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The PhD-program in Hydraulic and environmental engineering is normed to 180 ECTS points (3 years). The final content of the study will have to be decided in cooperation beteen the candidate, the supervisor and the department depending on the area of research and the priorities of the candidate.
Research areas: Below are listed areas of research to which the PhD-study may be oriented:
Hydraulic engineering
- Flood analysis and flood control
- Sediment handling
- Run off prognosis
- Snow hydrology and ice problems in rivers
- Environmental impact and river regulation and control
- Hydraulic conditions in rivers
- Hydraulic conditions in hydropower plants
Water and wastewater engineering
- Storm water technology
- Pipe technology
- Urban systems analysis
- Corrosion control
- Environmental hygiene
- Drinking water treatment
- Wastewater treatment
- Sludge handling
Solid waste engineering and recycling
- Technical solutions
(source control, deposits, incineration, biological degradation)
- Organisation models
- Environmental analysis
(life cycle analysis, material analysis, cost-benefit analysis)
The department offers the following PhD-courses:
VM8101 HYDROLOGICAL MODELS
VM8102 MODELLING OF THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT IN RIVERS
VM8103 UNSTEADY FREE SURFACE FLOW
VM8200 ADVANCED WATER AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT
VM8201 SLUDGE TREATMENT
VM8202 STORM WATER HANDLING
VM8203 ADVANCED WATER CHEMISTRY
VM8300 ADVANCED SOLID WASTE HANDLING
VM8301 INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY AND RECYCLING | 
