postgraduate
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).
DEGREE:
Master in Water Resources and Environmental Sanitation
DURATION:
4 Semesters
MODALITY::
In-person / In Spanish
CAMPUS
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
- Graduate Profile
- Labor Field
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.
All
about
our
program
All
about
our
program
All about our program
Academic
Curriculum
- 1°
- 2°
- 3°
- 4°
- Electives
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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
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Additional Information
- Registration
- Requirements
- Costs
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1st Semester 2.022 * Subject to demand | Registration opening Registration deadline Interviews Publication of results Academic registration Classes start | February 2022 Coming soon Coming soon Coming soon Coming soon Coming soon |
Requirements list
GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
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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
- Registration
- Requirements
- Costs
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)
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)
Lina María Marín Burbano
Master in Engineering with emphasis on Sanitary and Environmental Engineering (guest 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)
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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.