Erasmus Mundus Masters in Flood Risk Management - master at UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education, Delft, Netherlands

Application deadline:	Erasmus Mundus Scholarship: non EEA: 6 Jan 2013 and EEA: 13 Jan 2013
Start date:	September 2013
Credits:	120 ECTS
Duration full-time:	24 months
Partnership:	Erasmus Mundus Scholarship
Languages:	English
Location:	Delft / Netherlands
Disciplines:	Environmental Engineering Civil Engineering, Architecture & Construction Environmental Earth Sciences & Geology
Delivery mode:	On Campus
Educational variant:	Full-time

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Description

The Erasmus Mundus Master Programme in Flood Risk Management is offered by a consortium consisting of UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education (the Netherlands) Technical University of Dresden (Germany) Barcelona Tech (Barcelona, Spain) University of Ljubljana (Slovenia)

Programme:

Semester 1 (Dresden): Hydro-meteorological processes, global change and its impact, flood risk management and GIS

Semester 2 (Delft): Hydroinformatics, modelling for planning, forecasting, control and decision support, hazard mapping, ICT and fluvial flooding and urban flood disasters

Semester 3.1 (Barcelona): Hazards due to flash floods, debris flow, coastal flooding, and climate change

Semester 3.2 (Ljubljana): Spatial planning and socio-economic and institutional framework of flood risk management

Semester 4: Thesis work with one of the four institutes or with an industrial partner

Requirements

A BSc degree in civil or environmental engineering or in geosciences, environmental sciences, limnology, oceanography, geography, geology, natural resources, or a similar subject.

Funding

A limited number of Erasmus Mundus Scholarships to cover tuition, living and travel expenses are available on a competitive basis. Applications from EU as well as non-EU candidates are welcome.