MSc Water in a Changing World

The Water in a Changing World MSc course at Cardiff University offers an interdisciplinary take on the challenges surrounding water in a changing world, combing insights from physical and life sciences, engineering, social sciences, and humanities. This course is designed to equip students with comprehensive skills to tackle global water issues such as scarcity, access, health, governance, and management.Course Content: The coursework includes a comprehensive understanding of biophysical and social aspects of water, its governance, and management. The course will include in-depth exposure to water resource assessment, hydrological modelling, water quality analysis, water treatment technologies, and the implications of climate change for water resources.Key Modules: The key modules include Introduction to Physical Hydrology, Water and Wastefulness, Water Quality and Treatment, Water Resources Assessment, Planning and Management, Catchment Science and Management, and Climate Change: Impacts and Adaptation. The capstone module is a Sustainable Water Management project.Accreditations: This course has been accredited by the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM) and the Environmental and Physical sciences professional body, The Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management (CIEEM).Future Careers: Graduates of this programme have gone on to study PhDs and have found careers in: international development, environmental consultancy, government agencies, water utilities, NGOs, education, and research, both in the UK and abroad.For more information on this course, please visit the official course page here.