Course options
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Qualification
MSc - Master of Science
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Location
University of Warwick
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Study mode
Full time
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Start date
01-SEP-25
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Duration
1 year
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
Tuition fees
- Hong Kong
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- Andorra
- Angola
- Antigua & Barbuda
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Australia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahamas
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Belize
- Benin
- Bhutan
- Bolivia
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Brazil
- Brunei
- Bulgaria
- Burkina Faso
- Burma
- Burundi
- Cabo Verde
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Canada
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Comoros
- Congo
- Congo (Democratic Republic)
- Costa Rica
- Croatia
- Cuba
- Curacao
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Djibouti
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- East Timor
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- England
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Estonia
- Ethiopia
- Fiji
- Finland
- France
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Georgia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Greece
- Grenada
- Guatemala
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Israel
- Italy
- Ivory Coast
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kiribati
- Korea DPR (North Korea)
- Kosovo
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Laos
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Macedonia
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Mali
- Malta
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Micronesia
- Moldova
- Monaco
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Nauru
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Northern Ireland
- Norway
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Palau
- Palestinian Authority
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Puerto Rico
- Qatar
- Republic of Ireland
- Romania
- Russia
- Rwanda
- San Marino
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Saudi Arabia
- Scotland
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Korea
- South Sudan
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- St Vincent
- St. Kitts & Nevis
- St. Lucia
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Swaziland
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Syria
- Taiwan
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Togo
- Tonga
- Trinidad & Tobago
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Tuvalu
- UAE
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Uruguay
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Vatican City
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
- Wales
- Western Samoa
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
拢 31,450per year
Tuition fees shown are for indicative purposes and may vary. Please check with the institution for most up to date details.
University information
University of Warwick
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University League Table
10th
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Campus address
University of Warwick, University of Warwick Coventry, Coventry, Coventry, CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
Subject rankings
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Subject ranking
25th out of 73 2
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Entry standards
/ Max 211160 76%14th
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Graduate prospects
/ Max 10095.0 95%1st
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Student satisfaction
/ Max 43.04 76%47th
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