Water and Environmental Management

Entry requirements

You will typically need an upper second-class honours degree or an international equivalent in an Engineering, Science, Computing, Maths, Geography, Environmental Management or Studies, Resource Conservation, Finance, Investment, or Economics subject.

If you are currently completing a degree, we understand that your final grade may be higher than the interim grades or module/unit grades you have achieved during your studies to date. We will consider your application if your interim grades are currently slightly lower than the programme's entry requirements and may make you an aspirational offer. This offer would be at the standard level, so you would need to achieve the standard entry requirements by the end of your degree. Specific module requirements would still apply.

We will also consider your application if your final overall achieved grade is slightly lower than the programme's entry requirement.

If you have at least one of the following, please include your CV (curriculum vitae / résumé) when you apply, showing details of your relevant qualifications:

• evidence of significant, relevant work experience (minimum of two years) such as: working as an Environmental or Civil Engineer, working for a public body in a water or environment-related job, active voluntary work for environmental charities, or any role where you may have developed relevant technical skills such as data analysis, GIS, Python or other industry relevant software.
• a relevant postgraduate qualification.

See international equivalent qualifications on the International Office website.

Months of entry

September

Course content

If you want to pursue a career tackling local and global water and environmental challenges, this MSc will equip you with the fundamental technical and management skills to do so.

We teach both academic and practical skills so that you will discover how you can contribute to the sustainable management of water resources and the environment. The exciting range of optional units means that you can choose the right balance of quantitative and qualitative skills: from environmental data science and machine learning applications to sustainable systems and disaster resilience.

Our teaching staff include leading water researchers at the University of Bristol and environmental practitioners with experience in private and government sectors such as the Environment Agency or Met Office.

The prestigious Global Ranking of Academic Subjects (GRAS) from Shanghai Ranking has recently placed Bristol 1st in the UK and 14th in the world for the outstanding quality and depth of our research into water resources (2022).

Information for international students

See international equivalent qualifications on the International Office website.

Fees and funding

Further information on funding for prospective UK and international postgraduate students.