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Introduction

The Partnership institutes are academic institutions with a vast array of water and environment related educational programs and research programmes or they are dedicated research institutions. Educational programmes and courses are listed below.

The Partnership aims to improve the quality and relevance of educational programs by the following main activities and related outputs:

  • Relevance of programs to local context:
    by systematically incorporating local context, case studies, experience and practices in the curriculum.

  • Delivery of mutually recognized educational programs to facilitate student mobility and accessibility:
    the Partnership develops a partnership quality standard and Transfer of Credits systems to support collaboration in the delivery of joint specilisations and double degree programs.

  • Develop and consistently share curriculum and lecturing material:
    the Partnership collaboratively develop education modules; the modules are developed in an online-learning structure for better exchange, better accessibility and multiple modalities of delivery. The modules are made suitable both for degree programs and professional training.

Online Learning Top

From 2004 onwards, the Partnership has developed 16 dedicated on-line learning programmes. The basic concept is that course modules of 3-week face-to-face teaching are re-structured and made ready for distant education, to be delivered over a period of four months.

The on-line learning modules are not only meant for distant education, but also play an increasingly important role in short courses, tailor-made training and life-long learning facilities.

For the PoWER partnership and UNESCO-IHE, the development of on-line learning is considered of strategic importance as it responds to:

i) reaching more learners in a more flexible way,
ii) cooperating and sharing between partners’ educational programs, and
iii) flexibility and individualization in post-graduate adult education and facilities for continuing education.


Online Learning Program Institute Contact Person
Integrated River Basin Management UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education Douven   Wim , Dr.
Coastal Zone Management UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education Roelvink   Dano , Prof. , Ph.D.
Water and Environmental Law and Policy UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education Ahlers   Rhodante , Dr.
Public Private Partnerships UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education Schouten   Marco , Mr.
Wetland Management UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education van Dam   Anne , Dr.
Service Oriented Management of Irrigation Systems UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education Prasad   Krishna , Dr.
Cleaner Production and the Water Cycle UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education Siebel   Maarten , Dr.
Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatemt UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education Van Bruggen   Hans , Dr.
Ecological Sanitation UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education Ronteltap   Mariska , Dr.
Flood Modeling for Management UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education Bhattacharya   Biswa , Dr.
Water Distribution UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education Trifunovic   Nemanja , Mr.
Water and Climate Change UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education Hes   Edwin , Mr.
Sanitation Related Urban Groundwater Pollution UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education Foppen   Jan-Willem , Dr.
Urban Drainage and Sewerage (under development) UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education Pathirana   Assela , Ir.
Masters Programmes Top

The master degree programs form the main element of the educational programs of most the partners. In total, 14 partner institutes offer 37 master degree programs, with 60 specialisations, with an estimated average annual output of 1,000 degrees. The programs are accredited by the respective national governments. Many of the partners offer a PhD program. Education is strongly linked to PhD -, MSc – and project research.

Most programs follow a semester set-up, while some follow a modular approach or a mixture of both. The total duration varies from 18 to 24 months. Almost all universities allow for exchange with other universities, based on a specific transfer of credits system. Sometimes this is the case for the research part only and not for the taught part.

In the context of the Partnership, UNESCO-IHE has been piloting the development of joint (shared) master degree programs, where part of the program is delivered by a partner institute, still leading to a UNESCO-IHE degree.


Masters Programmes Institute
Water and Environmental Engineering Birzeit University, Institute of Environmental and Water Studies
Water and Environmental Sciences Birzeit University, Institute of Environmental and Water Studies
Hydrology and Water Resources Hohai University
Environmental Systems (Sistemas Ambientales) Instituto Technologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey
Water Resources Engineering & Management Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technogy
Water Supply and Environmental Sanitation Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technogy
Environment and Natural Resources Makerere University, Initute for Environment and Natural Resources
Geotechnical Engineering Nanjing Hydraulic Research Institute
Hydrology and Water Resources Nanjing Hydraulic Research Institute
Hydraulics & River Dynamics Nanjing Hydraulic Research Institute
Port, Coast and Offshore Engineering Nanjing Hydraulic Research Institute
Disaster Prevention, Mitigation and Protection Engineering Nanjing Hydraulic Research Institute
Hydraulic Structure Engineering Nanjing Hydraulic Research Institute
Hydroelectric Engineering Nanjing Hydraulic Research Institute
Environmental Engineering Nanjing Hydraulic Research Institute
Water Science and Engineering UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education
Water Management UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education
Municipal Water and Infrastructure UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education
Environmental Science UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education
Sanitary and Environmental Engineering Universidad del Valle
Water Resources Engineering Universitas Katolik Parahyangan
Civil Engineering Universitas Katolik Parahyangan
Integrated Water Resources Management WaterNet for Southern Africa
Short Courses Top

The partners are engaged in a great number and variety of professional training courses. These courses are often specific for a given situation: target group, country and context. They differ in level and mode of delivery. Because of this diversity, the Partnership program has not paid specific attention to these courses. However, the demand is high and the relevance is high as explained above. The program therefore will more systematically address the professional training, but for practical reasons do it in context of the (e-learning) modules, which de facto are part of master degree programs.

Short Courses Institute
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