Course summary

Help shape a more resilient and sustainable future with an MSc in Water and Wastewater Engineering Communities depend on safe and reliable water and wastewater services. There is an urgent need to transform those services to improve protection for public health, provide better care for the water environment, cope with climate change, and become fit for a low-carbon future. Our MSc in Water and Wastewater Engineering will equip you with an advanced understanding of the technologies at the heart of those services, including conventional ones as well as more radical, innovative systems. You will also gain a real-world perspective on the evolving global sector in which those technologies are utilised. Our academic staff are world-leading experts in the field, and their cutting-edge research directly informs our teaching to help us go beyond standard textbooks. Throughout the course you will cover theory, application and practice while working in our world-class facilities, including our very own working sewage treatment works. This course also has PgDip and PgCert options. Who is it for? The Water and Wastewater Engineering course is ideal for individuals who want to make a real difference to delivering reliable water supplies, or to maintaining and enhancing river and ground water quality. Well-educated, skilled and experienced graduates are required to design, operate and manage vital water and wastewater treatment services. The demand for such graduates is already high and will only increase over coming years as environmental standards for water quality increase, and pressures on our water supplies continue to grow. Why this course? Water is under increasing pressure from demographic and climatic changes. Water engineering and treatment processes play a key role in delivering safe, reliable supplies of water to households, industry and agriculture, and in safeguarding the quality of water. This course is designed to enable you to develop a career addressing these challenges.

• Study a truly interdisciplinary course, which covers a balance of engineering, environmental science and risk management.

• Conduct your MSc thesis working on industrially-relevant projects.

• Our research-active faculty work alongside the water industry, consultancies and policy makers, helping to align the course with the latest sector thinking, giving you a competitive edge in your career.

• External experts from industry, environmental agencies and the third sector are also invited throughout the course to share their experiences and knowledge.

• There are fantastic opportunities to gain applied knowledge, including filed trips, group design project and an applied MSc thesis, all of which will put into practice the theoretical knowledge you need.

• Innovative teaching practices, including 'flipped classrooms' and student-led exercises, are embedded throughout this course.

• Our group and individual projects are supported by external companies, which means you are able to benefit from our links with industry to develop your practical skills and build up your network of contacts before you leave Cranfield.