MSc in Water and Wastewater Engineering
Cranfield University
Key Information
Campus location
Cranfield, United Kingdom
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
1 - 3 year
Pace
Full time, Part time
Tuition fees
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Application deadline
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Earliest start date
Oct 2024
* Although there are no set application deadlines, we recommend that you apply as early as possible to secure your place.
* Home: £11,910 Overseas/EU: £26,580
Introduction
Overview
Help shape a more resilient and sustainable future with an MSc in Water and Wastewater Engineering
Communities depend on safe and reliable water and wastewater services. There is an urgent need to transform those services to improve protection for public health, provide better care for the water environment, cope with climate change, and become fit for a low-carbon future.
Our MSc in Water and Wastewater Engineering will equip you with an advanced understanding of the technologies at the heart of those services, including conventional ones as well as more radical, innovative systems. You will also gain a real-world perspective on the evolving global sector in which those technologies are utilised.
Our academic staff are world-leading experts in the field, and their cutting-edge research directly informs our teaching to help us go beyond standard textbooks. Throughout the course you will cover theory, application and practice while working in our world-class facilities, including our very own working sewage treatment works.
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Ideal Students
Who is it for?
The Water and Wastewater Engineering course is ideal for individuals who want to make a real difference to delivering reliable water supplies, or to maintaining and enhancing river and ground water quality.
Well-educated, skilled and experienced graduates are required to design, operate and manage vital water and wastewater treatment services. The demand for such graduates is already high and will only increase over coming years as environmental standards for water quality increase, and pressures on our water supplies continue to grow.
Admissions
Curriculum
Course structure
This course is made up of three components: a formal taught component comprising three modules (40%), Group Project (20%), and Individual Thesis Project (40%).
Individual project
Students select their individual projects in consultation with the thesis project coordinators. This provides students with the opportunity to demonstrate independent research ability working within agreed objectives, deadlines, and budgets. The project is sponsored by industry and usually includes a four-month placement with the sponsoring company. Placements have been offered by all ten of the UK water utilities, the leading two French utilities, as well as multinational companies and SMEs operating in the water sector. Part-time students usually undertake their individual projects with their employer.
Group project
The group project is an applied multidisciplinary team-based activity. It provides students with the opportunity, whilst working in teams under academic supervision, to apply principles taught during modules whilst taking responsibility for project tasks. Success is dependent on the integration of various activities, working within agreed objectives, deadlines, and budgets. Students submit project reports and present their findings to representatives from the industry. This develops professional practice in communication skills for technical and business areas of process development. Part-time students complete a single design project individually in a field of their choice.
Career Opportunities
Future career
Our graduates are highly sought after by industry and government, and demand has grown steadily as the education provided has become recognised as excellent. Some graduates progress on to academic research. This course produces graduates able to step into a range of positions and make an immediate and real contribution to the effectiveness of water sector businesses, and organisations such as Severn Trent Water, Anglian Water, Thames Water and DEFRA.
Cranfield Water Science Institute is recognised internationally as a centre of excellence for postgraduate courses. It is the UK's largest academic group specialising in process technologies, engineering and policy for water quality improvement, and is a member of British Water.
The Institute's links to industry, underpinned by the reputation of its courses, enables successful students to secure positions and develop their careers in UK water companies, utilities across Europe, the major international engineering consultancies, major engineering and service contractors, and government agencies.
Graduated students are invited to join the Institute's Alumni Association which offers excellent networking opportunities throughout the world.