Norsk »We drink it, grow food in it, swim in it, sail on it, wash in it, discharge into it, and we totally depend on it. Historic and modern, rural and urban, small and large societies all depends on water. Civilizations are found, and are still largely established in the vicinity of water resources. Modern infrastructures secure safe quality transport of drinking and process water and provide hygienic and environmentally sound end user treatment for discharges into natural water bodies. Or at least; that is the idea. Industrialisation, urbanisation and modernisation set higher quality standards for required water and at the same time produce waste products with detrimental effects on natural aquatic habitats. We are therefore required to secure responsible management of our water resources based on thorough knowledge of aquatic physical, chemical and biological processes combined with mastering available technologies for analysis and remediation. And who require this? We do. We all do.
UiS offers two postgraduate engineering programmes in environmental technology. We aim to provide motivated students with the knowledge and skills necessary to become responsible water managers and engineers.
Students that want to pursue a career in the oil and gas industry, or among the many offshore related service and research companies, are offered a full time MEng in Offshore Environmental Engineering. The philosophy of this programme is to combine courses in offshore oil and gas exploration, production technologies and environmental management . The programme is suited for students that are interested in practical technological and administrative techniques for sound environmental management in the offshore industries. Successful candidates will qualify for key positions in environmental engineering and management.
Our MEng programme in Water Science and Technology is offered to students that want to specialise in aquatic chemistry and ecology, and technologies for water and wastewater treatment. The more natural science and research based programme seeks to provide students with fundamental and advanced insight into aquatic chemistry, environmental biotechnology and water process engineering. Our approach is to use fundamental mass and energy balance approaches for design and operation of water and wastewater processing technologies. We encourage students to see available technologies in relation to the ecological mechanisms of receiving environments. Successful candidates qualify for positions in governmental and private research institutions, public and private environmental management and technical consultants, and as environmental engineers within the industry.
Both programmes are based on taught courses that include compulsory and elective subjects. Students use electives and the final thesis to immerse into particular subjects of individual interest. We encourage students to check our areas of research for inspiration and the research facilities we offer.
