Water Resource Trail
The Water Resources program offers multidisciplinary, scientific, and applied teaching, particularly in hydrology and hydrogeology, with the possibility for students to specialize in one or the other of these major fields.
Semester 1 (S1) is mainly multidisciplinary with cross-disciplinary courses at the Water Sciences level; it allows students to acquire the fundamentals in the fields of Water Sciences. Specialization begins with elective courses in Semester 2 (S2), but it is mainly during Semesters 3 and 4 (S3 and S4) that students specialize and refine their career plans, putting them into practice during their internships.
Nearly half of the courses involve practical application in the field, in experimental rooms, or on computers, in small groups, allowing for hands-on teaching. Specialized courses range from in situ data acquisition to data analysis, interpretation, and modeling. These courses also involve professionals from the public sector (water agencies, joint associations, communities of municipalities, metropolitan areas) and the private sector (very small businesses, SMEs, large groups, etc.), as well as the research sector (universities, IRD, CNRS, etc.).
These courses enable students to acquire the skills necessary to:
Assess vulnerability and optimize the various uses of water resources.
Assess and manage water-related risks (floods, pollution, severe low water levels),
Characterize the sustainability of this resource from a quantitative and qualitative perspective, in response to climate and environmental change.
Develop cross-functional skills essential for any executive in the field of Water Sciences (project management, written and oral communication, English, etc.).
Presentation of the Master's Degree in Water Resources