Water Security and Global Change

International joint master's programme on water security and global change that combines perspectives from partner institutions in the global North and South to address water-related challenges under environmental change.

Academic requirements

The qualifying degree needs to have a major focus in one of the academic subjects listed; must have been awarded by a higher education institution officially recognised by AICTE, AIU, ACU, IAU, Central Office for Foreign Education.

Minimum GPA

The accumulated grade point average of the qualifying degree must not be below 60% aggregate marks or first class.

English requirements

Accepted proof includes IELTS 6.5 overall with at least 6.0 in each component or TOEFL 88 overall with minimum section scores of 21 reading, 20 listening, 22 speaking, and 21 writing.

Accepted bachelor fields

Requires a qualifying degree with major focus in civil engineering, mechanical engineering, environmental engineering, hydro science engineering, water resources engineering, computational engineering, or agricultural or landscape engineering.

APS Certificate

Yes

Tuition fee

None

Semester contribution

Published joint-programme fees are 36,400 INR per semester at IIT Madras, 287 EUR per semester at TU Dresden, and 335 EUR per semester at RWTH Aachen.

ECTS credits

120 ECTS points

Funding info

Tuition: None Semester contribution: Published joint-programme fees are 36,400 INR per semester at IIT Madras, 287 EUR per semester at TU Dresden, and 335 EUR per semester at RWTH Aachen.

Graduates are prepared for water-related engineering, policy, consulting, utility, and international-development roles addressing global-change and water-security challenges.

• 1

  Environmental Governance

  University of Freiburg

  Freiburg im Breisgau · Master of Science · English

• 2

  Environmental and Resource Management

  Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg

  Cottbus · PhD · English

• 3

  Master's in Sustainable Regional Development

  Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Sciences

  Weidenbach · Master of Science · English

• 4

  Integrative Research Institute on Transformations of Human-Environment Systems Graduate Programme (IRI THESys)

  Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

  Berlin · PhD · English

• 5

  Global Change Ecology (MSc)

  University of Bayreuth

  Bayreuth · Master of Science · English