Water and Environment

Overview

Programme overview

The Master's specialisation in Water and Environment focuses on environmental issues on different scales, and works to understand the stressors of ecosystems as a starting point.

You will be trained in analysing the impact of humans on ecosystem and health, and learn how to quantitatively assess and manage issue like climate change, pollution and land use.

Together, the specialisations within the Master’s in Biology cover the whole range from organism to ecosystem and environment, which means you can create the programme that fits your interests.

This specialisation is connected to the Institute for Water and Wetland Research (IWWR), a leading institute in research to wetland ecosystems and stress biology.

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What will you learn?

• Gain a theoretical background in biology, ecology and ecosystems

• Learn to connect ecosystem health to the actions and practices of humankind

• Get a thorough background in academic research with two internships

• Learn how to build models for environmental problems and how to utilize models in different settings

Career prospects

After graduation, about one third of our students quickly take up a position as researcher and one third starts working at a policy officer at a governmental organisation or an NGO. The rest of the students usually choose for a position in industry, for example, as a risk analyser of toxic substances. In general, our graduates end up as a:

• Researcher at a university or research institute
• Researcher in a company, either a large or a start-up company
• Researcher at a governmental research institute
• Consultant at a governmental agency, like a ministry
• Consultant at a consulting firm
• Risk analyser
• Policy officer at a governmental organisation or an NGO
• Project coordinator in water or ecosystem management