Master Of River Delta Development (MSc)
Van Hall Larenstein, University of Applied Sciences
Key Information
Campus location
Velp, Netherlands
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
2 years
Pace
Full time
Tuition fees
EUR 9,290 / per year *
Application deadline
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Earliest start date
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* non-EU I EU € 2,530 a year
Introduction
Facilitators of change in delta zones
The Master’s program River Delta Development (MSc) trains students to be facilitators of change for river deltas. Everywhere in the world, urbanization and climate change are encroaching upon these fertile, ecologically valuable regions. The challenge is to decrease the vulnerability of river deltas while simultaneously increasing the opportunities for healthy economic and ecological development.
In the Master’s program River Delta Development, these developments are viewed as transitions: progressive, complex changes and adjustments in river delta systems that demand professionals who can intervene effectively. These transitions require innovative, multidisciplinary, and holistic solutions. Versatile delta professionals are required, who not only have knowledge of river delta systems (coasts, seas, and rivers) and the latest developments but also possess the necessary research and communication skills to make meaningful contributions to these transitions.
Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
Several scholarship options are available. Please check our website for more information.
Curriculum
Year 1 (46 EC's)
Introduction (1 month)
- Introduction to Riverdelta systems
- Excursion
- System analysis
- Transition theories
- Case study
- Learning plan
Semester 1 (17 weeks)
- Insight into Coastal Systems 5 EC
- Research in Living Labs including coaching, transition, and intervention 15 EC
- Assessment
Semester 2 (17 weeks)
- Insight into fluvial systems 5 EC
- Research in Living Labs including coaching, transition, and intervention 15 EC
- Assessment
Year 2 (44 EC's)
Semester 3 (17 weeks)
- Insight into Urban Systems 5 EC
- Research in Living Labs including coaching, transition, and intervention 15 EC
- Assessment
Final phase (3 weeks)
- Final assignment
- Conference presentation
- Oral assessment
Program Outcome
Degree: Master of Science (MSc)
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
In general, a master adds to your chances for a job that enriches your life and enables you to grow further. Compared to your (future) Bachelor’s degree, you will develop your skills in dealing with more complex systems and situations. This is partly based on more knowledge and deeper insights, but also, a master will generally provide you with the right skills and tools to work on more complex issues. Together with this, your ability to innovate and renew existing situations, systems, or methods will increase. A third important component is your professional development, which profits from the skills above, but also improves through more experience in and coaching on your professional attitude.
Why THIS master? Future perspectives!
River Delta Development is developed in close communication with the working field. Governmental institutions as well as consultancy are clear about their needs: professionals who think and work in constructive, integrated ways, who know transitional processes, and who are capable of moving people and organizations to make things happen. The world is in transition (climate, energy, circular economy, etc.) and needs people who can facilitate this change. In delta areas, many issues come together and are enhanced by the high population density and vulnerable location. This demands educated, enthusiastic, passionate young people who want to take a role that suits them to develop resilient, safe, and sustainable delta life.
Positions you could think of after you finished the master River Delta Development: process manager, initiator of new projects, facilitator of civil changes, researcher, administrator, consultant. For scanning the online job sites we now find the following vacancies:
Freshwater Project Officer in Morocco
The Freshwater Project Officer manages the implementation of the project 'Managing Water Abstraction and Promoting Water Environment in the Sebou Basin, Morocco' aiming at reducing the impact of water abstraction and unsustainable water infrastructure on river basin biodiversity and functioning, according to agreed objectives and time scale.
He/she builds and manages partnerships with the project partners, develops work plans, supervises the implementation, and produces technical and financial reports to monitor the progress of the project.
Urban Water, Wastewater, and Climate Resilience Senior Associate in the United States
The Senior Associate will lead efforts to grow business opportunities with Multilateral Development Banks related to urban water, wastewater management, and the associated issues of urban resilience to climate change and extreme weather events. This work will build on water and sanitation projects in several countries in Africa and Asia.
He/she develops and leads marketing and positioning strategies with multilateral development banks for urban water, wastewater, and climate for the WRI sector. The Senior Associate will provide technical assistance to project staff and beneficiaries and supervise the quality and timely implementation of the project.
Monitoring and Evaluation Officer in Bangladesh
Climate change, manifesting in the form of intensified cyclones, storm surges, and sea-level rise, is accelerating saltwater intrusion into the freshwater resources of the coastal belt of Bangladesh. This affects freshwater-dependent agricultural livelihoods and the quality of drinking water in vulnerable coastal communities. This disproportionately affects women and girls. The key objective of the project is to support the Government of Bangladesh (GoB) in strengthening the adaptive capacities of coastal communities, especially women, to cope with the impacts of climate change-induced salinity on their livelihoods and water security.
The Monitoring and Evaluation Officer will be responsible for monitoring and ensuring high-quality and timely inputs, and for ensuring that the project maintains its strategic vision and that its activities result in the achievement of its intended outputs in a cost-effective and timely manner.
Urban Water and Climate Adaptation Senior Specialist in the Netherlands
The Senior Specialist Urban Water and Climate Adaptation shapes water in urban areas in relation to safety, climate resilience, sustainability, and quality of life. Projects for which he/she can be deployed are e.g. making the city of Utrecht or Eindhoven airbase climate-proof, elaborating climate stress tests for municipalities, or developing a water management masterplan for the Moerdijk Port.
The Senior Specialist focuses on climate adaptation strategies, sustainability, water structure plans, measuring and monitoring, geohydrology, and urban water management by modeling situations, performing stress tests or infiltration and storage calculations, and analyzing measurements.