Master's degrees in Hydrology & Water Management in Netherlands

The Water Science and Management programme at Utrecht University will give you an in-depth understanding of modern water management techniques and water policies from a sustainable development perspective. You will gain an understanding of water’s role with regard to humanity and nature as well as the societal impact of interventions in the water cycle. 

The River Delta Development programme from Van Hall Larenstein, University of Applied Sciences trains students to be facilitators of change for river deltas. Everywhere in the world, urbanisation and climate change are encroaching upon these fertile, ecologically valuable regions.

The two-year International Land and Water Management program from Wageningen University and Research explores these kind of land and water management issues at different scales. 

The English-taught programme River Delta Development at HZ University of Applied Sciences is a unique joint degree offered by three universities of applied sciences with complementing expertise in the field of water: HZ University of Applied Sciences (coastal regions), Van Hall Larenstein University of Applied Sciences (river systems), and Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences (urban water).

Improvement of seawater desalination using innovative membranes and smart design, closing nutrient cycles by recovering phosphates from animal manure, storage of energy with a minimal environmental impact and the removal of micro-pollutant using smart UV-technology are some examples of technological innovations within the field of water technology.

The Earth Surface and Water programme at Utrecht University involves the study of natural and human-induced physical and geochemical processes, patterns, and dynamics of the Earth’s continental and coastal systems.

The MSc in Water and Sustainable Development targets early and midcareer water professionals with the ambition to gain knowledge and skills to tackle water challenges, while enhancing their career opportunities within the water sector or related organizations.

If you’re looking to dive deeper into the complex interactions between hydrological processes and their relationship with society, climate and vegetation, then this Hydrology MSc programme offered at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam is for you. 

The two-year selective master of science degree program in Marine Biology at University of Groningen focuses on life in our seas and oceans. 

The Master in Groundwater and Global Change - Impacts and Adaptation at IHE Delft Institute for Water Education seeks to offer a distinctive curriculum built on the cornerstones of hydro(geo)logy, climatology, impacts and adaptation, within a framework of human pressures, global change and feedbacks.

The unique 2-year MSc programme integrates science, engineering and socioeconomic topics through a range of courses taught by leading experts at four European universities: Technical University of Dresden (Germany), IHE Delft (Netherlands), Technical University of Catalonia (Spain) and University of Ljubljana (Slovenia). Successful students graduate with MSc degrees from TU Dresden and IHE Delft.

Managing water resources, river catchments, and coastal zones are outstanding challenges of today and tomorrow! We offer a master degree in Water and Coastal Management at University of Groningen. 

The Water Technology Master's degree programme is a two year programme offered jointly by Wageningen University, University Twente and University of Groningen with all education being provided at Wetsus, European Centre of Excellence for sustainable water technology, in Leeuwarden.

Think of estuaries with sea grass fields breaking the waves instead of reinforcing dikes, or self-purification of drainage-basins, making dredging unnecessary. The Transnational Ecosystem-based Water Management Master's specialisation at Radboud University focuses on finding creative solutions for these everyday problems.

This Water and Environment specialisation at Radboud University  is closely connected to the Institute for Water and Wetlands Research (IWWR), a leading institute in wetland ecosystem and stress biology research. The programme focuses on environmental issues on different scales, and works to understand the stressors of ecosystems as a starting point.