To complete the MSc students registered for the MSc in Environmental Engineering (H2UM) must complete all compulsory and core modules and one elective module, while student of the MSc in Hydrology and Water Resources Management (H2UP) must complete all modules listed.

[H2UM] MSc Environmental Engineering
[H2UP] MSc Hydrology and Water Resources Management
[H2UMD] MSc in Environmental Engineering with Data Science

Autumn Term
Module H2UM H2UP H2UMD
 CIVE70040 Chemistry and Microbiology for Environmental Engineering  Compulsory  -  
 CIVE70023 Containment Engineering  Compulsory  -   
 CIVE70041 Environmental Analysis  Compulsory  -   
 CIVE70042 Environmental Fluid Mechanics  Compulsory  Compulsory  
 CIVE70043 Environmental Modelling and Data Analysis  Compulsory  Compulsory  
 CIVE70046 Urban Hydrology and Urban Drainage  Compulsory  Compulsory  
 CIVE70039 Catchment Hydrology  -  Compulsory  
 CIVE70024 Hydrogeology and Groundwater  -   Compulsory  
 CIVE70044 Meteorology and Climate Change  -   Compulsory  
 CIVE70116 Statistical Modelling      Compulsory
 CIVE70111 Machine Learning      Compulsory
Autumn term syllabus
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Spring Term
Module H2UM H2UP H2UMD
 CIVE70049 Design Project Environmental  Core  -   
 CIVE70053 Sustainable Resource Management   Compulsory  -   
 CIVE70055 Water and Wastewater Treatment  Compulsory  -   
 CIVE70057 Water Supply and Distribution Systems  Compulsory  -   
 CIVE70047 Advanced Water and Wastewater Treatment  Elective  -   
 CIVE70050 Environmental Management in Developing Countries  Elective  -  
 CIVE70031 Contaminated Land and Groundwater  Compulsory  Compulsory  
 CIVE70051 Hydrology Design Project  -   Core  
 CIVE70045 Rainfall-Runoff Modelling and Flood Hydrology  -   Compulsory  
 CIVE70054 Sustainable Water Management  -  Compulsory  
 CIVE70052 Stochastic Water Resources Management  -   Compulsory  
 CIVE70056 Water Quality Engineering and Ecohydrology  -   Compulsory  
 CIVE70122 Data Engineering      Compulsory
CIVE70088 Design Project: Data Science – Environmental      Core
Spring term syllabus
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Summer Term
ModuleH2UMH2UP
 CIVE70058 Research Project - Environmental  Core  Core
Summer term syllabus
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Our community in numbers*

Our academics

  • 50+ full-time academic staff
  • 20 part-time, honorary and visiting
  • 50+ research staff
  • 40+ Professional Services and Technicians staff 

Our student population

  • 225 PhD students
    67% male; 33% female
    48 nationalities
  • 314 MSc students
    61% male; 39% female
    53 nationalities
  • 367 Undergraduates 
    71% male; 29% female
    45 nationalities
  • Total 906 students
    67% male; 33% female

* all numbers are approximate

Measures of success

Research Assessment Exercise
  • REF 2021. 75% of research assessed to be 4* (highest rating), 25% assessed to be 3*.
QS World Universities rankings
  • Subject Ranking. Civil Engineering = 6th (2021); 6th (2020); 6th (2019); 3rd (2018)
The Times Higher Education world ranking
  • Subject Ranking. Civil Engineering = 4th (2021); 11th (2020); 12th (2019)
National Student Survey
  • Overall Satisfaction, 92% (2022), 90% (2021); 78% (2020); 88% (2019)