Flood and Coastal Risk Management : MSc

As part of your study, you will be able to attend a field course and will complete a major project, allowing you to develop and enhance your research, data-handling, evaluation and report writing skills, as well as your ability to communicate and present complex topics to a range of audiences. These highly applicable skills will be invaluable in your career development and progression.

You will have the opportunity to study eight taught modules and undertake a research project. The modules cover a range of fundamental and innovative topics and are taught jointly with JBA Consulting, the Environment Agency and the NERC Centre for Ecology and Hydrology. By drawing upon their expertise, you will develop your specialist skills and experience, alongside insight into the latest ideas and practices within the UK and international flood and coastal risk management sector. These modules will be studied flexibly over a two to five year period, to suit your career commitments.
The major project will also be an opportunity for you to demonstrate your independent learning, as you put theory into practice and bring together all of the skills, knowledge and experience you have gained.

UK/EU national. An undergraduate degree is not a prerequisite for practitioners in the flood and coastal risk management sector having appropriate experience and in-work training. Experience of undertaking a substantial research project (e.g. as part of a pertinent degree) is, however, an advantage. 2:1 (UK Hons) degree or equivalent in Civil or Environmental Engineering, Environmental Science, Geography, Natural Science etc. will be considered where their training included hydrology or water resources modules.