Water Science and Engineering | 5 | Issues on the global agenda for water and sustainable development, the basics of water science and engineering, water system and interdependent components. | ||
| Hydraulics & Hydrology | 5 | Free-surface hydrodynamics, engineering hydrology, introduction to GIS and remote sensing. | ||
| Introduction to Land and Water Development | 5 | Land and water resources, aspects of agricultural water management, irrigation and drainage design. | ||
| Water Management Systems and Agronomy I | 5 | Irrigation methods, basic hydraulics of irrigation and drainage systems, soil moisture characteristics, tertiary unit layout alternative under different irrigation methods. | ||
| Water Management Systems and Agronomy II | 5 | Applied hydraulics of irrigation and drainage systems, field water distribution, deficit irrigation, hydraulic laboratory measurements and agronomy. | ||
| Aspects of Irrigation and Drainage | 5 | Economic and financial analyses; sociological aspects, flow control systems, main drainage systems and salinity control at field level. | ||
| Service Oriented Management of Irrigation Systems | 5 | Management of irrigation systems, asset management, irrigation policy and organization. | ||
| Conveyance Systems | 5 | Unsteady flow phenomena; sediment transport in open irrigation channels; groundwater flow, water management system modelling with application of GIS and other modelling tools e.g. Duflow. | ||
| Fieldwork / Fieldtrip | 5 | Field experiments in irrigation, exposure to European water sector organisations in the field of land and water development and hydraulic engineering. | ||
| Irrigation and Drainage Structures | 5 | Irrigation structures, environmental impact assessment and environmental aspects of irrigation and drainage, pumps and lifting devices. | ||
| Advanced Methods and Equipment | 5 | Sprinkler and drip irrigation methods, sub-surface drainage, remote sensing for irrigation and drainage systems, re-use of low water quality, land use in water and flood prone areas. | ||
| Group-work | 5 | Development of practical experiences in conducting a multi-disciplinary case study in a team work. | ||
| Selected Topics | 4 | Research methodology, one-week short courses on diverse topics chosen by participant. | ||
| MSc Research Proposal | 6 | Preparation of the MSc research proposal including problem identification, literature review, approach and methodology, expected results and work plan. | ||
| MSc Research, Thesis Writing | 36 | |||