Four great partners for a leading master
Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena (UPCT)
UPCT is a young technological university. But some of its faculties, formerly belonging to the University of Murcia, have a long history. It starts with the foundation of the Technical School of Mining Engineering in 1883, which has developed to the current Faculty of Civil and Mining Engineering (coordinator of Watergy).
In Spain, mining engineers have many competencies in energy production and management, so the UPCT has been involved in the field of Energy from its foundation.
In fact, Mining Engineering studies in UPCT are currently called Energy and Mineral Resources Engineering, with a strong emphasis on different aspects of energy production and its management. The Civil Engineering degree was introduced in 1998. Due to the location of Cartagena in the south-east of Spain, with endemic drought, irregular flood incidents and a very important irrigation agriculture, the degree was specialised in hydraulic facilities and water management.
Because of this history, UPCT is the reference center in Water and Energy fields in Southeastern Spain. Since ten years ago, it has an international oriented policy that attracts students from all over the world, especially from Latin America, Italy, Poland and India.
Furthermore, it has a long experience in coordination and participation in projects from the different European Programmes (Erasmus+, SUDOE, FP7, H2020, Life+, …).
University of Belgrade (UB)
Grenoble INP – ENSE3, UGA
Owing to its outstanding scientific environment and its pioneering activities linked with hydroelectricity, Grenoble has always been at the forefront of the development of new technologies in the field of energy and water management.
As one of the 6 departments of Grenoble INP, Ense3 trains students to take up in a sustainable way the challenges associated with the new energy order, and with the increasing need for integrated water resources management.
Grenoble INP is one of the top 3 engineering schools in France, and one of the top 25 world universities in terms of research publication with industrial partners (source: U-Multirank). It is also in the top 75 world universities in the field of Water Resources in the Shanghai Ranking 2022.
Grenoble INP – Ense3 combines technical and scientific skills in the domains of electrical, mechanical, hydraulic, civil and environmental engineering to be able to handle the full energy chain (production, distribution, usages, trading) as well as the full water supply chain (harnessing, storage, supply, treatment). Its transdisciplinary training strongly looks at new methods of energy production, energy transportation, storage systems (including Smart-grids), and water systems (disaster risk reduction, long-term resources planning, integrated management).
Taking full advantage of this background, Grenoble INP – Ense3 trains high-level masters able to tackle complex technical challenges while considering environmental and societal aspects.
IHE Delft Institute for Water Education
IHE Delft Institute for Water Education is the largest international graduate water education facility in the world and is based in Delft, the Netherlands. IHE Delft is a world-renowned knowledge center on water infrastructure, technology and sciences, and attracts high-level students and scientists from around the globe. IHE Delft cooperates with Delft, the water knowledge city, and water related institutes based in Delft. The Institute confers fully accredited MSc degrees, and PhD degrees in collaboration with partners in the Netherlands.
Since 1957 the Institute has provided graduate education to more than 23,000 water professionals from over 190 countries, and is a flagship institute in the UN-Water family. Since its inception in 1957, the Institute has provided postgraduate education to numerous professionals (engineers and scientists) almost entirely from developing/transitional countries, from over 190 countries. It has also graduated over 100 PhD candidates and executed numerous research and capacity development projects throughout the world.
Many of the alumni have reached senior positions in their home countries upon return and remain key links in the global water network. IHE Delft is a partner institute of the National SENSE Research School. As an accredited institution, staff and students are now expected to follow the Netherlands Code of Conduct for Scientific Practice. IHE Delft is instrumental in the strengthening of efforts by other universities and research centers in increasing knowledge and skills of professionals working in the water sector.
The Member States of UNESCO have access to the knowledge and services of IHE in human and institutional capacity-building, which is vital to their efforts in the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals, especially SDG 6 (providing access to clean water and sanitation). IHE Delft carries out three types of activities that complement and reinforce each other in the broad field of water engineering, water management, environment, sanitation, and governance. Its core activities are education, research, and capacity building.
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This EMDM aims at developing the EMJM entitled Water and Energy (Watergy) that will provide a high-level, multi-national, research and industrial-oriented education in Water and Energy interactions, which complies with the EGD strategy to provide future-proof jobs and skills training for the transition as a basis for cleaner energy and cutting-edge clean technological innovation.