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Master of Integrated Water Management

The challenges facing water managers across the world - flooding and urban design, rural water and sanitation, climate change, water and energy, water foot-printing - increasingly require leaders who are able to cross social, environmental and technological boundaries.

IWC Master of Integrated Water Management

The International WaterCentre Master of Integrated Water Management creates water leaders by drawing on international teaching and research from many fields to provide a transdisciplinary, whole-of-water-cycle approach to water management.

Study options	Course options
Full-time	Masters
Part-time/distance*	Graduate Diploma
	Graduate Certificate

*Note: part-time/distance available only to Australian/New Zealand citizens and Australian Permanent Residents.

IWC Masters Scholarships - currently open

Applications for full-tuition scholarships are now open to study IWC Master of Integrated Water Management in 2013. Find out more.

Collaborative teaching

Our lecturers are highly regarded academics and professionals in a range of disciplines from leading Australian universities and from around the world:

Get a degree from Australia's top universities

The IWC member universities are above world standard in research rankings according to the Australian Research Council and among highest ranking universities in Australia and the world, according to Times Higher Education rankings.

Included in fees

$1,000 towards professional development (Masters & Grad Dip)
$1,000 towards research project (Masters)

An integrated approach also considers environment, politics, law, science, culture, engineering, economics, health and society.

field trips (Thailand field trip is subsidised)
networking opportunities with water industry professionals

Study water management and advance your career

The IWC whole-of-water cycle perspective acknowledges all natural and human processes which water undergoes from catchment to coast.

Become familiar with all aspects of integrated water management.
Gain water management expertise for developed and developing countries.
Understand the importance of integrated water management from a global to local scale.
Learn integration and managerial skills for planning, design and operation of water projects and facilities.
Understand the principles of managing water supply, wastewater treatment and urban infrastructure projects.
Recognise the socio-economic factors affecting water solutions.
Study governance and institutional frameworks underpinning water management.

Integrated water management - is it for you?

IWC students come from academic backgrounds such as engineering, biology, chemistry, geology, public health, hydrology, natural resource management, social sciences and philosophy.

Students have a four year undergraduate degree in a related field of study and relevant work experience. They are new, mid or senior level professionals who want to change career direction or gain new perspectives in their fields.

Effective 'water leaders' model

This model helps to explain the concept on an integrated approach to water management, which is taught at IWC. Download a high level conceptual model of effective water leaders here.