In teaching, various aspects of climate change and water extremes are central to many degree programs at the Faculty of Environmental Sciences. Naturally, current core research areas and project activities are also incorporated here.

English-language Master programs

The English-language Master program in Hydro Science and Engineering focuses on the causes and effects of and adaptation options to water extremes, particularly in the modules Climatology and Hydrology, Integrated Water Resources Management, International Water Issues, Watershed Management, Urban Water Management, Flood Risk Management, Climate Change and Climate Systems and Climate Modeling. The study program of the M.Sc. Tropical Forestry focuses on a sustainable tropical forestry under Climate Change and increasingly frequent extremes.

ERASMUS MUNDUS

Some of the modules from the Master program in Hydro Science and Engineering are also part of the English-language Erasmus Mundus M.Sc. degree programs GroundWATCH - Groundwater and Global Change and FloodRiskMaster. In each of the Master programs, students study one semester at TU Dresden. In these programs, a lot of the offered modules focus on climate and water extremes and their risks and impact on our water resources.

ABCD Center

The Global Water and Climate Adaptation Center (ABCD Center), a DAAD-funded joint institution of German, Indian and Thai partner universities, has set up a new Master's degree course in Water Security & Global Change, starting with its first batch in summer 2024. The degree program aims to combine perspectives and know-how from the Global South and Global North on the topic of "Water Security in Times of Global Change". A joint Master's degree will be awarded by TU Dresden, RTWH Aachen and IIT Madras.

German Master programs

The German Master's degree programs offered by the Department of Hydro Sciences, M.Sc. Water Management, M.Sc. Hydrology, M.Sc. Hydrobiology, M.Sc. Waste Management and Contaminated Sites, M.Sc. Forest Sciences, M.Sc. Geoinformation Technologies, M.Sc. Spatial Development and Natural Resource Management and M.Sc. Geodesy also cover aspects of our research focus area. The Master's degree program in Geography offers the opportunity to specialize in the field of "Environmental Change" with a focus on water balance, landscape change, field and laboratory methods.

Environmental Informatics

Two new degree programs/specializations in the field of environmental informatics are currently being established: a new Bachelor's degree program in Environmental Informatics and a new specialization in MSc Computational Modelling and Simulation - Computational Environmental Science and Engineering. Further information will follow shortly.

Joint PhD Program in Integrated Management of Water, Soil, and Waste

The United Nations University Institute for Integrated Management of Material Fluxes and Resources and TU Dresden offer a joint PhD program. The program focuses on the integrated management of water, soil and waste resources using the Nexus approach.

Information for prospective students

General information and resources for prospective students are provided by the Departments of the Faculty of Environmental Sciences on their websites:

• Studying in the Department of Hydro Sciences
• Studying at the Department of Forest Sciences
• Studying at the Department of Geosciences

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