Urban Water Management | Dual (BEng)

The dual degree programme in urban water management holds an exciting mix of elements of civil engineering and hydrology. If you are interested in how rainwater infiltration systems work, how valuable groundwater is protected or how underground sewer networks are planned, then this subject is the best option.

For this, you should have a basic interest in construction processes and an understanding of mathematics and physics. Digital tools and software programmes are used for the planning and dimensioning of the systems, which requires basic IT knowledge and affinity.

The parallel study and practice requires good organisation and a solution-oriented, independent way of working. Your communication skills are in demand, as you will be in constant exchange with a team of architects, construction company contractors and other stakeholders in the office and on the construction site.

The dual degree programme in urban water management prepares you to competently manage the following situations:

• You will accompany the construction of new urban water management facilities as well as construction measures on existing facilities from the first sketch to completion, e.g. the construction of a sewage treatment plant, the conversion and modernisation of a waterworks or the renovation of a sewer network.
• To do this, you design, construct and calculate the individual parts of the plants from the pipe to the digestion tower. You decide on the construction method, select the construction elements and the suitable materials and technologies.
• You ensure that the plants comply with both legal and technical requirements. For example, you accompany the approval procedure and ensure compliance with the current requirements for the purification performance of the waterworks.
• You plan and control the execution of construction projects in the office and on the construction site. In dialogue with architects, specialist planners, building owners and the companies carrying out the work, you ensure the completion of the construction project with regard to time, costs and quality.
• You will operate the water supply and sanitation systems and ensure that drinking water flows out of the tap at all times and that the wastewater is cleaned in accordance with the state of the art so that the water bodies are not polluted.
• Youwork on technical problems independently and systematically in teams and individually on the basis of scientific working methods. You apply their knowledge and skills, e.g. in the use of specialised software for the planning and dimensioning of facilities as well as geo-information software for the computer-assisted networking of all information on the inventory of facilities, and expand their knowledge as required. You support decision-making processes, e.g. through reports and presentations.
• In addition to the classic range of activities, you can work for manufacturers of construction products and plant technology (Germany is the world leader in plant technology for urban water management), in sales and in advisory and expert activities.

Would you like to become a practice partner? As a practice partner for the dual degree programme, you take on students for the entire duration of their studies and ensure that your students are supervised during the practical phases. Further details are regulated in a cooperation agreement with the university. We will be happy to advise you!

• Further information for companies from the Brandenburg agency "Duales Studium Land Brandenburg"
• Principles for recognition as a practice partner in the dual degree programme
• Contact form for practice partners