MAS in Sustainable Water Resources
The Master of Advanced Studies in Sustainable Water Resources is a 12 month full time postgraduate diploma programme. The focus of the programme is on issues of sustainability and water resources in Latin America, with special attention given to the impacts of development and climate change on water resources. The programme combines multidisciplinary coursework with high level research. Sample research topics include: water quality, water quantity, water for agriculture, water for the environment, adaptation to climate change, and integrated water resource management. Language: English. Credit hours: 66 ECTS. For further information please visit: http://www.mas-swr.ethz.ch/ |
Elective Courses
Electives: 6 credits has to be achieved. |
Number | Title | Type | ECTS | Hours | Lecturers |
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101-0259-00L | River Restoration | W | 3 credits | 3G | |
101-0259-00 G | River Restoration

Remark: Self-exploring excursion to project area in week 3. 02.05.2024: Excursion (whole day).
Until FS22 course was in German (former title: «Revitalisierung von Fliessgewässern») | | | 3 hrs | | V. Weitbrecht,
S. Knecht-Hipp,
M. Mende,
J. van der Meer,
C. Weber |
101-0278-00L | Flood Protection | W | 3 credits | 2G | |
101-0278-00 G | Flood Protection
Former title until FS23 (in German): Hochwasserschutz Some lectures or the offered excursion may be still in German; however, the course can be passed without knowledge in German. | | | 2 hrs | | R. Boes,
J. Eberli |
102-0838-00L | Water Supply, Sanitation and Waste Infrastructure and Services in Developing Countries | W | 3 credits | 2G | |
102-0838-00 G | Water Supply, Sanitation and Waste Infrastructure and Services in Developing Countries | | | 2 hrs | | L. Strande |
363-0514-00L | Energy Economics and Policy It is recommended for students to have taken a course in introductory microeconomics. If not, they should be familiar with microeconomics as in, for example,"Microeconomics" by Mankiw & Taylor and the appendices 4 and 7 of the book "Microeconomics" by Pindyck & Rubinfeld. | W | 3 credits | 2G | |
363-0514-00 G | Energy Economics and Policy | | | 2 hrs | | M. Filippini,
S. Srinivasan |
401-6624-11L | Applied Time Series | W | 5 credits | 2V + 1U | |
401-6624-11 V | Applied Time Series | | | 2 hrs | | M. Dettling |
401-6624-11 U | Applied Time Series | | | 1 hrs | | M. Dettling |
651-1504-00L | Snowcover: Physics and Modelling | W | 4 credits | 3G | |
651-1504-00 G | Snowcover: Physics and Modelling | | | 3 hrs | | M. Schneebeli,
R. Dadic |
651-4095-01L | Colloquium Atmosphere and Climate 1 | W | 1 credit | 1K | |
651-4095-00 K | Colloquium Atmosphere and Climate | | | 1 hrs | | H. Wernli,
D. N. Bresch,
M. Brunner,
N. Gruber,
H. Joos,
R. Knutti,
U. Lohmann,
C. Mohr,
S. Schemm,
S. I. Seneviratne,
M. Wild |
651-4095-02L | Colloquium Atmosphere and Climate 2 | W | 1 credit | 1K | |
651-4095-00 K | Colloquium Atmosphere and Climate | | | 1 hrs | | H. Wernli,
D. N. Bresch,
M. Brunner,
N. Gruber,
H. Joos,
R. Knutti,
U. Lohmann,
C. Mohr,
S. Schemm,
S. I. Seneviratne,
M. Wild |
651-4095-03L | Colloquium Atmosphere and Climate 3 | W | 1 credit | 1K | |
651-4095-00 K | Colloquium Atmosphere and Climate | | | 1 hrs | | H. Wernli,
D. N. Bresch,
M. Brunner,
N. Gruber,
H. Joos,
R. Knutti,
U. Lohmann,
C. Mohr,
S. Schemm,
S. I. Seneviratne,
M. Wild |
701-1226-00L | Inter-Annual Phenomena and Their Prediction | W | 2 credits | 2G | |
701-1226-00 G | Inter-Annual Phenomena and Their Prediction
Am 30.5. findet die Vorlesung am Nachmittag statt. | | | 2 hrs | | C. Appenzeller |
701-1232-00L | Radiation and Climate Change | W | 3 credits | 2G | |
701-1232-00 G | Radiation and Climate Change | | | 2 hrs | | M. Wild |
701-1252-00L | Climate Change Uncertainty and Risk: From Probabilistic Forecasts to Economics of Climate Adaptation | W | 3 credits | 2V + 1U | |
701-1252-00 V | Climate Change Uncertainty and Risk: From Probabilistic Forecasts to Economics of Climate Adaptation
Lectures start 2nd week of the semester. | | | 2 hrs | | D. N. Bresch,
R. Knutti |
701-1252-00 U | Climate Change Uncertainty and Risk: From Probabilistic Forecasts to Economics of Climate Adaptation
Excercises start 3rd week of the semester. | | | 1 hrs | | D. N. Bresch,
R. Knutti |
701-1260-00L | Climatological and Hydrological Field Work | W | 2.5 credits | 3P | |
701-1260-00 P | Climatological and Hydrological Field Work
Block course Location and dates: Three days field work in the hydrological research catchment Rietholzbach (03.06. - 05.06) and two days (06.06. - 07.06.) at ETH for data analysis. | | | 40s hrs | | M. Hirschi,
M. Rösch,
S. I. Seneviratne |
701-1342-00L | Agriculture and Water Quality | W | 3 credits | 3G | |
701-1342-00 G | Agriculture and Water Quality | | | 3 hrs | | C. H. Stamm,
E. Frossard,
H. Singer |
701-1522-00L | Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis | W | 3 credits | 2G | |
701-1522-00 G | Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis | | | 2 hrs | | J. Lienert |