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Sustainable Water and Sanitation, Health and Development – (M.Sc.)
Norwegian University of Life Sciences (UMB)
Dept. of Plant and Environmental Sciences
| Application Deadline: | December 1st (International apllicants); June 1st (Norwegian applicants) | ||
| Annual Tuition Fee: | Free - | ||
| Location: | Ås / Norway / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 24 months | Start Date: | August |
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| Languages: | English | ||
Location of Norwegian University of Life Sciences (UMB)
Master of Science in Environment and Natural Resources - Specialization Sustainable Water and Sanitation, Health and Development.
This master program meets with the demand for competence arising from the Millennium goals for water and sanitation.
The program gives a broad introduction to sanitation engineering, water and associated health issues.
By giving comprehensive competence in water supply and sanitary engineering, and associated health issues UMB´s master program for Water Sanitation and Health and development builds the required capacity to tailor solutions to local needs related to the UN Millennium Goals for water and sanitation.
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To give the students competence and skills raised by the challenges related to inadequate water and sanitation in developing countries especially.
To provide the students an overview of potential technical solutions and knowledge of the advantages and limitations of different water and sanitary systems (large and small scale), as well as the socioeconomic factors of relevance for successful implementation in different parts of the world.
To build necessary competence required to design and implement decentralized and small-scale solutions for water and sanitation including natural and source separating systems for wastewater treatment.
Program content:
Water resources and water management
Ecological engineering
Conventional and decentralised wastewater treatment systems
Natural systems wastewater treatment
Health and Development
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Requirements
Applicants should have an university bachelor degree equivalent to atleast 180 ECTS.
The curricula should comprise basic courses innatural science (maths, statistic, biology, chemistry and physic)equivalent to at least 60 ETCS and advanced courses equivalent to atleast 80 ECTS in the fields of geology, soil science, plant science,limnology, hydrology, environmental chemistry, radioecology, biology,ecology or natural resource management. Further have students to document sufficient English proficiency.
Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) with a minimum score of 500 for a paper based test, a score of at least 170 for a computer-based test or minimum 60 for an internet-based testInternational English Language Testing Service (IELTS) with a minimum score of 5.0.
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