Water and Environmental Management MSc

You will have the opportunity to network within the water and environmental sectors, meeting experts with experience of working in a wide variety of public- and private-sector organisations such as AECOM, Atkins Global, Defra, Environment Agency, Natural England and National Trust.

You will be able to develop transferable skills in field and lab methods, project management, statistical analysis, Geographical Information Systems (GIS), remote sensing, report writing, problem solving and presenting. We offer hands-on training in flood estimation and inundation modelling using industry-standard software, as well as river assessment methods.

You will be able to develop skills and knowledge in the monitoring and management of pollutants, nutrient levels and greenhouse gas emissions in aquatic systems and in the theory and practice of river restoration.

You will receive tailored research supervision and training suitable to your personal research interests to complete your individual research project. This will usually be completed in collaboration with a partner organisation.

Additional costs

• Your dissertation can include fieldwork conducted in the UK or overseas, and you would be responsible for the costs associated with this.

The programme will provide you with knowledge and understanding relevant to employment in organisations in the water and environment sectors including government agencies, water companies, environmental consultancies and conservation organisations.

We what our recent students have done after their course to help you to maximise your potential and achieve your ambitions.

Our previous graduates have secured positions at a range of organisations including:

• Affinity Water
• Environment Agency
• ESIS Inc
• Jacobs
• JBA Consulting
• Parish Geomorphic
• South West Rivers Trust
• Thames Water
• Thames21
• Wood Group
• WSP

Explore integrate careers support into all of our degree programmes and how their time studying on this programme prepared them for life after graduation.