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Study Details: 12 months full-time; 24 months part-time; 36 months part-time (online distance learning)
This MRes provides advanced study in Integrated Pollution Prevention & Control, within Europe and globally. The course is largely research and project-based but there is also a taught element to it.
This course is ideal if you are looking to further your knowledge and develop your research skills, contribute to new knowledge on environmental pollution and related topics.
An MRes offers a unique and bespoke experience; you can tailor your studies to suit your own research interests and career objectives. You will be taught by an interdisciplinary group of professionally qualified civil engineers, environmental scientists, geoscientists, and chemists. The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering has strong industrial links which contributes to the overall student experience, too.
A minimum of first or upper second-class Honours degree from a UK institution (or overseas equivalent), and preferably a Masters-level qualification (or equivalent).
We accept students from a wide variety of disciplines including (but not limited to):
civil and environmental engineering
earth sciences
bioscience
chemistry and chemical engineering
Core modules:
Research methods for quantitative & qualitative approaches (10 credits)
Waste management & landfill design (10 credits)
Environmental pollution management (10 credits)
Environmental geochemistry (10 credits)
Optional modules:
Site investigation & risk assessment (10 credits)
Public health studies (10 credits)
Hydrogeology (10 credits)
Global water policy (10 credits)
Principles of environmental microbiology (10 credits)
Groundwater flow modelling (10 credits)
Contaminated land (10 credits)
Geographical information systems (10 credits)
Fundamentals of environmental forensics (10 credits)
Vertically Integrated Project water and sanitation hygiene (10 credits)
Circular Economy and Transformations towards Sustainability (10 credits)
Financial engineering (10 credits)
Environmental impact assessment (10 credits)
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