Land Reclamation and Restoration MSc
Master
In Cranfield
Description
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Type
Master
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Location
Cranfield
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Duration
1 Year
Who is it for? Land reclamation and restoration MSc is suitable for ecology, science, geography and engineering graduates, or professionals from either a science or technical background.
The course comprises eight taught modules, an integrated group project, and an individual thesis project. It provides the skills to assess, plan and implement strategies needed to restore, reclaim and remediate damaged land in the public and corporate sectors. The course is designed to respond to the industry demands of highly-trained engineers and science professionals able to implement appropriate, innovative and sustainable soil and land management strategies. There is an emphasis on analysis of real problems with practical field work to reinforce learning. This provides the tools required for the group and individual projects.
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Subjects
- Restoration
- Project
- Industry
- Engineering
- MSC
- Postgraduate
- Land Use
- Land Law
- Ecology
- Engineerin
Teachers and trainers (1)
Environment Faculty
Academic
Course programme
The postgraduate level Land Reclamation and Restoration course integrates new scientific understanding of environmental processes with relevant engineering and management skills. These skills are then used to develop new, integrated land management solutions at relevant scales including field, city, catchment, national and global.
- Learn how to integrate new scientific understanding of environmental processes with relevant engineering and management skills in order to develop new, integrated land management solutions at relevant scales including field, city, catchment, national and global.
- Benefit from the hands-on activities and visits to relevant land reclamation and ecological restoration sites, which provide a significant component of the course.
- Gain an in-depth understanding of principles that influence soil reclamation and restoration in an ecosystem context.
- Access market leading geospatial technologies and state of the art soil and plant research laboratories associated with the Agri-Tech Innovation Centres.
- Graduates from this programme are highly sought after by government agencies, businesses, consultancies, and non-government organisations (NGOs).
Informed by Industry
Our courses are designed to meet the training needs of industry and have a strong input from experts in their sector. These include:
- P A Consulting
- Joint Research Centre, Ispra
- Adas
- Cresswell Associates
- Chartered Institute of Waste Management
- Chartered Institute of Water and Environment Management
- Geospatial Insight
- Oakdene Hollins
- Health Protection Agency
- Astrium Geo-information Services
- Unilever
- Landscape Science Consultancy
- WRc PLC
- Highview Power Storage
- Nomura Code Securities
Your teaching team
You will be taught by our internationally renowned academic staff and leading industry specialists, who will provide science, technical and management expertise in the remediation of degraded land, through reclamation to ecosystem restoration.
Land Reclamation and Restoration MSc