Water Management/Environmental Engineering

About this programme

Provides knowledge and skills to recognize the environmental and social aspects related to water. Water is the source for any kind of life. Therefore its protection in quantity and quality is of primary importance for society. Human activities in water use and consumption require interventions and planning regarding balanced and optimized utilization of this limited resource, regulations on the provision of water and consideration of future demands. Critical developments can be caused by the growing global population and the related increase in water demand. Additional impacts are expected due to climate change with associated global warming and regional change of precipitation pattern. The study program “Water Management and Environmental Engineering” provides knowledge and skills to recognize the environmental and social aspects related to water, to understand the processes of water transport in the environment and its linkages to the environmental systems. Furthermore the technical background for design and development of technical solutions for water supply, purification and sectoral demands is gained. Water related risks like floods and droughts as well as risks related to alpine hazard processes like landslides, avalanches or rockfall are addressed and knowledge for their recognition, prevention and recovery is imparted. . . The master program offers the choice of a specialization among the water management / engineering branch and mountain risk engineering.The former comprises the field of sanitary engineering, rural water management, hydrology and water management