Water Management and Engineering
Cycle
Segundo ciclo
Degree
Mestre
ECTS Coordinator
António Pedro Macedo Coimbra Mano
Coordinator
António Pedro Macedo Coimbra Mano
Opening date
October
Fees
1063,47 Euros/year or 7000,00 Euros/year (for foreign students).
Schedule
Daytime.
Education objectives
This master aims to train engineers capable of designing, planning, design, manage and implement solutions, taking water as the subject of work. The Master of Engineering and Water Management must be able to address the problems of water resources in an integrated manner considering its multiple aspects, including ecological, social, economic and technological developments in order to contribute to a balanced and sustained development. In the exercise of their profession, the Master of Engineering and Water Management must be able to:
- Understand the physical processes chemical, biological and socio-economic problems underlying the field of movement and water management, and specifically in the areas of hydraulics, hydrology and water resources.
- Dealing with complexity, uncertainty and the interdisciplinary nature of the problems of water management, recognizing its technical aspects, ecological, economic and social development.
- Select and use the methodologies and techniques to analyze problems in the field of water, including the monitoring of resources, experimental work and field data analysis, statistics, mathematical modeling and systems analysis.
- Inventory, characterize and formulate the diagnosis of problems that relate to the protection, recovery, planning and management of water resources.
- Developing and designing policies, strategies, measures and solutions to the problems identified and analyzed the consequences of proposed solutions.
- Develop, measure and manage projects on water infrastructure and water potentials.
- Develop research, independently, in the scientific areas of hydraulics, hydrology and water resources.
Careers
The Master of Engineering and Water Management provides technical and scientific training appropriate to the successful performance in the following organizations:
- Business Consulting, Project and Audit;
- Service Companies and, in particular, Enterprise Management Services Water;
- Industry;
- General Government, including Ministry of Environment Spatial Planning of Regional Development, Ministry of Works Transport and Communications, Ministry of Agriculture Rural Development and Fisheries and Ministry of Economy and Innovation;
- Regional Public Administration, including Coordination Commissions and Regional Administrations and Regional Hydrographic;
- Local Public Administration, particularly Municipal Councils and Municipal Water and Sanitation;
- International organizations including the European Commission, the European Environment Agency and the various United Nations agencies;
- Education and Research.
Degree pre-requisites
Duration: 2 years
Credits: 120 ECTS
Mandatory scientifc areas
| Scientific Area | Acronym | ECTS | |
| Mandatory | Optional | ||
| Water Resources and Hydraulic | HRH | 72 | - |
| Enviromental Engineering | EA | 12 | - |
|
Sanitary Engineering |
ES | 6 | - |
| Enviromental Systems and Management | GSA | 12 | - |
| Engineering Sciences | CE | 9 | - |
| Transferable Skills | CC | 3 | - |
| Any Scientific Area | QAC | - | 6 a) |
| TOTAL | 114 | 6 | |
a) 6 ECTS in courses chosen by the student on a list approved annually by the Scientific Council of FCT / UNL, which includes the unity of all scientific areas of FCT/UNL
Access to other courses
Access to a 3rd cycle
Evaluation rules
The following modes of evaluation are used with regard to academic qualifications:
- Evaluation based solely on an examination or completion of a final project.
- Evaluation based on work done throughout the semester excluding examination or final project. In these courses students can expect to carry out, for example, laboratory activities, mini-tests, tests, individual or group projects, seminar-related activities, any combination of which will be used to determine the final grade.
- Evaluation based obligatorily on an examination or a final project. In these courses there extists a form of evaluation similar to one of the aformentioned activities in paragraph 2 as well as a form of evaluation based on a final exam.
- Evaluation based on work done throughout the semester with the possibility of foregoing an examination or a final project.
The final Dissertation (or Project) involves a public discussion with a Jury.
Structure
| 1.º Semester | ||
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| 10724 | Water Quality Evaluation | 6.0 |
| 10723 | Economics of Water | 6.0 |
| 10726 | River Hydraulics and Hydraulic Schemes | 6.0 |
| 10722 | Hydrologic Modeling | 6.0 |
| 10725 | Control and Decision Systems | 6.0 |
| 2.º Semester | ||
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| 10380 | Entrepreneurship | 3.0 |
| 10727 | Water Resources Management | 6.0 |
| 10782 | Urban Hydraulics | 3.0 |
| 11039 | Hydrogeology A | 6.0 |
| 10728 | Quality Modelling of Inland Waters | 6.0 |
| 10729 | Water and wastewater treatment systems | 6.0 |
| 3.º Semester | ||
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| 10731 | Evaluation and Project Management | 3.0 |
| 10732 | Ecohydraulics | 3.0 |
| 8486 | Introduction to Research | 12.0 |
| 10730 | Estuarine and Coastal Processes | 3.0 |
| 8483 | Sustainability of Water Use | 3.0 |
| 3.º Semester - Unidade Curricular de Bloco Livre | ||
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| Options | ||
| 11066 | Electives | 6.0 |
O aluno deverá obter 6.0 créditos nesta opção. |
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| 4.º Semester | ||
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| 8900 | Master Thesis in Water Management and Engineering | 30.0 |