Water, Sanitation and Health Engineering University of Leeds

Overview

The Water, Sanitation and Health Engineering MSc degree offered at the University of Leed has a strong focus on developing practical and policy skills, whilst addressing the critical future challenges of climate change, population growth and urbanisation. You’ll develop your understanding of technical interventions in water supply, sanitation and solid waste management.

This course is run in conjunction with the Nuffield Centre for International Health and Development, one of the UK’s preeminent public health research centres, and is informed by the work in our Water, Public Health and Environmental Engineering Group, giving you a unique insight into the most critical challenges and latest innovations in this sector.

This means that, once you graduate, you’ll be fully equipped with the topical and relevant knowledge and skills to identify and deliver investments that will have major benefits for health and development.

Career opportunities:

There will always be a demand for clean water and sanitation. The unique blend of civil engineering and public health policy skills you’ll learn on this course will give you a deep understanding of the most crucial areas in water, sanitation and health engineering and could open a lot of doors when it comes to career opportunities.

From public health ministries to public health departments, international development agencies to international non-governmental organisations (NGOs), there are many employers who seek the knowledge and expertise you’ll have once you graduate.

Our graduates from this course have secured positions at companies such as:

• Civil/Water Engineer, Jacobs
• Water Sanitation Programme Evaluation Advisor, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• Emergency Response Coordinator, WaterAid
• Structural Designer, CSMedi
• Engineer, Northern Region Water Board
• Project Engineer, Northern Region Water Board
• Director, Help for Optimism H4O
• Production Scientist, TC BioPharm (Holdings)

Accreditation

This course is professionally accredited by the Joint Board of Moderators (JBM) on behalf of the Engineering Council.