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Master's Degree in Water Resources and Environmental Sanitation

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ABOUT THE

Program

Water resources management currently poses several challenges that include the spatial and temporal variability of water supply; the deterioration of habitats that provide water-related ecosystem services; the deficit in wastewater treatment; the high vulnerability to risks related to the quality of the resource; and climate change and variability. Likewise, despite progress in access to drinking water and basic sanitation, there are still needs such as regional and social gaps in access to services; problems in company management; lack of attention to environmental sustainability and risk management; and inadequate wastewater and solid waste collection, treatment and disposal services.

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In this context, the Master’s Degree in Water Resources and Environmental Sanitation aims to train highly qualified professionals to work individually and as part of interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary teams, in the prevention and solution of problems related to water resources and basic sanitation, contributing to the improvement of people’ quality of life and the environment preservation.

Bucaramanga, Santander: SNIES 106110 | Qualified Register: Resolution of the Ministry of National Education (MEN) No. 015962 of September 1, 2023 (valid for seven years).

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Master in Water Resources and Environmental Sanitation

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Campus principal Bucaramanga

DEGREE:

Master in Water Resources and Environmental Sanitation

DURATION:

4 Semesters

MODALITY:

In-person / In Spanish

CAMPUS:

Campus principal Bucaramanga

APPLICANT

Profile

The Master's Degree is aimed at civil, environmental, sanitary, mechanical, chemical, geological engineers and professionals in similar areas, who are interested in providing solutions to problems related to water resources and environmental sanitation that affect the people' quality of life and the environment.

GRADUATE

Profile

Graduates of the program are comprehensive professionals with a high technical and analytical capacity to solve problems related to water resources and environmental sanitation. They also possess the necessary skills to interact with social, human, practical and critical sense in interdisciplinary decision-making groups, promoting teamwork within them. In addition, they stand out for adapting effectively to technical changes and for addressing socioeconomic and environmental challenges from a sustainability perspective.

Taking into account the line of specialization chosen during the master's degree and the graduate work, graduates will have the required skills to:

  • Identify the watershed as a unit of study and propose the appropriate management of water resources.

  • Identify the aquifer as a unit of study of water resources and propose its sustainable management.

  • Model water quantity and quality in lotic systems.

  • Model flood flows in rivers taking into account hydrological phenomena and physical conditions of the watershed.

  • Design wastewater treatment systems in urban and rural contexts, considering the selection of technology and the use of effluents and by-products.

  • Design solid waste management, treatment and final disposal systems in urban and rural contexts.

  • Design urban drainage solutions.

  • Design water supply systems (from catchment to final user, including treatment plant) for urban and rural contexts.

  • Analyze problems related to water resources and environmental sanitation and seek technical solutions to them, involving social, environmental, economic, political and institutional considerations.

LABOR

Field

The program trains highly qualified professionals for the planning, formulation, management, execution and evaluation of projects related to Water Resources and Environmental Sanitation.

APPLICANT

Profile

The Master’s Degree is aimed at civil, environmental, sanitary, mechanical, chemical, geological engineers and professionals in similar areas, who are interested in providing solutions to problems related to water resources and environmental sanitation that affect the people’ quality of life and the environment.

GRADUATE

Profile

Graduates of the program are comprehensive professionals with a high technical and analytical capacity to solve problems related to water resources and environmental sanitation. They also possess the necessary skills to interact with social, human, practical and critical sense in interdisciplinary decision-making groups, promoting teamwork within them. In addition, they stand out for adapting effectively to technical changes and for addressing socioeconomic and environmental challenges from a sustainability perspective.

Taking into account the line of specialization chosen during the master’s degree and the graduate work, graduates will have the required skills to:

  • Identify the watershed as a unit of study and propose the appropriate management of water resources.
  • Identify the aquifer as a unit of study of water resources and propose its sustainable management.
  • Model water quantity and quality in lotic systems.
  • Model flood flows in rivers taking into account hydrological phenomena and physical conditions of the watershed.
  • Design wastewater treatment systems in urban and rural contexts, considering the selection of technology and the use of effluents and by-products.
  • Design solid waste management, treatment and final disposal systems in urban and rural contexts.
  • Design urban drainage solutions.
  • Design water supply systems (from catchment to final user, including treatment plant) for urban and rural contexts.
  • Analyze problems related to water resources and environmental sanitation and seek technical solutions to them, involving social, environmental, economic, political and institutional considerations.

LABOR

Field

The program trains highly qualified professionals for the planning, formulation, management, execution and evaluation of projects related to Water Resources and Environmental Sanitation.

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Academic

Curriculum

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Code:  28469           Credits:    3  - Environmental chemistry


Code:  28470           Credits:    3  - Environmental processes


Code:  28471           Credits:    3  - Water resources management


Code:  28472           Credits:    3  - Applied hydrology


Code:  28473           Credits:    1  - Work proposal I

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Code:  00000           Credits:    3  - Elective subject I


Code:  00000           Credits:    3  - Elective subject II


Code:  28474           Credits:    3  - Geographic Information Systems


Code:  28475           Credits:    2  - In-depth Seminar I


Code:  28476           Credits:    3  - Work proposal II

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Code:  00000           Credits:    3  - Elective subject III


Code:  00000           Credits:    3  - Elective subject IV


Code:  28477           Credits:    3  - In-depth Seminar II


Code:  28478           Credits:    4  - Graduate work I

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Code:  28479           Credits:    3  - Project Management


Code:  28480           Credits:    7  - Graduate work II

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Code:  28482           Credits:    3  - Flood management


Code:  28483           Credits:    3  - Hydrogeology


Code:  28484           Credits:    3  - Water quality monitoring and evaluation


Code:  28485           Credits:    3  - Solid waste management


Code:  28481           Credits:    3  - Wastewater treatment


Code:  28486           Credits:    3  - Water supply systems


Code:  28492           Credits:    3  - Surface water quality modelling


Code:  28487           Credits:    3  - Natural methods for wastewater treatment


Code:  28488           Credits:    3  - Urban drainage


Code:  28489           Credits:    3  - Groundwater modeling


Code:  28490           Credits:    3  - Waste treatment and disposal system design


Code:  28491           Credits:    3  - Drinking water treatment plant design

KEEP IN MIND

Additional Information

   Bucaramanga      

1st Semester

2.022

* Subject to demand

Registration opening 

Registration deadline

Interviews

Publication of results

Academic registration 

Classes start

 

February 2022

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Requirements list

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
  • UIS registration form duly completed and signed.
  • Resume, it has to be done in the UIS format established institutionally for this purpose, with the attachment of the certificates and copies of documents that corroborate what is described in it.
  • Photocopy of valid identity document valid in Colombia or valid passport for foreigners.
  • Recent document type photo, preferably in digital format, white background 3×4.
  • Photocopy of the diploma or Photocopy of the undergraduate degree certificate required by the program, issued by a recognized HEI in Colombia.
    • Notice 1: If the applicant has a degree from a foreign university, it must be duly apostilled and translated into Spanish if it is in a foreign language.
    • Notice 2: The degrees must be validated by the Ministerio de Educación Nacional of the Republic of Colombia in case the applicant is going to study a master’s degree in the area of health, law or any other area regulated by national regulations that require this administrative act.
  • Certificate of the grades obtained during undergraduate studies, with a weighted average equal to or higher than three point fifty (3.50), and those of the research or in-depth master’s degree programs completed.
    • Notice 3: In the case of UIS undergraduate alumni, it is not necessary to provide it.
  • Receipt of payment issued by the UIS treasury for the current value of the registration or receipt of consignment in the account authorized by the UIS.
 

  • Notice A: All the documents listed above must have a digital version in PDF in order to complete the online registration process.
  • Notice B: All documents must be submitted physically. To hand the documents in, please go to the postgraduate office of the program in the city where you wish to take the academic program or to the offices of the entity with which the UIS has an agreement with.
  • Notice C: When physical documents are submitted, additional documents that you consider relevant for the admission must be attached.
  • Notice D: On the page “Start the registration process” the formats to fill out the requested documentation can be downloaded.

Inscription

0,25 S.M.M.L.V.

Tuition and academic fees per semester

9 S.M.M.L.V.

The university has a mechanism through which the financial obligations of a student can be partially or totally covered by a company or entity that wishes to support the student.

Also, various forms of payment have been arranged so that students can combine the available forms of payment according to their particular conditions. On the page "Start registration process" you will find the available options.

Additionally, to facilitate access to postgraduate programs, the UIS has signed various agreements with entities specialized in educational credit. These agreements seek facilities and better credit conditions for UIS students.

* Students who have the voting certificate from the last popular election process in Colombia may request a 10% discount on tuition fees.

 

KEEP IN MIND

Additional Information

2nd semester

2022

*Subject to demand of the program.




Bucaramanga

Registration start

Feb 2022

Registration deadline

Coming soon

Interviews

Coming soon

Publication of results

Coming soon

Academic registration

Coming soon

Classes start

Coming soon

Requirements list

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

  • UIS registration form duly completed and signed.
  • Resume, it has to be done in the UIS format established institutionally for this purpose, with the attachment of the certificates and copies of documents that corroborate what is described in it.
  • Photocopy of valid identity document valid in Colombia or valid passport for foreigners.
  • Recent document type photo, preferably in digital format, white background 3×4.
  • Photocopy of the diploma or Photocopy of the undergraduate degree certificate required by the program, issued by a recognized HEI in Colombia.
    • Notice 1: If the applicant has a degree from a foreign university, it must be duly apostilled and translated into Spanish if it is in a foreign language.
    • Notice 2: The degrees must be validated by the Ministerio de Educación Nacional of the Republic of Colombia in case the applicant is going to study a master’s degree in the area of health, law or any other area regulated by national regulations that require this administrative act.
  • Certificate of the grades obtained during undergraduate studies, with a weighted average equal to or higher than three point fifty (3.50), and those of the research or in-depth master’s degree programs completed.
    • Notice 3: In the case of UIS undergraduate alumni, it is not necessary to provide it.
  • Receipt of payment issued by the UIS treasury for the current value of the registration or receipt of consignment in the account authorized by the UIS.

  • Notice A: All the documents listed above must have a digital version in PDF in order to complete the online registration process.
  • Notice B: All documents must be submitted physically. To hand the documents in, please go to the postgraduate office of the program in the city where you wish to take the academic program or to the offices of the entity with which the UIS has an agreement with.
  • Notice C: When physical documents are submitted, additional documents that you consider relevant for the admission must be attached.
  • Notice D: On the page “Start the registration process” the formats to fill out the requested documentation can be downloaded.

Inscription

0,25 S.M.M.L.V.

Tuition and academic fees per semester

9 S.M.M.L.V.*


The university has a mechanism through which the financial obligations of a student can be partially or totally covered by a company or entity that wishes to support the student.

Also, various forms of payment have been arranged so that students can combine the available forms of payment according to their particular conditions. On the page "Start registration process" you will find the available options.

Additionally, to facilitate access to postgraduate programs, the UIS has signed various agreements with entities specialized in educational credit. These agreements seek facilities and better credit conditions for UIS students.

* Students who have the voting certificate from the last popular election process in Colombia may request a 10% discount on tuition fees.

OUR

Faculty

Edgar Ricardo Oviedo Ocaña

PhD in Engineering, emphasis on Sanitary and Environmental Engineering (program professor)

Fernando León Guzmán Duque

PhD in Engineering (guest professor)

Francisco Alberto Velandia Patiño

PhD in Geosciences (program professor)

Se presenta al público general y la comunidad educativa al profesor de la Escuela de Ingeniería Civil, Guillermo Mejía Aguilar Doctor en Ingeniería de Construcción. La foto fue tomada en primer plano, fondo blanco y el profesor está situado en el centro.

Guillermo Mejía Aguilar

PhD in Construction Engineering (guest professor)

Isabel Cristina Domínguez Rivera

PhD in Environmental and Rural Studies (program professor)

Javier Ernesto Fernández Mera

PhD in Engineering with emphasis on Sanitary and Environmental Engineering (guest professor)

Jhohny Harold Rojas Padilla

PhD in Environmental Sciences (guest professor)

John Jairo Márquez Molina

PhD in Agricultural Sciences (guest professor)

Juan Carlos Aceros Gualdrón

PhD in Social Psychology (program professor)

Juan Pablo Silva Vinasco

PhD in Sanitary Engineering (guest professor)

Lina María Marín Burbano

Master in Engineering with emphasis on Sanitary and Environmental Engineering (guest professor)

Se presenta al público general y la comunidad educativa a la profesora de la Escuela de Ingeniería Civil, Sandra Rocío Villamizar Amaya. Doctora en Sistemas Medio Ambientales. La foto fue tomada en primer plano, fondo blanco y la profesora está situada en el centro.

Sandra Rocío Villamizar Amaya

PhD in Environmental Systems (program professor)

Sergio Manuel Pineda Vargas

PhD in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics (guest professor)

Viviana Valencia Zuluaga

Master in Engineering with emphasis on Sanitary and Environmental Engineering (guest professor)

AGREEMENTS

and allies

The UIS has established different agreements with national and international entities in order to have a greater impact on their training, teaching, research and related processes in the articulation of the public university with the different social actors.

 

Do you want more information?

Contact Us

UIS Central Campus

Faculty of Physicomechanical Engineering Building

Phone: +57 (607) 632 0744

PBX: +57 (607) 634 4000 ext. 2453

Email: eicposgrado@uis.edu.co

Isabel Cristina Domínguez Rivera

Program Coordinator

isabeldr@uis.edu.co

Office hours:

Monday to Friday

8:00 a.m. – 12:00 m.

2:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Do yo want more information?

Contact Us

UIS Central Campus

Faculty of Physicomechanical Engineering Building

Phone: +57 (607) 632 0744

PBX: +57 (607) 634 4000 ext. 2453

Email: eicposgrado@uis.edu.co

Isabel Cristina Domínguez Rivera

Program Coordinator

isabeldr@uis.edu.co

Office hours:

Monday to Friday

8:00 a.m. – 12:00 m.

2:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Do yo want more information?

Contact Us

UIS Central Campus

Faculty of Physicomechanical Engineering Building

Phone: +57 (607) 632 0744

PBX: +57 (607) 634 4000 ext. 2453

Email: eicposgrado@uis.edu.co

Isabel Cristina Domínguez Rivera

Program Coordinator

isabeldr@uis.edu.co

Office hours:

Monday to Friday

8:00 a.m. – 12:00 m.

2:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

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