Engineering for International Development MSc/PG Dip

Students gain understanding of infrastructure design and delivery processes in resource-limited settings, and learn how to mobilise technical expertise to develop solutions with local stakeholders in a global context. The wide range of taught modules also provides opportunity to critically engage with the complexities and ethical dilemmas of working as an engineer internationally.

Students undertake modules to the value of 180 credits.

The programme consists of three core modules (45 credits), a collaborative project (30 credits). three optional modules (45 credits), and a dissertation/report (60 credits).

A Postgraduate Diploma (120 credits), full-time nine months, part-time two years, flexible up to five years is offered

• Appropriate Technologies in Practice
• Collaborative Project International Development
• Engineering and International Development
• Conflict, Humanitarianism and Disaster Risk Reduction

• Students choose a minimum of two and a maximum of three optional modules from the following (subject to availability):
  Environmental GIS
• Environmental Modelling
• Environmental Systems Engineering
• GIS Principles and Technology
• Natural and Environmental Disasters
• Urban Flooding and Drainage
• Water and Wastewater Treatment
• Students who choose two optional modules may choose one elective module in addition from the following:
  Critical Urbanism Studio I – Learning from Informality: Case Studies and Alternatives
• Critical Urbanism Studio II – Learning from Informality: Investigative Design
• Disaster Risk Reduction in Cities
• Food and the City
• Post Disaster Recovery: Policies, Practicies and Alternatives
• Sustainable Infrastructure and Services in Development
• Urban Water and Sanitation, Planning and Politics
• Clean Energy and Development
• Water and Development in Africa
• Housing as Urbanism
• Urban and Peri-Urban Agriculture

All students undertake an independent research project which culminates in a dissertation of 10,000 to 15,000 words.

This programme will be delivered by a selection of taught modules, collaborative project with overseas clients and practical activities, including a site visit to the Centre for Alternative Technologies in Wales. While most of the field trip costs are met by the department, students are required to pay £300 towards the trip which contributes to accommodation and food. Assessment will range from group project presentations, coursework, and examinations to essays and a compulsory dissertation over the last term.