Overview

The Water Resources Program at The University of New Mexico offers the Master of Water Resources (MWR) degree, an interdisciplinary professional degree designed to prepare students for careers in water resources management and related fields. The WRP also participates with the Department of Community and Regional Planning at UNM in offering a dual MCRP-MWR degree.
The University of New Mexico's location in the Southwestern USA means that there is a natural emphasis on dry-region water issues; however, the MWR degree is designed to provide its students a firm grounding in water resources that is applicable throughout the world. The MWR degree is generally directed towards students wishing to further develop their qualifications and expertise in the practice of water resources management. Therefore, although it does include considerable exposure to research topics and methods in this area, its principal orientation is towards practice rather than research.
Entering students are assumed to have a basic proficiency in at least one water-related discipline (defined rather broadly) such as engineering, sociology, management, public administration, environmental studies, economics, law, chemistry, planning, political science, geology, geography, and biology, or professional experience in a water-related field.
The program seeks to expand and deepen students' knowledge of their primary disciplines, provide them with an integrated perspective on water in nature and society, improve their capacity to think carefully and comprehensively, and develop their technical and communications skills.

What Do WRP Graduates Do?

Graduates of the Water Resources program enjoy a wide range of employment opportunities. These fall into four categories, all of which employ one or more MWR alumni:

Public resource management agencies including federal (US Bureau of Reclamation, US Park Service, US Forest Service, US Fish and Wildlife Service, US Geological Survey), state (NM Environment Department, NM Office of the State Engineer), and local (city and county water utilities, public works departments, and environmental health departments).

Consulting firms, which often provide consulting services to federal, state, and local water resource management agencies. Many of these firms also provide consulting services to industries and other entities that are large users of water.

Private industries and other entities that use large amounts of water such as electric power, mining, and agricultural businesses

Further graduate education leading to the Ph.D. degree or professional degrees in fields such as law, engineering or public health.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Environmental and Water Resources Engineering

Biological Wastewater Treatment

Water and Energy

Water in Earth System
Physical-Chemical Water and Wastewater Treatments

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2025-01-20 00:00:00
- Apply before 2024-11-15 00:00:00 , National
Starting 2025-08-18 00:00:00
- Apply before 2025-07-15 00:00:00 , National
- Apply before 2025-03-01 00:00:00 , International
Starting 2026-01-20 00:00:00
- Apply before 2025-08-01 00:00:00 , International

Language

English

IELTS

6.5

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Credits

30 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Disciplines

Hydrology & Water Management Climate Studies & Meteorology Environmental Sciences View 545 other Masters in Environmental Sciences in United States

Academic requirements

GPA

English requirements

IELTS

6.5

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Other requirements

General requirements

Educational Background
Letter of Intent
CV/Resume

Three Letters of Recommendation

Tuition Fee

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International

29715 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 29715 USD per year during 12 months.
National

29715 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 29715 USD per year during 12 months.
In-State

10800 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 10800 USD per year during 12 months.

Living costs for Albuquerque

870 - 1360 USD /month

Living costs

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

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Scholarships Information

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Available Scholarships

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