- Degree
- Master of Science
- Course location
- Köln
- In cooperation with
- German Jordanian University, School of Natural Resources Engineering and Management
- Teaching language
- • English
- Languages
- English (100%)
- Programme duration
- 4 semesters
- Beginning
- Winter semester
- Additional information on beginning, duration and mode of study
- The IWRM-MENA Master’s programme is an exchange study programme in partnership with the German Jordanian University (GJU). It begins in September every year and runs for two years (four semesters). The third semester is an exchange semester held at GJU in Jordan.
- Application deadline
- Please check the programme website for current application deadlines: https://th-koeln.de/en/iwrm-mena (https://th-koeln.de/en/iwrm-mena)
(Please consider that different application deadlines are set for scholarship and non-scholarship as well as international and German applicants.)
- Tuition fees per semester in EUR
- None
- Combined Master's degree / PhD programme
- No
- Joint degree / double degree programme
- No
- Description/content
- The Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) MSc programme focuses on water resources management in the context of water scarcity in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Within the MSc, IWRM students get acquainted with water management related topics from an interdisciplinary perspective. They acquire the knowledge to learn different water-related disciplines and subjects such as water security, hydrology, water infrastructure, urban water management, watershed management, flood and drought risk management, water system analysis, water governance, social-economical aspects and others.
The programme trains participants in practices of project funding and international cooperation. Students get the chance to put their learned knowledge in action during three project modules. Up-to-date concepts and solutions are presented during field visits to relevant projects, institutions, and conferences.
Throughout their studies, participants receive first-hand support from high-level professionals and entrepreneurs from the MENA region and German water sectors.
The social component is equally important and aims at equipping participants with the communicative, intercultural, and managerial skills necessary to take up leadership positions in the water sector and to work effectively within the framework of international cooperation.
The Master’s thesis is completed within the framework of a water-related research project of the Faculty of Spatial Development and Infrastructure Systems, the German Jordanian University (GJU), or with a partner institution from the MENA region.