Water Engineering MSc

The primary aim of this programme is to create master’s degree graduates with qualities and transferable skills for demanding employment in the water engineering sector. Graduates will have the independent learning ability required for continuing professional development and acquiring new skills at the highest level.

Specific aims are as follows:

• To provide education at postgraduate level in civil engineering.
• To develop the versatility and depth to deal with new, complex and unusual challenges across a range of water engineering issues, drawing on an understanding of all aspects of water engineering principles.
• To develop imagination, initiative and creativity to enable graduates to follow a successful engineering career with national and international companies and organisations.
• To provide a pathway that will prepare graduates for successful careers including, where appropriate, progression to Chartered Engineer status.
• The programme will provide opportunities for students to develop and demonstrate knowledge and understanding, qualities, skills and other attributes in the following areas:

Knowledge and understanding of:

• The principles of water engineering, including fluid mechanics, hydrology, and sustainable design.
• Specialist areas that impact on the successful application of water engineering knowledge projects, e.g. sustainable construction management, financial management and risk analysis.
• The interplay between engineering and sustainability in complex, real-world situations.

At the cognitive level students will be able to:

• Select, use and evaluate appropriate investigative techniques.
• Assemble and critically analyse relevant primary and secondary data.
• Recognise and assess the problems and critically evaluate solutions to challenges in managing water engineering projects.
• Evaluate the environmental and financial sustainability of current and potential civil engineering activities.

Personal and transferable skills that students develop will allow them to:

• Define and organise a substantial advanced investigation.
• Select and employ appropriate advanced research methods.
• Organise technical information into a concise, coherent document.
• Effectively employ a variety of communication styles aimed at different audiences.
• Plan, manage, evaluate and orally-presented personal projects.
• Work as part of, and lead, a team.

• Sustainable Project Management
• GIS and Data Analysis
• Water Infrastructure Engineering
• Risk and Financial Management
• Hydrology & Hydraulics
• Water and Wastewater Treatment Engineering
• Water Process Engineering
• Research Methods
• Civil Engineering Dissertation

Read more about the structure of postgraduate degrees at Brunel and what you will learn on the course.