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ProWater Study Information

Application

Entry level for the study is a qualified bachelor degree or an equivalent or  higher degree in engineering or natural science respectively. Adequate English or German language abilities are necessary and must be demonstrated. Deadlines for application are 1st Septemeber (winter term) and 1st March (summer term).

Fees

The full course of studies covers 120 Credit Points (CP). For the first three terms a fee of 40,- Euro per CP is to be paid for documents, organisation and support. A study units comprises three to four CP. A credit point complies with a study effort of 25 to 30 hours.

For the aknowledgement of study units completed at other Universities a fee of € 40.- per study unit falls due.
If the aknowledgement is rejected, the fee is credited to the study unit.

In the final term a cost of 500,- Euro becomes due for the support of the master thesis and the concluding colloquium.
For full time students the minimum charge is 800,- Euro per term and therefore includes courses of at least 20 CP.
Part time students will pay a minimum charge of 400,- Euro per term and take courses for  at least 10 CP.
In addition to the term costs an enrollment fee of  about 130 Euro falls due for registering as a student at the TU
Braunschweig for each term.

Period of Study

The complete course covers 3 terms (90 CP) plus 1 term for the master thesis (30 CP). A part time study is possible.
Some of the subjects in the first and second term may be offset, if the student has already successfully completed them in previous studies. Aknowledgemet of study units is only possible for basic studies and bears a cost of 1 CP (40 €) per study unit. If aknowledgement is refused, the cost will be offset from the respective study unit.
The actual work load may individually be selected to meet the personal requirements but shall not fall below 10 CP per term.
It is also possible to select individual courses and to complete them with a certificate.

Phases of Attendance

In each term two phases of attendance are offered. The first phase (one week, voluntary) contains repetitions and practical training. In the second phase (one week, voluntary) examinations and excursions take place. For students studying abroad, examinations will usually take place at the German embassies, consulates, or local DAAD offices.
Travel costs to Braunschweig will be born by the students.

Performance

Students will select study modules and receive scripts and send-in tasks for selected courses via mail or email. The lecture notes contain explanations, examples and excercises particularly suitable for self study. Multimedia study aids are available for some modules. Successfully completed send-in tasks will qualify for written and oral exams.
Any questions will shortly be answered by the tutors via email, fax and telephone.

Course Compendium

Basic Studies: 1. + 2. term (60 CP)

Students will select six of the eight modules offered in the basic studies block A-1 to B-4,  in addition, two modules from the cross cutting qualifications block c need to be selected. In total, 60 credit points are required.

Block

Title

Module

Study Units

CP

A

Water Resources Management

 A-1  Water Resources Management A 1-1 Hydrology and Water Resources Management 4
A 1-2  Appraisal of Water Management Systems 4
A-2 GIS and Terrain Models A 2-1 Geographic Information Systems (GIS) 4
A 2-2 Digital Terrain Models 4
A-3 Water Dynamics A 3-1 Hydromechanics  4
A 3-2 Renaturation of Rivers and Streams 4
A-4 Groundwater A 4-1 Groundwater Flow and Transport Processes 4
A 4-2 Hydrogeology  4

B

Quality Requirements
and Water Quality

 B-1 Supply and Disposal B 1-1 Sanitary Engineering  4
B 1-2 Waste Management  4
B-2 Water Quality and Irrigation Engineering B 2-1 Irrigation Engineering 4
B 2-2 Water Quality Modeling 4
B-3 Environmental Management
and Law		 B 3-1 Water and Environmental Law 4
B 3-2 Environmental Management 4
B-4 Chemistry and Biology
of Water		 B 4-1 Hydrochemistry and Chemical Analysis 4
B 4-2 Hydrobiology and Microbiology  4

C

Practical Applications and Cross Cutting Qualifications

 C-1 Field Tests and Laboratory Examination C 1-1 Hydrometrics and Model Application
Soil and Groundwater		 3
C 1-2 Mikrobiology Laboratory
Limnology and Protection of Water Bodies		 3
C-2 Communication C 2-1 Project Management 3
C 2-2 Moderation Techniques and  Public Relations 1
C 2-3 English I:   Water and the Environment 3
C 2-4 English II:  Water Supply and Exploitation 3
C 2-5 English III: Solid Waste Treatment 2
C-3 Applications in Supply and Disposal C 3-1 Refurbishment of sewer systmes 3
C 3-2 C 1-1 or C 1-2 or C 4-4 3
C-4 Complementary Qualifications in Water, Soil, and Environment C 4-1 Optimisation of Water Mangagement Systems 3
C 4-2 Principles of Pedology 3
C 4-3 Soil Processes 3
C 4-4 Possibilities and Limitations of problem oriented Environmental Analysis 3
C-5 Project Report Scientific project work with documentation on a subject from block A or B 6
C-6 Critical Writing Critial scientific Thesis on a subject from Block A or B 6

    Content of Basic Study Courses

    A 1-1 Hydrology and Water Resources Management
    Important principles like water circle and water household, measurment devices and methods, procedures of analysis and computation, and water supply form the basis of the course. Flood protection, storage management, risks, frequencies and distribution functions for the design of works as well as transport processes in surface and sub surface water bodies are covered in the following.
         Supervisor of the study unit: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Günter Meon
         Advisor: Dipl.-Ing. Christoph Plogmeier
         Link: www.lwi.tu-bs.de/hywa

    A 1-2 Project Appraisal of Water Management Systems
    The course introduces macro- and microeconomic principles of project appraisal, treats benefit and costs as project effects and covers risk quite comprehensively. Building on this foundation the prevalent methods of project appraisal that are cost comparative method, benefit-cost analysis, cost-efficiency analysis and multi-criterial analysis.
         Supervisor of the study unit: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Günter Meon
         Advisor: Dipl.-Ing. Martin Gocht MBA
         Link: www.lwi.tu-bs.de/hywa

    A 2-1 Geographic Information Systems
    In the field of water protection many disciplines are involved in research, education and practice that take quite different views on the subject water. The multidisciplinarity of water protection not only necessitates coordination of content of concepts but requires special structural treatment and post processing of sampled data. Their spatial relations must be organised, analysed and visualised for gaining a comprehensive picture. Geograohic Information Systems (GIS) represent an ideal platform for working on a multidisciplinary task like the protection and sustainable management of water bodies.
         Supervisor of the study unit and Advisor: Prof. Dr.rer.nat. Marc-Oliver Löwner
         Link: www.igp.tu-bs.de

    A 2-2 Generation of large scale Digital Terrain Models
    The course provides an overview over terrestrial and sattelite based methods of observation and analysis. The use and the transformation of coordinates within and between different coordinate systems and their representation by map projections is another focal point of this course. Finally different approaches towards data modeling, important for the application in water protection, are introduced.
         Supervisor of the study unit: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang Niemeier
         Advisor: Dr.-Ing. Björn Riedel
         Link: www.igp.tu-bs.de

    A 3-1 Hydromechanics
    Basic properties of water, hydrostatics,  continuity equation and potential theory, application of the principle of energy and linear momentum  as well as an introduction into real fluids present usefull and interesting information on the subject water.
         Supervisor of the study unit: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Hocine Oumeraci
         Advisor: Dipl.-Ing Sven Liebisch
         Link: http://www.lwi.tu-bs.de/hyku

    A 3-2 Renaturation of Rivers and Streams
    This course introduces examples for technical measures of water protection (e.g. fish passes) and discusses advantages and disadvantages of different options.
         Supervisor of the study unit: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Andreas Dittrich
         Advisor: Dr.-Ing. Jochen Aberle
         Link: http://www.lwi.tu-bs.de/waba

    A 4-1 Groundwater Flow and Transport Processes
    Starting from the physical properties of water, its behaviour in porous media as well as transport processes, on site-data collection, and tracer experiments are explained by means of numerous examples. The importance of these methods for the restauration and protection of groundwater reserves is demonstrated.
         Supervisor of the study unit and Advisor: Dr.-Ing. Peter Grubert
         Link: http://www.ggu.de

    A 4-2 Hydrogeology                                                                                                                                                                                  
    Besides geologic principles the course introduces aquifers, groundwater in the hydrologic cycle, groundwater replenishment, groundwater hydraulics, hydraulic test methods, types of springs and groundwater extraction.
         Supervisor of the study unit: Prof. Dr.rer.nat. Matthias Schöniger
         Advisor: Dr. Dagmar Schönwiese
         Link: www.lwi.tu-bs.de/hywa

    B 1-1 Sanitary Engineering
    Sanitary engineering deals with the effects of anthropogenic uses on water bodies. Processes in surface and subsurface water, water supply  (extraction, treatment), treamtent of waste water, the treatment, reuse or disposal of sludge and discharge, infiltration and treatment of rain water  will be discussed and solutions for water protection will be considered.
         Supervisor of the study unit: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Norbert Dichtl
         Advisor: Dipl.-Geoökol. Katrin Bauerfeld
         Link: http://www.tu-braunschweig.de/isww

    B 1-2 Waste Management
    The history of waste management opens the course, waste related law, different types of waste, collection, and transport lead to the introduction of different options of waste prevention and -utilisation. Furthermore land fill technologies, cost structures, and international waste management are covered.
         Supervisor of the study unit: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Klaus Fricke
         Advisor: Dipl.-Ing. Jan Bauer
         Link:  http://www.lwi.tu-bs.de/abwi

    B 2-1  Irrigation Engineering
    Principles of agricultural irrigation are treated and their monetary assessment is opposed to water demand dependant on land use and available water resources.
         Supervisor of the study unit: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Günter Meon
         Advisor: Dipl.-Ing. Martin Gocht MBA
         Link: www.lwi.tu-bs.de/hywa

    B 2-2 Water Quality Modeling
    Different models of water quality for surface water bodies and ground water are explained. On the background of their application water reserves and their zones in water protection are described.
         Supervisor of the study unit: Prof. Dr. Ulrich Maniak
         Advisor: Dipl.-Geoökol. Karoline Stein
         Link: www.lwi.tu-bs.de/hywa

    B 3-1 Water and Environmental Law
    Legal regulations like Water Resources Act, Waste Water Levy Act, regulations of Emmissions and Emissions, Drinking Water Ordinance, the EU -Water Framework Directive etc. are introduced and their practical application is shown by means of examples.
         Supervisor of the study unit and Advisor: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Joseph Hölscher  
         Link: www.nlwkn.de

    B 3-2 Environmental Management
    Inter alia the agenda  21 (technical and scientifical aspects) and other socioeconomic aspects are demonstrated. International environmental policy, concepts for intergated environmental protection, environmental management systems, quality management and integrated management systems are introduced.
         Supervisor of the study unit and Advisor: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Joseph Hölscher  
         Link: www.nlwkn.de
     
    B 4-1 Hydrochemistry  and Chemical Analysis
    The concepts of electrolytic dissociation , acid-base equilibrium, solubility product, pH-value, carbonate balance, buffering and hydrolysis of salts are introduced and their relevance with regard to water protection is shown. Dissolution processes, concentration information, and solution of  salts, organic matter and gasses are explained.
         Supervisor of the study unit and Advisor: Dr.-Ing. Dieter Bahrs
      
    B 4-2 Hydrobiology and Microbiology
    General principles of the self-cleansing process of organically polluted water in natural water bodies are explained. Organic self-cleansing by micro-organisms in soil, mineralisation and mineral analysis are introduced. The ecological function of the soil in the cycles of matter between soil and groundwater in stagnant and flowing  water bodies are presented.
         Supervisor of the study unit and Advisor:  Prof. Dr. Andreas Haarstrick
         Link: http://www.tu-braunschweig.de/ibvt

    During the phases of attendance  practical training and experiments in the following subjects are performed:

    C 1-1 Hydrometrics and Model Application / Soil and Grounwater
         Supervisor of the study unit: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Günter Meon
         Advisor: NN
         Link: www.lwi.tu-bs.de/hywa

    C 1-2 Mikrobiology Laboratory / Limnology and Protection of Water Bodies
         Supervisor of the study unit: Dr. Andreas Haarstrick / Prof. Dr.-Ing. Günter Meon
         Advisor: Dr. Andreas Haarstrick / MSc. Huyen Le
         Link: http://www.tu-braunschweig.de/ibvt / www.lwi.tu-bs.de/hywa
    C 2-1 Projektmanagement
    In water protection a sound planning and organisation of projects is indispensable. A sound intorduciton and examples from realitiy and fiction will prepare for later application in business life.
         Supervisor of the study unit: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Günter Meon
         Advisor: Dipl.-Ing. Martin Gocht MBA
         Link: www.lwi.tu-bs.de/hywa

    C 2-2 Moderation Techniques and  Public Relations
    The art of goal-oriented communication support and organisation is explained and trained in this course.
         Supervisor of the study unit: NN
         Advisor: Dipl.Psy. Sylvia Harstick-Koll
         Link:

    C 2-3 English for special purposes I: Water, Environment and Flood Control
         Supervisor of the study unit and Advisor:  Dr. Susanne Kirchmeyer
         Link: http://www.uni-weimar.de/cms/universitaet/zentrale-einrichtungen/sprachenzentrum.html
                                                                                                        
    C 2-4 English for special purposes II: Domestic Water and Water in Industry
         Supervisor of the study unit and Advisor:  Dr. Susanne Kirchmeyer
         Link: http://www.uni-weimar.de/cms/universitaet/zentrale-einrichtungen/sprachenzentrum.html
                                                                                                        
    C 2-5 English for special purposes III: Solid Waste
         Supervisor of the study unit and Advisor:  Dr. Susanne Kirchmeyer
         Link: http://www.uni-weimar.de/cms/universitaet/zentrale-einrichtungen/sprachenzentrum.html
                                                                                                        
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    C 3-1 Refurbishment of sewer systems
    The topics of this study unit are the development of waste water canalisation, damage to sewer systems, examples of damage to sewer pipes, consequences of damaged sewer pipes, sewer analysis and monitoring of sewers, television-based sewer inspection, concepts of refurbishment and selection of methods of refurbishment.
         Supervisor of the study unit and Advisor: Dr. Thomas Stücke
         Link: http://www.aquaplan-gmbh.de
    C 4-1 Optimisation of Water Mangagement Systems
    The economic optimisation of water management systems is central to this course. After an introduction inot linear optimisation the simplex algorithm is explained, the Langrangian multipliers serve as an example for non-linear optimisation. The introduction of the time horizon leads to dynamic optimisation. An introduction into multi-criterial programming closes the course.
         Supervisor of the study unit: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Günter Meon
         Advisor: Dipl.-Ing. Martin Gocht MBA
         Link: www.lwi.tu-bs.de/hywa

    C 4-2 Principles of Pedology
    This study unit will provide the student with a framework of pedology. The content slightly differs from the well-known pedology text books. The course concentrates on components of soil, its properties and functions as well as development, distribution, and taxonomy of soils.
         Supervisor of the study unit and Advisor: Prof. Dr. Rolf Nieder  
         Link: http://www.tu-braunschweig.de/geooekologie

    C 4-3 Soil Processes
    The chemical and biological processes prevailing in soil formation are introduced in this study unit.
         Supervisor of the study unit and Advisor: Prof. Dr. Rolf Nieder  
         Link: http://www.tu-braunschweig.de/geooekologie
    C 4-4 Possibilities and Limitations of problem oriented Environmental Analysis
    Possibilities and limitations of chemical analysis. challenges in water analysis, management of samples and laboratoty management for assurance of water quality, reguliations, recommendations and directives, monitoring and spot surveys are covered in this study unit.
         Supervisor of the study unit and Advisor: Dr. rer.nat. Claus Schöneborn  

    Advanced Studies 3. Term (30 CP)

    Currently three subjects are offered for advanced studies. Students will select one block with an amount of 24 CP according to there preferences. Furthermore a module from block C needs to be selected, increasing the number of credit points to 30 CP .

    Block

    Title

    Module

    Study Units

    CP

    D

    Management of Surface
    Water bodies

    		 D-1 Water Protection D 1-1 Natural and man-made Impacts on the Quality
    of Water Bodies    		 4
    D 1-2 Quality models for stagnant and flowing water
    bodies    		 4
    D-2 River Basin  Management D 2-1 Flood Protection Management 4
    D 2-2 River Basin Management 4
    D-3 Applications in Water
    Resource Management    		 D 3-1 Irrigation Management 4
    D 3-2 Project Thesis: Nature-Oriented Hydraulic Engineering  and Water Resources Management 4

    E

    Groundwater
    Management

    		 E-1 Hydrochemistry and Hydrobiology E 1-1 Hydrochemical Processes 4
    E 1-2 Hydrobiological Processes 4
    E-2 Flow and Transport Models E 2-1 Flow and Transport Models in Groundwater 4
    E 2-2 Flow and Transport Models in
    the Unsaturated Zone    		 4
    E-3 Applications in Groundwater Management E 3-1 Nonpoint Pollution of Groundwater 4
    E 3-2 Project Thesis: Soil and Groundwater Management 4

    F

    Process Engineering of Drinking Water, Wastewater  and Waste Treatment  

    		 F-1 Waste Management F 1-1 Treatment of Waste and Waste Disposal
    		 4
    F 1-2 Restauration of Contaminated Sites
    		 4
    F-2 Process Engineering F 2-1 Processes of Wastewater Treatment  4
    F 2-2  Processes of Sewage Sludge Treatment  4
    F-3 Applications in Supply and Disposal Management F 3-1 Drinking Water Treatment 4
    F 3-2 Project Thesis: Municipal Disposal Management 4

    Master Thesis 4. term (30 CP)

    On a topic from the advanced studies the Master Thesis will be written. In a concluding colloquium the student will present his master thesis

    Scientific Degree / Certificate

    The successful student will be awarded the academic degree Master of Science (MSc). The MSc. title qualifies for a PhD study.
    For single courses certificates are available

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