MSc Hydrogeology and Water Management

at Newcastle University

Modules

You will study modules on this course. A module is a unit of a course with its own approved aims and outcomes and assessment methods.

Compulsory Modules
 

• Quantitative Methods for Engineering
• Borehole Design, Construction and Operation
• Groundwater Assessment
• Integrated River Basin Management
• Groundwater Modelling
• Water Management: Issues and Challenges
• Hydrosystems Processes and Data Analysis
• Hydrosystems Modelling and Management
• MSc Project and Dissertation in Water Resources
• Geographic Information Systems

Academic entry requirements

A good 2:2 honours degree, or international equivalent, in subjects such as:
 

• engineering
• geography
• environmental sciences
• earth sciences
• mathematics
• physics
• geology
• chemistry
• computer sciences
• geomatics

Applicants with different or non-standard qualifications will be considered on an individual basis, particularly if you have relevant industrial experience.

Fees and funding

Home students
£11,700

International students
£26,400

Tuition fee increases
If your studies last longer than one year, your tuition fee may increase in line with inflation.

Graduate destinations include:
 

• Environment Agency of England and Wales
• British Geological Survey
• local government
• water companies
• major multi-disciplinary international consultancies and specialist consultancies in the groundwater sector such as:
  • Arup
  • Mott MacDonald
  • Atkins
  • ESI