MSc Water Management
Programme 2016 – 20171)
information:
Wim Luxemburg
w.m.j.luxemburg@tudelft.nl
015 2785717, room 4.90
Hydrology
Water Resources Management
Urban Water Engineering
Additional information on: http://watermanagement.tudelft.nl
Programme outline
The MSc track Water Management is part of the MSc
programme in Civil Engineering.
Within the Water Management track there are various
specialisations, but there is also a package of common
courses. The total number of credits for these
common courses is 16 EC. Moreover, so-called
specialisation courses have to be selected. The total
number of credits for these courses is 40 EC. They
can be selected from the specialisation courses
offered by the department, as well as from a number
other courses, depending on the chair and thesis
subject.
The following figure and table give the general outline
of the 2016 - 2017 programme of the MSc track
Water Management.
General outline of MSc track Water Management
Year 1
Commom Civil Engineering +
Watermanagement courses
4 + 16 EC
Specialisation courses
40 EC
Year 2
Traineeship
10 EC
Multi project
10 EC
Elective courses
10 EC
Additional thesis
10 EC
MSc thesis (specialisation)
40 EC
Programme element
Course code
Common for all Civil Engineering students
16
Water Management specialisation courses
See table Common programme
See table Common programme
See table Specialisation profile courses
Two out of four (10 EC each)
CIE4040, CIE4061, CIE5050, elective courses
20
MSc thesis
CIE5060
40
Common for all Water Management students
Total
The MSc track Water Management is offered in English.
1)
Proposed programme
Credits (EC)
4
40
120
Campus courses and Online distance learning courses
The Water Management track can be followed on Campus as well as Online, as distance learning. On Campus
courses are given during 4 periods of 10 weeks each, starting September 2016 and ending July 2017. Most courses
end with a written exam, which are scheduled in the last week of the same 10-week period. Full-time students
take 3 to 5 courses per period, totalling 15 EC.
Each Online course is given parallel to the Campus course, within the same period, ending with exams together
with on Campus students. All lectures of the Campus course are recorded as web-lecture (Collegerama) and will be
available in Blackboard within 48 hours, together with all reading material, assignments, tests, etc. Online MSc
students have to be in Delft in week 9 and 10 of the period for educational activities which are not (yet) available
online, for meeting other students and staff, and for exams. For some courses arrangements have to be made
directly with the teacher.
All students are free to choose whether to follow a course on Campus or Online. However, for the academic year
2016-2017 some elective specialisation courses are not yet offered Online. The choice for on Campus or Online has
to be made at the latest four weeks before the start of the course.
Example time schedule for a 3 EC course in on Campus (left) and Online (right) format
All Water Management courses - on Campus and Online - are also offered as ‘stand-alone’ courses, with a valid
certificate if the course is taken within the framework of ‘Contract education’ of Delft University of Technology.
Common programme
The common programme includes a compulsory
course for all MSc Civil Engineering students
(wm0312CIE or CIE4510) and the common courses
for all Water Management students. The common
courses provide a broad basis across the work fields
of hydrology, water resources management, and
sanitary engineering.
The common courses are listed in the table below. All
common courses are given in the first period of the
academic year. Consequently, students do not have
to decide on their specialisation right at the start of
their MSc, but can do this later. All common courses
are available in on Campus and Online format.
Common programme
Course code
Course title
Credits
Period
EC P1 P2 P3 P4
WM0312CIE or
Philosophy, technology assessment and ethics
4
CIE4510
Climate change: Science and ethics
4
CIE4440
Hydrological processes and measurements
4
CIE4450
Integrated water management
4
CIE4491
Urban drainage and water management
4
CIE4495-13
Fundamentals of water treatment
4
Total
4 + 16
Also available as Online course
Water management specialisation programme
For the MSc Water Management three specialisation
profiles have been defined. The specialisation profiles
are related to the preference of the student for a
certain specialisation and the thesis subject the
student prefers. The department will give adequate
guidance in this process during an intake discussion.
Students can select courses listed in the table below,
as well as MSc courses offered by Environmental
Engineering, Hydraulic Engineering, Geosciences and
TNW. In each case the selection will have to be
approved by the chair of your graduation committee.
Profiles in the Watermanagement specialisation programme
Profile
Code
Hydrology
HYDR
Water Resources Engineering
WRE
Urban Water Engineering
UWE
Course
code
Course title
HYDR
WRE
UWE
Courses within the respective specialisation profiles
BK7250
Sustainable Urbanism
3
E
E
E
CIE4340
Computational modelling of flow and transport
4
P
P
E
CIE3365*
Introduction to water treatment
4
E
E
P
CIE4400-16
Environmental modelling
4
E
E
E
CIE4410
Water systems, people and society
4
E
E
E
CIE4415
Design of water treatment plant
5
E
E
P
CIE4420-16
Principles of Geohydrology
4
P
P
E
CIE4431
Hydrological modelling
4
P
E
E
CIE4460
Polders and flood control
4
E
P
E
CIE4486
Industry water
4
E
E
E
CIE4703
Water treatment
6
E
E
P
CIE5401-16
GIS & Remote sensing in water resources
3
E
E
E
CIE5421
Water and health
4
E
E
P
CIE5440-16
Groundwater modelling
4
P
E
E
CIE5450
Hydrology of catchments, rivers and deltas
4
P
P
E
CIE5471
Hydrological and ecological fieldwork in river syst.
4
P
P
E
CIE5490
Operational water management
4
E
P
E
CIE5500
Water law and organisation
3
E
P
E
CIE5510
Water management in urban areas
4
E
P
P
CIE5541
Urban drainage monitoring and modelling
3
E
E
P
CIE5550
Pumping stations and transport pipelines
4
E
E
P
CIE5560-16
Engineering and development
4
E
E
E
CIE5580-16
Ecology and morphodynamics in catchments
5
P
E
E
AR1U130
Sustainable Urban Engineering of Territory
4
E
E
E
Profile courses (=highly recommended) (EC)
P
29
31
26-30
Elective profile courses (=optional) (EC)
E
11
9
14-10
40
40
40
Total (EC)
* If not completed as CTB3365 in bachelor phase
EC
P1 P2 P3 P4
BSc and Pre-MSc courses in Watermanagement
Specific courses on Water and Water management in the BSc programme Civil Engineering at Delft University of
Technology are shown below.
General water related courses from common BSc programme Civil Engineering
Course code
Course title
Credits
Period
EC P1 P2 P3 P4
CTB2110
Dutch
Dutch
Dutch
Fluid Mechanics
CTB2120
Water management
CTB2420
Hydrology
5
5
5
Water management specialisation courses from BSc programme Civil Engineering
Course code
Course title
Credits
Period
EC P1 P2 P3 P4
CTB3360
Water system analysis
CTB3365
Introduction water treatment
CTB3415
Water research
English
English
Dutch
4
4
4
In the intake procedure for students from other universities, knowledge of the subject matter of these six courses
is assessed. Some BSc courses may be included within the MSc-programme as Elective courses (max. 10 EC), to be
decided by the Examination Board as part of this intake procedure.
A special transitional programme exists for students with a Bachelor degree of a Dutch higher vocational institute.
Contact
For specific questions contact Master Track Coordinator Wim Luxemburg (W.M.J.Luxemburg@tudelft.nl)
Student on his additional thesis work