Hydroinformatics and Water Management (Euro Aquae) MSc

• mathematics and physics
• hydrology and hydraulics
• numerical and computational hydraulics
• water and aquatic environment management
• Hydroinformatics and integrated water resources management
• introduction to software packages (commercial and industrial modelling systems
• databases and GIS, ICT
• software engineering
• web-based collaborative engineering

• modelling methods for urban waters
• methods for water supply and waste waters treatment
• economical and legal environments - water industry and municipalities
• project management and communication
• coupling free-surface and groundwater modelling
• geometic modelling and presentation methods
• modelling and development of complex hydroinformatics software systems
• monitoring, data acquisition and documentation
• modelling methods for inland surface waters
• hydrological modelling and forecasting
• river basin management and planning
• advanced hydrometry and data analysis in surface waters
• Artificial neural network for decision support systems (DSS)
• flood risk concepts and application in river basin management
• DSS for flood risk in urban areas
• real time control and operation of irrigation canals, rivers and reservoirs

The Euro Aquae website contains detailed course and career information. Modules might change for your year of entry.

A good 2:2 honours degree, or international equivalent, in subjects such as:

• engineering
• geography
• environmental sciences
• Earth sciences
• mathematics
• physics
• geology
• chemistry
• computer sciences
• geomatics

Applicants with different or non-standard qualifications will be considered on an individual basis, particularly if you have relevant industrial experience.

The teaching language is English. You will need to develop a basic knowledge of one of the other languages, including German, French, Spanish or Hungarian.