menu icon
Book your open day visit nowClick to book open day
Humanitarian Engineering with Sustainability MSc

Humanitarian Engineering with Sustainability MSc

Different course options

Full time | University of Warwick | 1 year | 30-SEP-24

Study mode

Full time

Duration

1 year

Start date

30-SEP-24

Key information
DATA SOURCE : IDP Connect

Qualification type

MSc - Master of Science

Subject areas

Sustainability

Course type

Taught

Course Summary

The increasing number of global humanitarian challenges urges us to rethink the role we play. In the Humanitarian Engieering (with Sustainability) MSc you will focus on renewable energy sustainable cities and infrastructures for emergencies.

Course Overview

Humanitarian Engineering is the use of science and engineering to invent create design develop or improve technologies that promote the wellbeing of communities facing grand humanitarian challenges. This degree explores the same broad themes as our main Humanitarian Engineering degree but with a specific focus on sustainability through tailored core and optional modules.

Teaching

Each module will run intensively over one week and will be taught by a variety of methods: seminar lecture field research flipped classroom journal club etc.

Assessment

The core modules are assessed in a variety of ways including essay poster presentation artefact student-devised assessment.

Skills from this degree

  • Equipped to think and work in a problem- and solution-oriented way across the professional and disciplinary facets of humanitarian challenges
  • Have a broad perspective and the ability to communicate with parties of different backgrounds
  • Enhance critical thinking reasoning and analytical abilities which are sought after by multilateral development institutions (e.g. World Bank IMF United Nations) NGOs and the private sector (e.g. professional services manufacturing and investment banking) or academia

Careers

A degree in Humanitarian Engineering will leave you well-placed to work with governments (e.g. ministries of finance rural development and education) multilateral development institutions (e.g. World Bank and United Nations) NGOs and the private sector (e.g. professional services and investment banking). You may also decide to pursue PhD studies.

Our department has a dedicated professionally qualified Senior Careers Consultant offering impartial advice and guidance together with workshops and events throughout the year. Previous examples of workshops and events include:

  • Warwick careers fairs throughout the year
  • Working for More than Profit sector event and careers fair
  • Careers in the Creative Industries sector event
  • Centrally run careers workshops including CVs applications interviews and assessment centres

Modules

The module aims to give you a comprehensive knowledge and critique of key global health issues. You will be introduced to the global burden of disease and the social determinants of health.

Tuition fees

UK fees
Course fees for UK students

Please refer university website for the fee details

International fees
Course fees for EU and international students

Please refer university website for the fee details

Entry requirements

Minimum requirements 2:i undergraduate degree (or equivalent) ideally in Engineering Science Social Sciences Natural Sciences Humanities Business or Medical Sciences although we will consider graduates of all disciplines